It's nothing against the genre; more like one film dug deep into my subconcious and upped the fear factor to eleven. That film?
A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I saw the film during a sleepover in high school; the adults were asleep and the kids wanted to stay up all night-a horror movie it was.
And I did stay up all night. In fear that if I ever fell asleep, Freddy Krueger would appear and slit my throat.
Krueger is the most frightening horror villain in my mind. Because that's the point-he gets you where you think you're safe; your mind. Jason, Michael Myers, Leatherface, you could potentially outrun them, The Xenomorphs and the Predator, you can fight and kill them. The Cenobites and the Necronomicon? Just stay away from the creepy books and puzzle boxes. But Krueger is a different beast.
And the fact is that most of these guys will kill you. It'll be bloody and brutal, but it'll be over with. Krueger is a sadist-he drags it out, he keeps it waiting, and when you least expect it-BAM! You're dead.
I think this is especially terrifying for me because I'm a writer. My imagination is almost always firing, and the idea of a guy who can invade your dreams and kill you is one of the most infinitely horrifying scenarios I could think of
So if you have ever wondered why I rarely watch horror, or haven't written it, you can blame Freddy Krueger.
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