Not So Scary (and VERY scary) Movies

Scary movies complete me during this lovely Halloween season so here’s a little guide to my 10 top favorites. * Note: Technically, two of these movies are legitimately scary. But the rest are my favorites when it comes to appropriate seasonal fun. So enjoy and don’t try to fight me!

+Shaun of the Dead: Ok, so this isn’t a scary movie. But don’t tell me that your butt muscles didn’t clench while the zombies started to break into the Winchester. This can also be considered as my favorite comedy and one of my favorites movies of all time.

Not for: people who have not become desensitized to the f-bomb, people that hate British people.

+Paranormal Activity: I’ve seen it three times and I still haven’t managed to keep my eyes open during that final scene. And I never will!

Not for: people who have souls, God fearing individuals, people who are not down with Satan…

+The Strangers: I recall nonstop tears falling from my eyes while watching this is theaters. So horrible. So great. And Dennis Reynolds is in it!

Not for: people that live alone out in the country, people that have serious issues with burlap sack masks.

+Hocus Pocus: This classic just reeks of childhood. I know that every girl at one point in their life has called dibbs on which Sanderson sister witch they want to be (i.e., not the forgettable chubby one and preferably the slutty Sarah Jessica Parker one).

Not for: This movie is for everyone! Unless you’re an unspirited a-hole.

+Drag me to Hell: So much fun. The grossest movie you will ever watch, other than Jackass 3D, I’m sure. I love that my family went to go see this in theaters for FHE.

Not for: Those with weak stomachs.

+The Ring: This is the first real scary movie that I saw in theaters. I was about 13 or 14 and I remember bolting out of my seat for the door on multiple occasions. I watch it now and laugh, but that was some messed up stuff for a girl who ran home from school everyday to watch Full House, Saved by the Bell, Family Matters, then whatever original movie that was playing on the Disney channel, in that particular order.

Not for: 13 year old girls who just want to daydream about Ryan Merriman.

+Scary Movie 3: Also not considered a scary movie, but it is too hilarious not to mention. This movie is seriously funny. If you’ve seen the other movies in the franchise but not this one, I promise this one is nothing like the others and that it’s truly a diamond in the rough.

Not for: People who are not funny.

+Ghostbusters: Classic. My dream is to see all three in the movie theaters. Why was I born in the late 80s??

Not for: Those sympathetic to marshmallow.

+Beetlejuice: Tim Burton has done some pretty crappy stuff in the last decade—he should just stick to making weirdo stuff like Beetlejuice. This movie will never not make me smile.

Not for: People that hate on yellow teef and green hair, those who have been misguided into hating Alec Baldwin.

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My mind has been racing a mile a minute these past couple of days. Mostly about unimportant, trivial crap. Per usual. Don’t read this if you hate on blog posts that have WORDS. Because I know I do sometimes.

+ The best highlight of seeing Hairspray at the Scera this weekend was noting that they had to cast Tongans and olive skinned white people as the black kids in Baltimore. Oh Utah.

+ I don’t like Glee. I wish I did. Do you know how many discussions I get left out of?

+ I am moving to Salt Lake City TOMORROW. My beautiful, kind, and patient aunt let me crash at her home in American Fork while I searched for the perfect place to live. And finally, I found a charming little house in a charming little neighborhood in the middle of Sugarhouse. Really, I am in love. But I’ve had such a great time with my family that I will no doubt be shedding a salt watery substance from my tear ducts tomorrow. Oh, those are called tears, you say? I don’t do it often but I just know that crying is going to be inevitable tomorrow.

+ I’ve lost all creative inspiration lately. Blogs used to be my reading material of choice because they introduced me to such a beautiful and creative world that I never knew existed. I adored hopping from blog to blog written by girls that I aspired to be, doing things that I wanted to do, and loving things that I wanted to love. But now I’m bored. Does anyone have anything that inspires them these days that doesn’t have to do with cupcakes, letters to husbands and/or inanimate objects, weddings, quarter life crises, photography of pretty things, diy flower headbands, or outings to the nearest restaurant/gelato place/food truck? Don’t get me wrong, I love those things (minus the letters). I have even blogged about these things (note the cupcake rant a couple posts down, haha) but I feel like I’ve seen it all before and it doesn’t get me excited anymore. I am craving something fresh.

+ I have been trying to grow my hair long for the past couple of years and now that it’s near the length that I’ve been working so hard to reach, I hate it. Of course. I’m hating on it so bad that I’m thinking chopping it off into a bob and dying it a rich, dark, RED. That’s right! I want to be a ginge! And yes, I know it’s a horrible idea. Must be me just being bored and creatively uninspired. See how it’s affecting my important life decisions??

+ My computer crashed and I lost all of my music. I lost my super old versions of itunes and limewire that allowed me to download for free to my hearts desire. But I guess the upside to all of this is that my friends won’t look at me anymore like the dirty thief that I am (was). Looks like I’m going to have to purchase my first song off of itunes after 4 years!

+ The GRE can suck it. I hate this test and I haven’t even taken it yet. I bought a book but every time I open it up to study I all of a sudden find myself deep cleaning my room, grocery shopping, or calling a friend that I haven’t talked to in months. Funny how that works.

+ One of the speakers in General Conference today said that the grass is never greener on the other side. I have thought about this concept a lot in the past year and always believed it to be true, but it was definitely like a kick in the stomach hearing it from an apostle. It’s real, it’s raw, it’s human, and it’s a little painful knowing that trials will always be constant and that life will never be perfect, even though that’s what we’re trying so hard to achieve. But it’s also a pretty hopeful and humbling concept if you look at it with the right perspective.

+ Can you believe that I just bought my fourth bridesmaids dress within a year?

+ October is and will forever be my baby. I LOVE this time of year. The Utah leaves get themselves all pretty and I am always cranking out those pumpkin flavored treats. But the best is visiting the corn maze at Thanksgiving Point, visiting the Haunted Forest, and watching a couple scary movies every weekend up until Halloween graces us with her lovely presence.

Ahhh this was long. Maybe I should just buy a journal?