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I watched one of the scarier movies I've seen in a long time the other day for the second time, curious if it would have the same effect on me as it did the first time I watched it. Surprisingly, it did. Even though I knew what was coming, it still had me feeling completely uneasy and accelerated my heart rate.
The movie was "The Strangers". Yes, I'm sure there are plenty who thought the film was terrible, but let's try to keep the movie critiques at a minimum. For whatever reason, that movie just seriously creeps me out. Obviously, the subject of home invasion is pretty scary in and of itself, but all the little touches in that movie just get to me. The creepy masks, the skipping record player, even the damn way they knock on the door.
Here's my personal experience for why this kind of stuff freaks me out...well, the closest I've ever come to a "home invasion" anyway. Putting it in spoiler tags because I know not everyone will care to read.
I know things affect people differently, so I'm curious what movies CAGs find to be legitimately scary, and what story lies behind them.
The movie was "The Strangers". Yes, I'm sure there are plenty who thought the film was terrible, but let's try to keep the movie critiques at a minimum. For whatever reason, that movie just seriously creeps me out. Obviously, the subject of home invasion is pretty scary in and of itself, but all the little touches in that movie just get to me. The creepy masks, the skipping record player, even the damn way they knock on the door.
Here's my personal experience for why this kind of stuff freaks me out...well, the closest I've ever come to a "home invasion" anyway. Putting it in spoiler tags because I know not everyone will care to read.
Other than living in an apartment where the maintenance staff shows up unannounced at times, and just comes in if you don't hear them knocking (which has led me to being woken by people being in my apartment, and once in my bedroom), the closest thing to a "home invasion" occurred on a Saturday afternoon this past summer when I heard a knock on my front door.
We get a lot of solicitors, and I figured on the weekend, it couldn't be anything important, so I didn't feel like answering. Then, the next thing I know, I hear a knock on the back door, and within 10 seconds, I hear the screen on my office window being slid open and someone rustling with the blinds (we have no air conditioning, so the window was open). I'm thinking "What the
?!?"
I grab my phone and start to backpedal toward the bathroom, and as I'm starting to close the door, I hear someone say "Hello?" I answer "Yeah?". And then they say "We had a water leak in the apartment above you. We need to get inside your apartment." So, I agree to let them in just to get them to back the off the window and tell them I'll meet them out front. Once I was sure the coast was clear, I locked the window, grabbed a pocket knife and headed to the bedroom to look out that window (where the parking lot is). Upon looking, I saw a work truck, so I felt a little better about opening the door, but I was still pretty freaked out that someone deemed it appropriate to enter through my window.
When I opened the door, they apologized and explained that they were from the water company and that they "just wanted to peek" to see if my ceiling/walls showed any signs of the leak. They also explained it by saying that since it was the weekend, there "wasn't enough time" to call the property manager. I understood their dilemma, but I wondered if coming through people's windows was standard protocol. I really wanted to tell them that I almost shot them, but I held my tongue.
We get a lot of solicitors, and I figured on the weekend, it couldn't be anything important, so I didn't feel like answering. Then, the next thing I know, I hear a knock on the back door, and within 10 seconds, I hear the screen on my office window being slid open and someone rustling with the blinds (we have no air conditioning, so the window was open). I'm thinking "What the
?!?" I grab my phone and start to backpedal toward the bathroom, and as I'm starting to close the door, I hear someone say "Hello?" I answer "Yeah?". And then they say "We had a water leak in the apartment above you. We need to get inside your apartment." So, I agree to let them in just to get them to back the
off the window and tell them I'll meet them out front. Once I was sure the coast was clear, I locked the window, grabbed a pocket knife and headed to the bedroom to look out that window (where the parking lot is). Upon looking, I saw a work truck, so I felt a little better about opening the door, but I was still pretty freaked out that someone deemed it appropriate to enter through my window. When I opened the door, they apologized and explained that they were from the water company and that they "just wanted to peek" to see if my ceiling/walls showed any signs of the leak. They also explained it by saying that since it was the weekend, there "wasn't enough time" to call the property manager. I understood their dilemma, but I wondered if coming through people's windows was standard protocol. I really wanted to tell them that I almost shot them, but I held my tongue.
I know things affect people differently, so I'm curious what movies CAGs find to be legitimately scary, and what story lies behind them.
