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I wrote a similar thread on another forum. Not sure where I should post this. But my question basically came down to this entire situation: I live at home with my parents and a sibling. While I watch horror movies all by myself at night when everybody is asleep, I still feel like I am cheating because I don't watch horror movies while home alone. I never get the chance, because nobody in this house ever spends the night elsewhere, so I'm never home alone aside from moments during the day. I watched Ring (1998) and Noroi: The Curse (2005) last night, and I was thinking to myself.... "Goddamn, I would've been scared shitless if I watched this movie for the first time while being home alone." But given the circumstances: 1) I've already seen it, so I know what's to come, therefore Sadako crawling out of the TV is not unexpected, and it's the unexpectedness of that scene that really added to the horror and 2) I'm never home alone. So in a way, I feel like I am cheating myself by not optimalizing the situation I'm in, in order to actually get scared. And by the method I currently have, it will never happen anyway, because rewatching some of the scariest horror movies takes away its effect upon a second viewing. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I alone in this? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Should I get it out of my head? Does it not matter? Does it matter? I sorta want to pause watching any horror movie so that years from now, when I have a place of my own, I can finally watch a horror movie and actually get really scared if the movie knows how to scare the hell out of me, like Asian horror movies do... But I don't like the idea of waiting that long. Thanks for putting up with my crazy mind, it's appreciated. And your input will be valued, too!