Fake Freaks

I watched the ending to Freaks last night after finishing some hardcore homework, it wasn't the first time I have seen it, but it was the first time that it hit me how scary a man without any limps crawling toward you with a switchblade in his mouth can really be. This movie was frightening because it didn't have the filler, it was a legitimetly creepy subject with legit creeps.

I think as the years go by, we lose that sense of actual fear. We flutter our movies with musical scores that are giving us that artificial spook, the pop of a masked killer, or the whiplash of a twist. These situations fray from the topics that actually will give you the willies. The Omen is another example of a legit scary movie. I am my father's son.