On Tuesday my daughter and I went to see Drag Me to Hell.  Now first of all you have to understand that I am a horror flick junkie.  I raised my kids on Hitchcock and Tales from the Crypt.  One of our favorite things to do when they were smaller was to make a big bowl of popcorn, turn on a sleezy B horror flick, and laugh at all the discrepancies in the plot.  It helped them to realize just how stupid these movies were and we had some great bonding moments.  Well, let me just say that if you love horror films you really need to see this movie.  It had plenty of “make you jump” moments but it also made fun of every horror film out there.  It wasn’t afraid to laugh at its self either.  We had a pretty good crowd to watch it with.  Everyone jumped at the right moments and cringed when things were gross.  We did have some teens come in after us, and of course they sat right in front of us.  They texted, wriggled, giggled and talked throughout the movie.  Obviously they weren’t quite ready for this film and their nervous laughter was annoying.  The woman with them whom I assume was their mother, did nothing to stop them.  No problem, a swift kick to the backs of their seats shut them up.  When one of the girls turned around and looked at me, I furrowed my brows and gave her my best mommy glare. ”Turn around and be still” came out of my mouth at the same time my daughter said, “shut-up”.  That was the end of that.  Later my daughter apologized to me for ever having been a teenager.  That was sweet, but I still remember what she was like as a teenager so sorry really doesn’t help.

About half way through the movie a guy came in with a child who was maybe 6.  Now I ask you…what is going through the mind of a parent who drags a 6 year old to a movie that is titled Drag Me To Hell?  When I say that I let my kids watch horror movies, I didn’t mean when they were 6.  They were old enough to understand that this was all make believe.  I had also endoctrinated them in slasher films at home.  It needs to be at home so you can explain in a normal voice…not whispers…that this is not real.  The child didn’t make a noise, at least not that I heard, but the adult was probably kicking himself when the kid was up all night with nightmares.  For God’s sake…adults need to be adults.  Don’t just choose something you want to watch over the sanity of a child.  UP was playing in the theatre next door.  Take the kid to see UP!  Recently my oldest was watching a vampire movie at our home.  The Precious had wandered into the room and was watching closely as the undead created more undead.  I had to suggest that my son change the channel because I was pretty sure that even though The Precious is not old enough to understand the concept of Vampires, he does understand biting (there’s a kid at daycare who may be a fledgling) and I’m pretty sure that no matter how old you are you get that a scream is a reaction to something scary.  My son finally turned the channel and the trance was broken.  I lured The Precious upstairs with the promise of Budin’ bubbles in his bath and the situation was rectified. 

One of my nieces was at the movies seeing Interview with the Vampire  when it came out several years ago.  There was a woman who had brought a toddler to the movies.  I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt and assuming she thought the child would go to sleep before the movie had really gotten started.  Well, of course that didn’t work.  The child cried for what my niece said was a solid twenty minutes.  Everyone in the theatre was giving the woman dirty looks, but rather than leave or take the child home the woman continued to get on to the child.  She would tell it to be quiet and then be surprised when it didn’t respond.  Finally my niece had enough.  she got up out of her seat and went to the woman.  In a voice just above a whisper she said, “We don’t hate your child, but we are beginning to hate you.  If you don’t leave the theatre now I can’t be responsible for what this crowd may do to you.”  This may not be an exact quote but the sentiment was clear.  The lady took the child and left the theatre.  This is the niece that is much like me.  She belongs to the sister that hates me.  See I think God is making her deal with me whether she likes it or not.  Since she won’t have anything to do with me she is being forced to raise a child that is just like me.  I am just thankful that I didn’t have to raise a child just like her!  I had enough to deal with.  Back to the movie though, if you want to see a truly funny horror film that will still make you jump enough times to significantly raise your adrenaline levels go see Drag Me to Hell.  It is totally worth the price of a ticket.

 

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   Movie Rating- Two severed and bloodied thumbs up?

   Comment by pms — June 5, 2009 @ 6:22 am

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