{"id":13611,"date":"2016-10-06T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=13611"},"modified":"2016-10-06T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T21:49:00","slug":"horror-film-countdown-day-6-movies-anxious-parents-should-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/horror-film-countdown-day-6-movies-anxious-parents-should-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror Film Countdown Day 6 \u2013 Movies Anxious Parents Should Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our countdown to the most anxiety-inducing horror films for parents! \u00a0Today\u00a0is day six.<\/p>\n

Each day, we are covering the films I both love and hate because they\u2019re awesome and they give me panic attacks now that I\u2019m a mom.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s collection is a cross between horror and medical thrillers. \u00a0A group we don’t like to think about, even something we try to force out of our minds entirely. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because like so many others, it’s not the blood, the over-acting, the special effects that get to us anymore. \u00a0It is the very real possibility which\u00a0makes these films terrifying for any parent.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Trigger warnings are a given when you talk about horror, but I\u2019m going to say it anyway.\u00a0 Many subjects covered by horror films are disturbing to parents\u00a0in ways we can\u2019t possibly understand and each is unique to the parent and his\/her\u00a0experiences. Tread carefully and know your limits. \u00a0If this begins to be too much, there\u2019s no shame in closing the window. \u00a0Also, this post contains some spoilers throughout.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n

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26. Cabin Fever & The Virus Films
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Now, there has to be a distinction made here- we’re talking about viruses that are somewhat within the realm of our current reality; a flesh-eating virus or a bird flu-type thing. \u00a0The viruses that cause zombies are an entirely different topic altogether. \u00a0That being said, any\u00a0contamination movie ever made\u00a0discusses something highly probable – no matter how hard we try to protect them, we can’t be sure they won’t get sick with something as simple as the flu and end up with deadly consequences.<\/p>\n

As parents, we are taught from before our children are born how susceptible they are to disease and death by unknown, unseen pathogens floating around in our air.<\/p>\n

We are taught to fear these tiny death agents and vaccinate, keep our babies in the house for the first three months, breastfeed as long as humanly possible and sanitize literally EVERY SINGLE THING they touch, taste, walk on or breathe until they have fully formed, adult immune systems. \u00a0We buy cart covers so they don’t touch the shopping cart germs. \u00a0We start buying hand sanitizer in bulk. \u00a0We stock up on Lysol and don’t allow sick people to come over or to hold our children.<\/p>\n

This is a reality of parenting that has absolutely ZERO to do with horror films, but when you are a normal parent who has been taught to fear the unseen death machine lurking on the doorknob your child is about to turn who has ALSO seen movies like Contagion, Quarantine and Cabin Fever… “normal parent worry” turns into “psycho, hyper, germ-fearing insane” in about four seconds.<\/p>\n

Yes, this absolutely affected my choice to never let my child visit the nursery after birth. \u00a0It also affects the fact that I don’t let them play on the floor, touch walls, hand-rails or public doors without sanitizing them immediately after and they’re busted if they put their fingers anywhere near their faces until their hands have been washed.<\/p>\n

So, today as we meander the sickly, bloody, flesh-eating streets and forests in these films, we can grasp the graphically captured horror – the true essence of that helplessness we already feel as parents, magnified by a story where no one is safe and no one can work fast enough to save everyone. \u00a0They each show us in their own, special ways just how much we are fooling\u00a0ourselves\u00a0into believing our\u00a0babies are truly\u00a0safe from death by a virus.<\/p>\n

How many late-night\u00a0trips to the ER took place in that first year\u00a0of each of my children\u2019s lives becuase of strange marks, bumps, hives, scratches that didn’t want to heal or crying for no reason took place? \u00a0How often was it, deep down, JUST so I could make sure they weren\u2019t dying of some horrifying flesh-eating disease? \u00a0Too many to want to admit it.<\/p>\n

Want to know how bad my crazy is with this one? \u00a0Here’s a reoccurring scenario that takes place in my brain in the wee hours of the night:<\/p>\n

We are somewhere out in public. \u00a0Me and one of my children. \u00a0Nowhere special, just someplace like the grocery store. \u00a0We are on our way out and suddenly we are met at the door by someone in a yellow jumpsuit telling us we can’t leave. \u00a0The store is under quarantine and each of us have to be tested to make sure we’re not sick. \u00a0“Well,” I think – “I’m careful and we were only here for a few minutes, so I’m sure we are fine.” \u00a0So I casually allow us both to be tested thinking it’ll be fast and done and we’ll be home soon. \u00a0The results come back. \u00a0I’m fine, but my child is not. \u00a0My child is infected with some fast-working, deadly disease that no one can fix and we aren’t allowed to leave but I MUST go becuase I’m fine and if I stay, I will die, too. \u00a0They won’t tell me what happens, what kind of disease it is, what she will die of, what she will become… all I know is she won’t make it out of there alive and no one can fix her. \u00a0My husband shows up on the other side of the door with my other child, who is pressed up against the glass, asking me to go to him, but I can’t leave his sister. \u00a0I have to choose – stay with my dying daughter, knowing I will die with her, or leave her terrified by herself to be with my son who also needs me?<\/p>\n

This is what films like this do to a parent’s mind. \u00a0And just think… I used to watch them and laugh at the gory special effects! \u00a0How times have changed…<\/p>\n

Oh, and yes \u2013 I check them thoroughly any time they have played in any outside water source like a lake, river, ocean and\u00a0pools. \u00a0I scream at them to keep their mouths shut while they are in the water and I am secretly cringing if they walk into the ocean with any cuts of any kind.<\/p>\n

Don’t laugh at me…You never know and because of\u00a0Cabin Fever, now I\u2019m crazy. \u00a0Thanks, Eli. \u00a0You\u2019re the best. \u00a0Really. \u00a0I love having nightmares about my child’s face falling off after a forest hike, don’t you?<\/p>\n

Speaking of horrors in the deep, dark woods\u2026 Check back in for tomorrow’s article for one of my favorites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our countdown to the most anxiety-inducing horror films for parents! \u00a0Today\u00a0is day six. Each day, we are covering the films I both love and hate because they\u2019re awesome and they give me panic attacks now that I\u2019m a mom. Today\u2019s collection is a cross between horror and medical thrillers. \u00a0A group we don’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4,9,14],"tags":[487,488,489],"class_list":["post-13611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-and-reviews","category-lessons-from-the-mother-ship","category-news","tag-halloween-countdown","tag-horror-films-to-terrify-parents","tag-virus-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-3xx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13598,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/horror-film-countdown-day-4-movies-anxious-parents-should-avoid\/","url_meta":{"origin":13611,"position":0},"title":"Horror Film Countdown Day 4 \u2013 Movies Anxious Parents Should Avoid","author":"Janelle","date":"October 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Welcome to our countdown to the most anxiety-inducing horror films for parents! \u00a0Today we are on day four and today, I admit.. 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