HORROR OF HORRORS !!!

The fear of the unknown the slow buildup of suspense, dead walking, screams and those horrifying faces that pop out of nowhere. That sound or figure that calls out to the friends, walking deeper and deeper in their own death trap….that nail biting finish when someone manages to escape the jaws of death. Horror of horrors, they are  tapping into our fears and doing their best to scare us out of our wits.  That’s horror films for you…. but I wonder what goes on in the minds of those who watch horror movies. I, for one have a lot of questions to ask…

Why does the girl need a shower in the dead of the night?

Why do the lights never work at night?

Why is the ghostly woman always in a white gown?

Why do they step out of the house at night into the fog or rain?

Why do they go down to the basement in the middle of the night to investigate some mystery noise

Why do they carry that candle to look for that singing voice if they are not that brave…yeah, sometimes it’s that torch

Why does a black cat always spring out of nowhere?

Why do they hang around the bhootia ghar the next morning after the scary night?

And most importantly, those who trip and fall for no obvious reason and just can’t get. Why are they unable to just run instead of crawling backwards screaming “nahin ..nahin” …I for one would have been out of there in a flash and  do something besides standing there screaming or sit on the ground and look up at death.

Besides I would never be caught dead wearing those white flowing gowns …how in heaven’s name would I be able to run and if I were the victim why would I follow the ghostly figure at death’s pace….I would have left that haunted place the very next day…..  I think that I am just thinking too much about details ….The trick is to let the imagination truly let loose in horror movies and I guess the magic would be lost if everyone was as analytical as me…besides if things got solved at a drop of a hat then the film would end within minutes. There is plenty of horror moments that scare the mind and not allow many to sleep after watching them. I know of many friends who refuse to watch horror or scary movies. Now with the advent of 3D, horror takes a leap straight into the minds of its audience.  On the other hand, I have in my home my own little horror show….my husband and daughter who love the macabre. The more the oozing blood, the more the zombies, vampires, and the more the ghosts….the more the curdling screams… the happier they are.  The possession of just about every damn thing will keep them glued ….. Oh my, I just realized that I live among the possessed…….

Everyone has been afraid of the dark some time or the other and even more so if we are out of our comfort zone, say on a holiday, where the hills are dark and deep and the night sounds are unusual.  Try telling a horror or ghost story to your companions out in the open around a campfire. The changing colour on some of the faces around you will turn more deadly than the ghosts  being spoken about….and don’t forget about that poor old peepul tree believed to be the home of ghosts especially at night (wonder where they go during the day??). Superstitions have a place in our lives whether we admit or not and it is these that become the masala in the horror movies. Remember the fear of number 13. Horror of horrors, what do I do now cause I am born on a 13^th. 

Remember that victim who comes tottering in with a knife in his back to deliver a long dialogue and collapse without telling practically anything of value or that dead victim who wakes up to  grabs the ankle. The phone never works and neither will the car.  Most important of all and a must have is the “cross”. You lose that you lose your life. You know what is the most awesome thing? The last survivor is always a woman. Men are somehow not capable of surviving a horror movie, so kudos to all us women out there cause we are the true “men of steel”.

So then do I still watch horror films?  You bet I do…all of them baring those where blood flows freely…….. and when I am watching screaming people running away or that knife in the hand or that person about to step towards the noises coming from the cupboard probably where the unseen horror is hiding, all my analytical skills get tossed out of the window. Some people, like my daughter is always wired to watch, while some like me choose to watch and some not at all as they fear  they will be reminded of such things when they are alone. No matter how many times I try to kill the urge to watch, an unseen hand or a ghostly white form will entice and pull me towards the darkness engulfing us into the mystical world of horror…after all mere bhi bheje mein chemical locha hai!!