By this point I'm sure you're thinking, "Who the Hell is this girl and why the Hell do I care?" That's okay...I can accept that. And hey, if you're reading this in the first place, you've got to care at least a little bit, right? I guess a little bit about me would be in order here, considering I've done my best to warp your mind into thinking about Horror the way I do. To me, it's more than a film genre. I'm not really sure what it is to me exactly, and even if I did I probably wouldn't be able to put it into words. It gets me through the long hours of the day, and for that, I'm pretty thankful it's around. Time sure flies when you're watching heads explode...

Having this little corner of the WWW up for all to see has exposed me to all kinds of new people. Almost every time I come in contact with someone new (whether it's through E Mail or the guestbook or whatever) they almost always ask me at what point or another: "What's your all time favourite Horror film". Well, that one's not so easy to answer. The response would change from day to day, night to night, mood swing to mood swing. At the moment, I'm leaning toward Return of the Living Dead, but that's subject to change the next time I have a really good time watching a flick. I link my "favourite" movies more with the feelings they bring out in me and the overall situation of watching them more than the actual movie itself. I know this isn't really an answer, but it's the best one I can come up with at the moment. In place of a concrete response, I'll just tell you how I got interested in the genre in the first place (yeah, like you care).

Well, I couldn't have been more than 4 years old and my aunt was living with us at the time. My parents would go out and leave her to baby-sit my younger sister and I and my aunt would always let me stay up late with her and watch IEVOM (a Horror television series) and Star Trek. By some miracle, I came out of it a Horror junkie rather than a Trekkie...Go figure. After that, my dad started sneaking in Horror films for us to watch together. I remember it so clearly. I was sitting on the couch, my feet barely able to dangle over the side of the cushion I was so little, and my dad came up the stairs clutching something in his jacket. He looked around for my mother, and seeing that she wasn't around, pulled out a Nightmare on Elm Street movie. Sadly, I can't remember which one, but I do remember cheering "Yay, daddy!! Freddy!" Don't ask me how I knew who Freddy Krueger was in the first place...I just did. Anyway, after that, the rest, as they say, is history.

I do, however remember the first movie (probably the only one) that ever scared me. With my early start in Horror, I became quickly desensitized to people being eaten alive, turning into monsters and all the rest. I kind of bragged about the fact that none of it seemed to shake me. So at about the age of 8 or 9, my mother became determined to bring home a movie that would scare me out of my love of Horror. She tried Carrie...Mildly suspenseful, but not scary...She tied and tried, until finally she brought home the Exorcist. Being brought up Catholic, the God-fearing little girl I was found herself shivering violently beneath a blanket 20 minutes into the film. I slept with the light on, and with a Bible, Rosary and Crucifix under my pillow for at least a good month. Add to the heap the fact that every time my mom wanted to get me to do something, rather than yelling, she'd just have to start slowly turning her head around and I'd flip out and obey. I was a basket case! A few years later I watched it again, laughed through most of the parts that had truly terrified me, and was more keen to the tremendously beautiful cinematography in the film (it's full of tiny samples and semi-subliminal images). Suffice to say, I've recovered.

So, there you have it. The History of my Fetish, according to Arachnia. As for personal information (stats, etc) there's really much to tell. I graduated High School and am currently hesitating furthering my education to "find myself" or at least that's the excuse I use. My favourite hobbies (besides watching sick movies) include writing (all kinds), reading, music (I'm a huge Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Misfits and anything somber junkie, like The Cure) drawing, sketching and last but not least, photography (although I'm too poor to peruse it at the moment). Errr...I can't think of anything else...

So, if you enjoyed perusing through my website, feel more than welcome to Email me or drop something in the Guestbook (I generally respond if you genuinely had something to say). It makes me feel a little better about all the time I put into this to know that people are digging it ;)

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