Forget Christmas.
For all you horror movie fans out there, October is the month to celebrate.
In the next few weeks, highly-anticipated scary movies will be landing in theaters and scaring the goop out of guests.
Some may claim this caliber of film is superficial and is created simply to produce profit, but I beg to differ.
Horror films are scary, of course, but what attracts me the most to them is the message behind them.
In all reality, we aren’t likely to encounter any evil-spirited ghosts during our time here on Earth.
So, we enjoy seeing other people struggle.
No, we’re not sociopaths, but we like to remember that our lives are actually pretty good.
We like the adrenaline-rush and the fear.
We place ourselves in the characters’ shoes and ask ourselves “fight or flight?”
In the next few weeks, that question will need to be answered.
“Paranormal Activity 4” materializes into theaters Oct. 19 and I’ve been waiting for it since the third one came out less than a year ago.
Taking the now-aging home video approach, this film touches on the familiar themes of possession and even incorporates little kids to really bring out the creep factor.
Some may complain a fourth movie may be pushing the franchise too far, but I for one appreciate it.
The more we learn about the four or so centralized characters makes those actions even more meaningful for viewers.
I just wish I could have a pocket diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders to carry with me into the theater.
The wunderkinds who created that franchise branched out a little bit with their new film, “Sinister.”
Starring the 1980s and 1990s star Ethan Hawke, the film opens with a novelist living in a haunted house and discovers old home movies starring-who guessed it — ghosts.
The trailers for this film were quite terrifying.
I have a heart of stone and I screamed like I was falling off a roller coaster when I watched it.
That tease is enough for me.
Finally, the horror genre has now successfully transitioned to the silver screen.
“American Horror Story: Asylum” gets committed Oct. 17.
The second season of the Emmy-winning show features Maroon Five front man Adam Levine and Jessica Lange.
I watched the show this past year and looked forward to every Wednesday night when I could escape into the mixed up, psychotic world.
The show is just as much a psychological thriller as it is a horror television show, which makes the intrigue that much sweeter.
If you’re not one for screaming or seeing disturbing images, still try to give scary stuff a try. None of it’s real.
It’s all in good fun and can even provide an extreme form of escapism that other genres simply wish to duplicate.
