Taming Terror: Sliding into Horror

My love of horror started as a toddler when my dad let me watch Child's Play with him. I was immediately hooked.

Since then, I've tried to connect with others who feel the same as I do about horror: intrigue, curiosity, and thrill. But finding others who enjoyed horror the way I do has been and still is difficult. When I ask people why they don't want to watch scary movies with me, they say “I just don’t like being scared.”

So that's the mission of this blog: to open the creaky doors and blow away some of the cobwebs so more people feel comfortable exploring their fears and finding relatable moments by providing spoiler-free jump-scare warnings and broad content warnings.

Please note that the lists of content warnings (CWs) are general, not comprehensive. CWs on this site are intended to inform the viewer of specific kinds of content, not to spoil the fun. Including CWs is one way I can help make the horror genre more accessible to newcomers. Everyone has their squicks and major ews. Don’t yuck someone’s yum, and don’t yum up their yuck.

So why tame terror? Because everyone should feel free to explore fear, from the tamest Halloween specials to the nastiest of terrors. Life is already scary; why not try to enjoy the scares?