Prissy Girls Guide to Horror Flicks – Tis the Season to be Freaked Out



Click me for scream!

Ever since Jamie Lee Curtis created the mold of the scream queen, thousands of Hollywood hopefuls from Jennifer Love Hewitt to Jennifer Anniston (The Leprachaun) have flocked to horror flicks as their break out performance.  Not surprising as movie series like Saw, Halloween, and Friday the 13^th require limited funds for their flagship movie but pull in huge numbers at the box office allowing for the follow up sequels to have great CGI effects and even bigger and more badass villains.  For us Prissy Girls, more of these movies mean a fun night out laughing at the cliché scream scenes and ducking at the particularly gory parts. But for some, these movies are too much to handle. I get it. I can handle the slasher flicks, ferocious animals, and psychological thrillers, but exorcism or demonic movies scare the ever loving crap out of me, to put it bluntly.

 

I saw the patron saint of scary movies “The Exorcist” in my teens. I was definitely disturbed… still am. I was even more disturbed by some of the alleged events that happened on site from burning sets to actor’s deaths and threats on Linda Blair’s life. Since then and more recently, exorcism movies have been coming out of the Hollywood mill like clock work and usually around Halloween when people actually want to be scared. Tis the season for looking over our shoulders and walking faster in dark hallways avoiding clowns and unseen horrors; and this year, unsurprisingly, is no exception.

 

 

In a few days I am going to see the new scary of scary movies “Sinister” and am already uncomfortable. I saw the trailer when I sat through “House at the End of the Street” or “HATES ” and I was thoroughly freaked out... just by the trailer. The trailer was ten times more disturbing than the movie I was prepared to see. But what kind of Prissy Girl would I be if I didn't mention the only driving factor this movie could ever have for me: Ethan Hawke. Swoon.



Look into my eyes!

Elisabeth Shue: Adventures in Mothering

Back to Business: "House at the End of the Street" was pretty decent and entertaining, but horror flicks can be hit or miss. This one was a hiss. It wasn’t a complete miss because former beauty Elisabeth Shue from one of my childhood favorites, “Adventures in Babysitting” played the role of the recovering mother and did the part justice. If you’re looking to be semi-scared for this Halloween holiday, then "Hates" is the movie to pretend to enjoy. If you're looking for a movie to avoid, I recommend "Sinister."

Now I know I said demonic and exorcism movies scare the bejebus out of me, but there is one slasher-esque movie that makes my skin feel as if it needs to relieve itself. That movie is “The Collector.” Essentially, it’s in the same book as the Saw movies, but didn’t land hot Wesley, Cary Elwes, as the leading man and it takes place in a house and not some unknown, rundown warehouse. An unsuspecting thief enters a Senator’s home to rob it of a precious item only to find himself caught in a trap and struggling to rescue the Senator’s little daughter from a malicious villain. I was on pins and needles the entire time and had to remind myself movies aren’t real, except Disney, which I was going to spend the next two nights watching.  “The Collection,” a follow-up, is set to drop November 30^th, but as it goes with movies, see the original first.

 

You can’t go to the theatre without hearing about the Paranormal Activity movies, which sucks for people like me who get freaked out easily by, well, paranormal activity. With PA 4 releasing today I have no doubt that I will partake in the viewing of freaky bodily movements, strobe lights, levitation and head spinning horror, but all in good fun, I suppose.

You may ask why I test my limits with scary movies and watch the absolutely absurd and please do. I mostly go because my boyfriend loves being scared, but I do have to admit that a tiny part of me enjoys the thrill. More importantly, however, I think it is a good idea to push our comfort zones in a safe environment that tests our limits and boundaries and for me, its movies and doctor’s offices.

Check out the linked scary movies below set to drop later this year:

Silent Hill 3D

V/H/S

Paranormal Activity 4

Grave Encounters

Resident Evil

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Mama

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

 

 A young Cary Elwes for your viewing pleasure:

 

Coming soon: Prissy Girl’s Guide to Holiday Shindigs