Last night Amber and I were talking about Stephen King and accidentally started talking about “It” and the horrors of Pennywise the Clown. I say accidentally becuase we are both still so scared of him to this day, nearly 2 decades after first seeing the movie. We then got to talking about how the fears we had as children, while irrational, are the ones that stick with you forever:
1. storm drains: ever since Pennywise the clown lured the boy into the gutter i have been terrified of gutters and clowns and tim curry. he played pennywise and then also played the devil in the movie “legend” and so i have been scared of him since i was a little girl. even when he’s in other movies and is a nice guy, i still think in my heart that he is bad and going to get someone, likely me. tim curry=scary!
(here is where i should post a picture of pennywise the clown, but not only would i be scared, i think amber would stop being my friend)
2. “the dingo ate my baby”: this movie where a dingo eats a baby while this family is on a camping trip that my parents let me watch when i was 5-6. it hit during that time when you thought that keeping your arms and legs inside the covers would keep you safe. i used to lie awake and need to go to the bathroom but not want to put my arms and legs out of the covers for fear of being eaten by a giant wild dog. perhaps that’s why i don’t like dogs so much.
i’m sure there are many others and i’m sure if you think about it, you’ll have some too that are stupid but nonetheless would cause you to lose sleep if say a dingo passed you on the street that day.
so, think about those things that scared you as a child and if they still do. i bet it’s the same with you all as with brianne and amber.
