That's quite the vivid image! But, honestly, based on my one experience of going to Fright Fest I don't think you would have looked out of place at all. I think I looked more out of place with my Napalm Death T-shirt.Miririn wrote: ↑July 19th, 2021, 10:16 am Unrelated boring "Midsommar" anecdote: none of my IRL love horror films so I always have to go and see them alone. But my fashion aesthetic/general vibe is very... uh... twee? Girly? Not... horror-y? My friend had to ban me from dog and cat rescue websites because I would read all the descriptions and cry? I own a lamp shaped like a hedgehog?? That kind of thing. Twee.
So I remember going to see "Midsommar" alone at a sold out screening in Central London. I sat next to a lad and his girlfriend and he looked at me: in a Cath Kidston Disney collab Jungle Book dress, pink bag with a cat driving a prosecco van (............I accept no judgment), pink glitter phone case, and a big glass of wine. I think the poor guy was genuinely worried I had stumbled into the wrong screening and was meant to be at the chick flick next door, ahaha. But I was there for the boyfriend sacrificing and big hammers!!! And maybe the "Midsommar" vibe itself is very me In that it's about unspeakable horror but all the women are in pretty girly dresses with flowers in their hair!
I'm with you on your idea of what makes a story frightening. Bad things happening to good people for no reason is a similar one for me. I've never read it as it's hard to get hold of, but I've read a summary of a short story called The Clinic by Alex White. What takes places in that story crushes my soul and makes me more afraid than a million ghosts or zombies jump-scaring their way across grim dark worlds.
Snap! I watched it yesterday after some compulsion, so it might have been Jay mentioning it. I thought it was good and while it was aiming for grim realism, I felt really worn down after the first 30 minutes. What the fuck were they teaching these soldiers if the first thought when seeing a woman is a need to rape? But not since Dead Man's Shoes have I cheered as much to see nasty little pricks get what they deserve.Following another recommendation from Jay I just watched The Nightingale (available on Netflix). It was excellent.