Horror was never something I enjoy. As a child, my parents didn’t allow us to watch them until we were older. My siblings are fans of horror, but I’ve always been the one afraid of them. I would always have nightmares and be terrified to go anywhere dark. Growing up, my parents watched them on a cold, rainy night after my siblings and I were asleep. They would have the lights off, a big bowl of popcorn, and watch the screen. It was hard for me to sleep a night. When they were watching horror movies, I would hear the main character screaming. When I was younger, I always thought the screaming was an actual person in my house. I pulled the covers over my head and hide.
I don’t find horror movies that bad now a days. I still can’t watch scenes with too much blood and someone killing their victim. It was surprising to me that I was able to watch The Silence of the Lambs. My parents had that movie since it first came out and I was never able to watch it because I was scared. I was proud of myself that I was able to watch Hannibal Lector‘s escape. If I slowly watch more and more horror movies, I would be able to be able to stand them. Hopefully my goal would be able to watch them and not be scared. It was a good thing we watched Psycho first because for me it eased me into watching horror. Also, it was good watching Psycho first because it introduced modern ideas for horror today.
