I rarely get scared.

When I go to a scary movie I have a hard time forgetting that I’m sitting in a movie theater. Maybe I lack imagination.

I usually laugh at scary movies because they are ridiculous. Most horror movies rely on the shock of an image or sound to scare the audience while the director has forgotten about the plot once he has the money to make the film.

This is not a critique of the horror genre, I actually like it. I just wish more movies could scare me, I crave it.

Some time ago I had a great idea, an answer to this problem. The most scared I’ve been in my life is when I had night terrors or sick dreams. When I was sixteen I spend all day playing James Bond 007 on Nintendo 64 and when I went to bed sick I had the most horrifying dream of my life. I was running around finding guns that would disappear once someone else found me. It was so real, in my head. And the logical side of my brain was on vacation.

I thought this was the worst dream ever, but hindsight has changed my opinion. That dream truly scared me and that kind of fear has been rare in my life.

So, the last few times I’ve been sick I’ve tried to spur sick nightmares. I haven’t succeeded yet, but I’m excited to become a delusional protagonist in a Wes Craven film.