Terror vs. Horror

When I think of horror, I remember my first time watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The movie itself is absolutely disgusting, and the makers of the movie used certain things to increase the horror felt. When the girl first kills herself in the car, it literally took me almost a full minute to react because I was so completely shocked by the fact that she had done that. The movie continues to use certain stereotypes to build the shock factor, including the "hick" like atmosphere, the whole town being in on the conspiracy, and the handicapped son being the culprit. The whole movie left me with a sick feeling in my stomach and I am not sure I will ever watch it again.

The definition of terror reminds me of a "trashy" book I just read. I have a very vivid imagination, and the description the author used to describe an attack happening had my heart beating quickly and my brain trying to move faster through the paragraphs so that I would know what was going to happen. In the book, there is a vampire outside of the main character's house. The vampire must be invited in so he can not attack the character outright, instead he slowly, painstakingly pulls the siding off her trailer, creating a noise that somehow the author was able to create inside my head. When he was finally finished torturing the character, he simply drives off. Not a very scary ending but the description of the noises and everything else created such an intense picture for me that terror was truly felt.

Me, Myself and I

My name is Caitlin. I just transferred from EWU. I am an English Major. This is the first time I have ever had a mascot that didn't fly. I am very excited by that fact.