{"id":13655,"date":"2016-10-10T18:09:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T01:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=13655"},"modified":"2016-10-10T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T01:09:38","slug":"horror-film-countdown-day-10-movies-anxious-parents-should-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/horror-film-countdown-day-10-movies-anxious-parents-should-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror Film Countdown Day 10 \u2013 Movies Anxious Parents Should Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our countdown to the most anxiety-inducing horror films for parents! \u00a0Today\u00a0is day ten.<\/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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This one had to be talked about at some point and it may as well be today. \u00a0The movie(s) that kept me awake for a month, the story of a mother’s quest for truth and the punishment she faces because she tried to help. \u00a014 years ago next week this film changed my life, the way I saw the “golden hour” at twilight, televisions, oval mirrors and random pools of water. \u00a0That’s right friends, today we get to talk about…<\/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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22. The Ring\/Ringu<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the\u00a0most personally impactful horror films I have ever seen, The Ring and the original Ringu franchise is (in my opinion) one of the best ghost stories ever told. \u00a0Possibly because Sadako’s\/Samara’s tale is based on some truth, this film allows us to consider the thread of reality woven into its fabric, thus making it all the more terrifying. \u00a0G<\/span>iven my personal nature, love of the paranormal and desire to save everyone, her story hit pretty close to home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond the terror, there is so much beautiful, haunting imagery it can’t help but stay with you long after the story is over, making it all the more\u00a0chilling\u00a0considering the point.<\/p>\n

I had to get rid of my oval mirrors. \u00a0Not even kidding, for over a decade, I only had one mirror that wasn’t i the bathroom and it was square. \u00a0All the oval ones went away. \u00a0Far, far away…<\/p>\n

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As a parent, this movie is even more terrible than it was BEFORE I had children and that’s\u00a0saying something considering I spent a month after I saw it unable to sleep, followed by several more\u00a0with nothing but nightmares because of it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I reprimand my child for hurting her brother and I ask, \u201ccan\u2019t you please just be good and nice to him?\u201d and her response is wide-eyed, stoic and perfectly calm as she looks me dead in the eye and replies, \u201cI\u2019m sorry but I can\u2019t\u201d all I could think of was;<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I do and I\u2019m sorry.\u00a0 It won\u2019t stop\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Honestly, now that I\u2019m a parent, it\u2019s the desperation and the loneliness that hurts me most. \u00a0My heart hurts for Samara\/Sadako. \u00a0She was abused, misunderstood, used and neglected. \u00a0Her evil was borne out of fear, hate and torture. \u00a0It reminds me of every abuse case I\u2019ve ever heard when a child with special needs is involved. \u00a0A parent didn\u2019t understand them, hid them away, told them they were useless and stupid, a freak.<\/p>\n

When watching The Ring, there is a moment of clarity as Rachel (the reporter mother attempting to unearth the truth before Samara claims her son), climbs into\u00a0the loft of a\u00a0forgotten barn where Samara\u00a0was kept. \u00a0There, she understands (or thinks she does) the desperation and\u00a0loneliness Samara must have felt and she vows to find her, release her, bring her justice. \u00a0It just makes me anxious for everyone. \u00a0It\u2019s so hard to watch now, imagining this poor little girl. \u00a0She is murdered by her own mother and tossed into a well where she slowly died over the course of seven long, cold days. \u00a0Then, the mother who wants to save her who I relate to so well, tries to do everything she can to free Samara’s spirit, assuming by solving the crime the curse would be broken.<\/span><\/p>\n

All Samara wanted was to tell her story, to share what had happened to her …Right?<\/p>\n

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Empathy quickly shifts to terror however, when we see Rachel\u00a0is losing her battle against a monster. \u00a0The fight is no longer about keeping herself alive or solving the riddle of the tape. \u00a0It’s about keeping her little boy from a gruesome death because she finally understands\u00a0what it means when Aidan says;<\/p>\n

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This is when we realize\u00a0the good intentions of a mother’s love sometimes backfires. \u00a0Rachel’s attempt to bring peace to the angry ghost of a rotting child’s corpse in a well only\u00a0releases the creature to do even more damage. \u00a0The spirit was never kind, it was never in need of help. It was never reaching out for understanding or reconciliation. \u00a0All it needed was a helping hand out of its prison to destroy everyone more easily. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because she never sleeps. \u00a0And now, neither will you. \u00a0Don’t laugh it off, thinking it won’t cross your mind the next time your baby reuses to go to bed or suddenly wakes in the middle of the night, wide awake for no reason for days at a time. \u00a0It will. \u00a0Oh, it will…<\/p>\n

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Even if the sleep thing doesn’t get to you, the fact that she forces her energy through a television transmission directly into your brain might. \u00a0This film doesn’t just break the fourth wall, it simply tears the concept to pieces as though it never existed at all. \u00a0It considers the reality that what you see on a screen can manifest into your reality through the power of Will. \u00a0This means anything you watch can be transferring energy, building momentum to manifest itself though your experiences. \u00a0For anyone who has ever considered the the idea of manifesting energy based on the power of Will, this brings it all into focus: \u00a0Even if the story was never true, does the fact that you watched it make it real? \u00a0Could it happen simply because the story exists? \u00a0Could it create a paradox? \u00a0Should we put this story away and never, ever watch it again just in case?<\/p>\n

…the thought has crossed my mind. \u00a0I don\u2019t\u00a0even like that I had to download these images to my computer in order to write this and for a long time, I didn’t keep my copy of the\u00a0movie in the house and to this day, I still don’t own the originals. \u00a0I mean, really – Someone might watch it and then what? \u00a0It\u2019ll be all creepy wells, bloody noses, hairballs, and broken TV’s and nobody got time for that. \u00a0So, let’s just put this one to bed and hope it stays there while we move onto a new topic.<\/p>\n

We can’t talk about\u00a0vengeful, dead children without bringing up one, very special child who only wants to play…. \u00a0Tomorrow. \u00a0Right now, I need to go watch a Disney movie and\u00a0pretend this entry never happened. \"tumblr_obpc7snuiw1txfen3o1_500\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our countdown to the most anxiety-inducing horror films for parents! \u00a0Today\u00a0is day ten. 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. 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