The things I do to myself

[andrewducker]

I have a bad habit.

I don't generally watch truly unpleasant movies. I have no interest in seeing Hostel, or the various Texas Chainsaw movies, or the Saw sequels (although I hear the first movie is worth seeing), or generally anything where the main focus of the movie is horrible things happening to people, with no redeeming other qualities. Not that I object to gore, violence, etc. in my movies - Bad Taste is one of my favourite movies ever, and I have a massive soft spot for the first two Hellraiser movies, I'm just not a fan of torture for its own sake.

Anyway - my confession is this. I have no interest in seeing these movies, but I do find myself irresistably drawn to reading their synopses on Wikipedia. It's like a car crash, I find myself reading the plots to The Human Centipede and A Serbian Film, and then wishing that I hadn't*.

I don't really understand why, either. I don't get anything out of it, except that it quells my curiosity and makes me feel vaguely nauseous.

If I work out how to stop it, I'll let you know...

*And, if you haven't already read the synopses to these movies, then I also suggest that you don't.

Comments

[tempestteapot.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way only my reading of choice has been themoviespoiler.com. I take solace in the fact that at least I didn't spend money or more than a few minutes with them.

[andrewducker]

I shall bookmark that site for later use. Thanks!