somniloquence

Out of all the pop culture supernatural creature fads, the only one that ever appealed to me much was zombies. I was scared shitless as a kid by the original Night of the Living Dead, staying up way too late for a 6-year-old to sneak-watch it when my babysitter wasn't paying attention. I didn't see all of it, but what I did see scarred me for life in many ways -- one, I have always been afraid of being out by myself in wide open spaces in the dark; two, nothing ever really effectively scared me after that in movies, and so I've been consistently disappointed by "scary" movies. The most successful ones that have at least given me a hint of heebie-jeebies have all been much like NotLD: low budget, tension-built rather than action or gore reliant, preying on a base fear of being alone and in the dark.

( Why I hope I die; contains spoilers for many recent zombie media )