You Scream. They Scream. We All Love the Franchise Scream.
Welcome to Horror Anonymous. A great place to hide.
*taps mic*
Hi! My name is Dani.
Hi Dani!
I’m really nervous about this but I have something to share with the group.
This is a free and safe space, Dani. You can share anything here.
~sigh~ Okay, ummm…I haven’t always been a Scream fan.
…..silence…..What?! How dare you?! How on earth can you sit here with US and call yourself a horror fan?!!!
Well, I…
Kick them out! Horror membership revoked!
Okay, okay, I had a feeling the knives would come out about this…and yes Ghostface I see you lurking ready to pounce. Just hear me out for a second.
Hmmm, well let’s hear it…and yeah Ghost, put the knife away…for now. We’re horror kith and kin here and we’ve all got our {grumbles} personal relationship with the genre.
Okay, first and foremost, I was six years old when the first Scream came out. This was the early 90s and trying to see some horror-related media at that age was still really difficult. It was rated R and my parents didn’t play back then about the rating system.