Unless you
are a die-hard fan, you don’t see much
beyond the spookiness of a horror movie. Plopped on your comfy couch, you watch
it while shoveling popcorn in your mouth, shivering with fear whenever a creepy
face comes out of the closet or someone is stabbed in the shower. I used to be like that. But then my husband
started freaking out more than usual during chills inducing movies. It sucked the
joy, or should I say the fear, out of most of our Friday nights.
So I came up
with a strategy to make the whole experience more bearable for him. “When
feeling terrified, shift your attention. Look something funny in that scene”, I
suggested. And it actually worked. The only downside? Instead of doing it
mentally, he would say it out lout. “These zombies are drooling all over the
place”, he pointed out to me, during World War Z. “Someone give them a
handkerchief, please!”
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Soon enough,
I pick up the same habit. And although a scary movie doesn’t crack us up as hard
as a comedy, we have a blast recognizing all the hilarious details. After all, horror
movies carry a surprising life-lesson: even in the darkest moments there’s
something to laugh about. Here are
some amusing takeaways from scary movies:
1. Serial killers love to play hide and
seek in the nastiest places. How else can you explain their love for spots like under the bed, where
people tend to keep dirty, smelly socks, empty potato chip bags or worse, used
condoms? Not to mention about closets, the land of sweaty sneakers and
basements, the favorite playground of mice and coach roaches. So if you want to
have a monster-free house, keep it spotless.
2. Demons have a potty mouth. Especially when strapped with
handcuffs into a restrain chair or a bed. Take for example Pazuzu, from The Exorcist. He obviously didn’t learn to swear like a sailor from that
12-years-old little girl. Listen up, Mrs. Demon! Having blood streaming down
your face and a bad hair day doesn’t give you an excuse to throw your manners
out the window.
3. Zombies seriously lack dental hygiene. On top of being plain ugly and
having the worse skin break-outs, you can tell zombies never used a tooth
brush. Take a look at this guy, from World War Z. His “pearlies” are more pitch-black than
white, yet he insists on showing them off.
Why not give him a chance and stick his picture on your bathroom window?
It would work as a great motivator for the nights when you consider skipping
brushing your teeth.
4. Ghosts should take an anger
management class. Door
slamming, light-bulb explosions, furniture throwing. That’s what ghosts
supposedly do in order to intimidate, right? But what if they just have a short
temper? It must be horrible to be invisible and have people walk through you. It
also means you can go whatever you want. That Tahiti vacation you never took
while alive? Go for it, Casper. Better yet, climb, and then throw yourself out
of the Mount Everest. It’s not like you’re going to die… Doesn’t it sound more
fun that messing with people’s houses?
5. Which brings us to aliens...They have
no respect whatsoever for American, Chinese and French architecture. Have you count the number of times
New York had been destroyed by an alien invasion in a sci-fi horror movie? World
most famous skyscrapers and bridges don’t stand a chance against alien’s wrath.
They favorite way to destroy a building is by simply stepping on it, smashing or
firing it up. In this Pacific Rim scene, Hong Kong is flattened out without mercy.
Should we assume aliens are afraid of heights?
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