Carrie

I started reading Stephen King's "Carrie". This is a exceptionally great book so far, filled with very many gruesome details but interesting situations that I've never read before. Carrie is about a girl, subjected to a life of hash godliness be her mother, talked about and teased at school, and has one very special gift.
This gift is telekinesis. Carrie can move things and do things without lifting a finger. But her mother has convinced her it's the devils gift, along with various other things, some natural and not devilish at all.
At sixteen, Carrie has her first period, an awkwardly late experience she knew nothing about. After being humiliated by starting this cycle in the girls shower room at school, her power grows more intense.
This author for me was trying to tell me that he definitely wanted to grab my attention and he did. He wanted me to know that Carrie had a psycho mother and kind of warned me in the beginning. I think he had to know in order to write this book is how to grab a person's attention and how to use detail words to become interesting rather than boring. I think he also needed to know what real-life situations can be a way to have the reader become more interested in the book. I would definitely read any other books by Stephen King because he has this way of using his words to keep the reader interested.

The Exorcist

"The Exorcist" was an amazing film filled with scary scenes. Here are pretty much the scary parts and the summary of the whole movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpPwC7QRvFQ They say that "The Exorcist" was known as the scariest movie of all time back in the 70's. Now directors are creating new works of film that have scarier plots and scenes. I believe "The Exorcist" isn't as scary as it was almost 40 years ago. There is new and better technology that helps make us believe in the supernatural. There are movies now that supposedly are scarier than "The Exorcist" like "Paranormal Activity" or the "Saw" sequels. There is the famous scene from "The Exorcist" that made me jump from my seat is the spider walk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4f_NMUxcY&feature=related I think it’s because it’s unusual and you don't see that anywhere else in scary movies because it’s so famous. The scene is just scary as it is. She is walking downstairs backwards with blood coming out of her mouth. This scene is so not attractive. Another scary scene is the when the girl is getting a medical scan she sees the demon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agrke9hpfQY&feature=related It freaked me out because you can see the demon for about 2 seconds then its away. The demon is truly scary looking and freaked me out. There are some parts of the movie which I believed were not scary as in this part of the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qG5V2iBvFs&feature=related I've known this before and I knew her head was going to spin. I found it rather funny because it looked really unrealistic. I think with today's technology they can make this head spin and look so real to the point it might gross someone out. The part of the movie which I felt so offended was when she kept using curse words to the priest about Jesus and God. It was so disrespectful that I couldn't really handle it. The way that they use religion and horror together can make someone not want to watch the movie. It's funny because as I look for more scary parts or not so scary parts from the film, YouTube has made some videos unable to be watched. It says that it might contain inappropriate content and that if you are 18 years or older. That right there just says that you shouldn't watch it because it’s that "scary". It’s not that bad that Scary movies have changed so much since "The Exorcist". It truly has and they have found other ways to make it scarier by adding real life situations. The movie "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is the most scariest that I've seen so far. I think it’s because it’s about a man who has a messed up face and wears a mask and chases after people with a chainsaw. I think if the main girl from "The Exorcist" had a weapon of choice it would make it scarier. Showing graphic scenes of a person hurting another person, physically, is scary. Those scenes just torment you through the years.

Supernatural

Many movies do use supernatural as a way to make you scared. It does work because of religion. Supernatural is the relating to an order of existence of God, Satan, spirit, and devil. I believe supernatural can make a horror movie scarier by adding a connection of supernatural because of the these ideas we believe. Different types of religion have different ways of believing God, Satan, spirit, and the devil. Making horror films connecting it will make it scarier because of the real life situation and because people believe or worship it. Spirits are used in religion as a good way or a bad way. Horror films mainly make spirits something evil or scary. For example, "The Sixth Sense" is about a boy who has a sixth sense of seeing spirits. These spirits in the movie start out as scary spirits but then later on he helps them. But the point is these spirits are not in there own human form which makes it scary. They can scare you because you don't know what they can do to you. When you think of the devil, you think of evil. Evil can mean chaotic, disturbing, and unpredictable events happening to someone or something. In religion, they might teach you the negative things about it. That's why scary movie connect religion affiliations with it because of real life situations. Some people might believe in the devil or spirits and connecting it to movies only makes it scarier because of the bad energy it might send off. I do believe in the supernatural because of evidence and even footage off cameras from television shows like "Ghost Hunters" or any paranormal activity shows that have actual footage.

Horror Movies

The first time I have encountered a scary movie was when I was five years old. I was watching E.T. I was scared of the alien from the movie. I have no idea if you would consider E.T. as a horror movie, but I did when I was little. Horror movies tied with mystery are the ones I love. I've seem to enjoy watching them because of the thrill and unpredictable situations. For example, "Skeleton Key" was an awesome movie that I watched. It consisted of a mystery of a key that opened all the doors in a haunted house. I loved it! There are times where I can or can't watch horror movies. When for example, the "Saw" sequels I can not watch. It's impossible. Those movies consist of people dying and lots, lots, lots of blood. The only reason I can stand watching some horror movies because they eventually give out a great story. For example, "Paranormal Activity", the first time I watched it, I was at the edge of my seat. It was great. The fact that it was so scary because it was as though it happened in real life situations. The video camera, house with the couple, and the great acting. The feeling of getting freaked out is fun and thrilling.