My first official movie review for hot - The Fog.
I hate horror films, simply because I refuse to subject myself to scary images and things that jump out at me with loud overdramatic noises. But a job’s a job and so I found myself sitting in a near-empty cinema, with a complimentary Coke and popcorn, freezing my ass off.
It was so cold I didn’t even finish my Coke, because that would have made me even colder.
Anyone who has seen a thriller/horror film with me will know that I cover my face with my eyes during potentially scary scenes – it’s less scary that way. But it’s not like I’m going to do that in a roomful of press, am I? So I had to be content with averting my eyes while keeping my face focused on the screen – as if I were watching when I was actually staring at the black wall undernearth. It helped, but not much. I jumped several times, once rather violently, which I’m sure was a source of amusement for the people sitting behind me – I should have sat right at the back now that I think about it.
I was quite pleased when the pair in front of me took to covering their faces with the big white envelopes containing our press kits. But we exaggerate – it really isn’t that bad.
