Because I still haven't landed a job yet I have the dubious task of finding something to do with my days until school resumes late September. One can only go to the gym so often so I've made it a point to visit my good friend Monk since we tend to not see each other at all when our schedules are in full swing. So last week Monk and I indulged ourselves by going downtown for a late afternoon showing of the new Halloween movie. It's by Rob Zombie and is a retelling of the first Halloween movie. Its new take largely focuses on looking at Michael Myers' childhood. It was a fun movie and Monk and I got some good laughs out of Rob Zombie's hat tips to iconic horror legends. I think though that for me the movie was a bit creepier than for anyone else in the theater.
Why did I think it was creepy? I think it was creepy because of the time spent in the killer's childhood. I think it was creepy because, as you might remember, I spent a quarter working inpatient psychiatry with kids. I think it was creepy because I young Michael Myers reminded me of half my case load during that quarter. I'm not saying that I think those kids are going to grow up and become killers. What I am saying is that the sweet innocent face, the baby voice, the submissive demeanor...just like in the movie I've seen them disappear in a heartbeat. Suddenly the kid you were just watching is gone and has been replaced with a screaming, thrashing, scary faced monster that wasn't anywhere to be seen ten seconds ago. I wouldn't go so far as to say the movie was clinically accurate on all counts...but it certainly brought back some memories. And should you find yourself watching Halloween don't think for a second that kids don't really change. They change. Just. Like. That. At least the troubled ones do. Don't think for a second that an adult guard would have no problem subduing a 12 year-old.
Pause for the melodrama...yeah it was a creepy movie, but only because the kids I've seen off screen were just like the one playing in the theater.
Posted on September 04, 2007 @ 7:44 PM | 0 comments
Why did I think it was creepy? I think it was creepy because of the time spent in the killer's childhood. I think it was creepy because, as you might remember, I spent a quarter working inpatient psychiatry with kids. I think it was creepy because I young Michael Myers reminded me of half my case load during that quarter. I'm not saying that I think those kids are going to grow up and become killers. What I am saying is that the sweet innocent face, the baby voice, the submissive demeanor...just like in the movie I've seen them disappear in a heartbeat. Suddenly the kid you were just watching is gone and has been replaced with a screaming, thrashing, scary faced monster that wasn't anywhere to be seen ten seconds ago. I wouldn't go so far as to say the movie was clinically accurate on all counts...but it certainly brought back some memories. And should you find yourself watching Halloween don't think for a second that kids don't really change. They change. Just. Like. That. At least the troubled ones do. Don't think for a second that an adult guard would have no problem subduing a 12 year-old.
Pause for the melodrama...yeah it was a creepy movie, but only because the kids I've seen off screen were just like the one playing in the theater.
Posted on September 04, 2007 @ 7:44 PM | 0 comments
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