Halloweeneen

Tonight is the night local kids come out to trick or treat. (The city has a big Halloween parade on the 31st; most kids seem to be taken to it, and so they go out the previous night. A few stragglers show up on the 31st, but not many.) Unfortunately, between my work schedule and the bus schedule, I won't get home either night until almost 9PM, so no candy-giving for me this year. Also no candy *buying*, which is probably a good thing.

First Scares

Over on tor.com, there's a thread about "the first movie that scared you". Most of the movies that have been named are genuine horror movies: "Child's Play", "Nightmare on Elm Street", and the like.

I've never really been into horror movies, and I certainly wasn't allowed to watch them as a child. My two nominees - I'm not sure which I saw first - are "Pinocchio" (for the Monstro scenes) and "Old Yeller" (I had nightmares about rabid wolves for some years after seeing that one).

Come to think of it, I still haven't seen any horror movies. No, wait: I saw "The Blair Witch Project", which I found pretty meh. (One or two scary scenes, but not enough to get through the amateurism of the rest.)

You?