I was thinking... (always a scary thing)

I haven't watched a lot of TV in the past few months. As a matter of fact, I went for nearly 5 weeks that the set was never even turned on. Highly unusual for me, as I have been an avid movie fan for many years. Plus, I had favorite programs I watched on a weekly basis. Last night I decided to have some noise in the background to help drown out some strange sounds I kept hearing under the house (cats, coons, opossum, aliens?). I didn't want to hear the random prattle of some rerun, so I put a movie in the player. It was "The Ring".

If you haven't seen this movie, and you like scary movies, watch this one! The first time I watched it, there were a couple of jump-out-of-your-seat moments. No gore, just "Whoa! wth?" The real impact of the movie didn't hit me until the next day. Images from the movie would pop into my head (there are a lot of times in the movie that bizarre images are thrown in seemingly at random), and I would shiver. So many other movies have since used the pop-action imaging that it's not that surprising any more. But weee doggy...when I saw it in this movie it gave me goose-bumps!

Anyway, what got to me was I was not watching, but hearing the movie. I know many hours go into producing just the right sound, adding the perfect music, cutting out unnecessary background noises, etc. But, sometimes there's one little sound, one little tinkle of a bell or a few random notes, and you just know something bad is gonna happen! This movie has them in spades! It made me start thinking of other movies where music or sounds were added to give you a warning. Set you up for the big scream. Or burn into your memory the entire movie.

Friday the 13th. Everyone knows this one! That chi chi chi  cha cha cha sound (it's really ki ki ki ma ma ma). You started to squint when it started and by the time it was so loud it was hurting your ears, someone had a machete in the face.
Halloween. That keyboard tapping out the light, high octave notes and then this dark ominous low tone floating in....creepy.
Jaws. No need to say anything. Well, I could add that this movie had me afraid to even take a bath for a few days (I used the shower). lol
The Exorcist. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. Such a lovely tune now destined to bring chills to anyone who has seen the movie.

Just for fun, when you don't need 100% concentration while using the Inet, stick a movie in your player and just listen. You may be surprised what you have missed.