The History Of Horror Movies According To Kasi

There are times when my kids do things that just reinforce that they are my children.

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Let me explain.  I love scary movies.  I have ever since I was a kid.  I have great memories of watching Dawn of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead with my dad.  Weird, I know, but true.  The only movie that ever scared me, I mean really scared me, was the original Halloween.  I still cringe whenever I hear that music.  The thing of it is, unlike other horror movies, this one had a believable storyline.  I'm not talking about the end, where Michael comes back to life. The scene that scared me the most was when Laurie looks out the window, and Michael is standing across the road, by the tree.  A second later, she looks out again, and he is gone.  Seriously, I still get freaked just thinking about it.  Babysitting was never the same for me after that movie, I can tell you that. 

Kasi shares my love of horror films.  Whenever a scary movie comes on one of the movie channels, we turn out the lights and watch together.  Most of the time, we have our eyes covered, because let's face it, the movies made today are a lot gorier than the ones I grew up watching.  Anyway, Kasi had to a "The History Of..." project for English class, and she chose horror movies.

Yes, she is definitely my kid.  The fun thing about this is that she had to start with old horror films, so she asked me which were some of my favorites from way back when.  Of course, the first to pop into my head was Night of the Living Dead.  I mean, who can forget the old, "They're coming for you, Barbara"?  I wanted her to be able to watch it, so we planned a trip to the library to see if they had a copy we could borrow.

No such luck.  Ryan suggested that we look for free movies online, and sure enough, I found it.  In fact, I found a ton of old horror movies, some of which I have never heard of.   I am looking forward to watching some of them, though.

This site also had other types of movies, from comedy to westerns, and several different television shows.  The best part is that you can watch for free, which is great, because I am cheap.

I know what Kasi and I will be doing for the next couple of weekends - watching horror movies.  I mean, it's considered research.  Right?