Non-Fiction

Sex and Horror

Alex

I bought a DVD today, “28 Weeks Later”. I normally wait for DVDs to fall in price before buying them, but I fancied a gore-fest of epic proportions, which is what the film promises. We might get to see it tonight, we’ll see.

I’ve had one hell of a time at work over the past few weeks, plus the move of the site to the new server, and that is all beginning to tell on me. Work, as it happens has just started to turn good, the issues that have been dogging my project have been resolved by the application of research and bloody-mindedness on my part.

Suze isn’t faring much better for a variety of reasons. So we’re both pretty weary.

Sometimes you want to watch a film that makes you think. Sometimes one that highlights and dramatises a subject that would be difficult to engage with. Maybe it’s a subject that would otherwise be too dry and clinical like James Watson and Francis Crick’s discovery of the shape of the DNA molecule, phenomenally important, interesting and sensational, but without a little humanisation the story would be a little too much for most people to digest.

Of course there are times when you just want your partner to jump out of their skin and into your arms. Ooops, that sounded quite gory in itself didn’t it LOL. Not that I have to resort to such tactics with Suze, we’re past the coy, wooing stage :). However in the past it’s a ploy that I’ve used successfully hehehe.

I’ve never seen it from the female perspective, obviously as that would involve surgery or a Vulcan mind-meld. So ladies, do you like to be scared and cling to your man? I don’t mean in a “I’m a bloody helpless female.” Kind of way, but in a “Come on big boy protect me from the flesh eating, limping zombies and you’re going to get some wild monkey sex the like of which you’ve never seen kind of way.”

Over to you.

And I’m off to watch gallons of blood being spilt.

😛

Tags: 28 Weeks Later, sex and horror, danny boyle

9 thoughts on “Sex and Horror”

  1. I think women like to feel secure in their man’s arms. Men like to feel secure in their women’s arms too but they are not supposed to show it.

    I have known many girl friends who want to cuddle then have mad monkey sex after watching a horror film.

  3. I can’t even see a trailer for anything remotely scary. It results in histeria and an inability to even go for a wee on my own. Once J showed me one of those things on the internet that lulls you into a false sense of security then scares you to death. I nearly threw up on the spot!

  4. This is funny. I’m watching “28 Weeks Later” as I type this. I put the movie on hold for a few minutes to read some blogs. You’ll like it. It’s very good. These aren’t lumbering slow zombies, either. They move FAST.

    I LOVE horror movies! I like being scared out of my wits, but I don’t necessarily fall into my husband’s arms. I like to watch horror movies alone, too, and I just love being scared. Sometimes that translates into hot monkey sex, but not all the time. I do get into a heightened state of awareness when watching a good horror movie, though.

  5. Alex- I love horror movies…so there is not a lot of jumping out of my skin to be seen…but i will get into said mood perhaps if “He” will put up with my horror movies and watch them with me…lol.

    And, I really really wanna see 28 Weeks Later!!! xoxo

  6. Suze honey,
    No I didn’t forget you – you commented 3 times since August 1st !!! You are there ! Go back and check —

    Now, I’m gonna go read your latest post – and comment on it !

  8. Have hou read ‘The Double Helix’ by James Watson? It’s not at all a dry book and I’m sure it could easily be dramatised. There is a wealth of interesting characters there. The impulsive Crick, the patrician Bragg, the enigmatic Rosalind Franklin, the eccentric Linus Pauling…I’d pay to see it.

  9. I’d probably cling if I had ulterior motives, it would depend on the movie. I think the Scott brother’s two series/anthologies, The Hunger (I -hosted by Terence Stamp, and II -hosted by David Bowie), are ideal for that because each anthology features mini stories, or one hour episodes that often contain good sex scenes, before the horror kicks in, within the story.

    I do get a bit of a thrill, laugh when guys jump though. muahahahaha

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