Things That Go Bump...

Made the mistake last night in bed of watching 'Stir Of Echoes' - a horror film starring Kevin Bacon. Amazing i know, that I could be scared out of my wits by a film that stars Kevin Bacon - but there you go. Every single time a movie starts and that creepy music begins and the camera starts sweeping across ominous barren landscapes or creepy grandfather clocks or scary house interiors, I know that I should just click the remote control and switch to an old 'Friends' rerun or a music video channel. But i just can't help myself.

You see i LOVE scary movies...but i hate them too. Like rubber-necking a fatal accident on a congested motorway, I just can't help myself from looking. I mean, to be fair, there is only one type of horror movie that i absolutely can't bear and that's the kind that involves supernatural ghosts/demons/other miscellaneous spirits. Anything to do with the supernatural that involves apparitions or deeply evil voices speaking forth from innocent looking kiddies gets me every time.

The problem is that when i find myself alone at night my brilliantly over-active imagination often conjures things up and I find myself imagining I can almost see/hear things that go bump in the night. It's the frustrated actor in me i suppose, but i'll tell you what, the mind is a strange thing and shadows and house creaks at night often fall prey to my strange mental wanderings and i find myself cursing the last horror flick i saw.

Strangely enough, for whatever reason, I find myself able to watch gore or people being sawed up into tiny pieces. I actually sat through 'Hostel' (which I must tell you is only for the strong of stomach) which depicted rather realistic torture scenes and hacking people to death. I was repelled but intrigued. Go figure (maybe i'm a sicko at heart?!)

Anyway, being a fan of Kevin Bacon I allowed myself to watch half of the movie last night, but when the little boy in the film said (in a ominous husky man voice):

"Leave the boy alone and talk to ME"

that's when i switched the telly off and picked up my library book that I've been trying to get through for ages and have renewed three times and stubbornly refuse to give up on. It's by A.M. Homes and is called, 'This Book Will Save Your Life'. Go figure.