Ju-on.
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Evil Things
This is the last place you would expect to see a movie review. Especially a review of a horror movie. I have no use for horror movies. Slasher flicks, forget it. But last night I watched a movie that truly spooked me.

Appropriately, I watched it all by myself in the middle of the night. It was called Ju-on. Japanese, with subtitles -- ideal for a cosleeping mama who has to keep the volume at zero. This is not a slasher flick; there's no gore; nothing is obvious. The subtlety is what makes it so scary. A shadow with eyes. The face of . . . what? It was deeply and truly creepy. Really haunting. Ben had seen it already and been completely freaked out by it -- that's how I knew to watch it. He woke up just before the end and said See? Told you. We started to compare notes, when Sam unexpectedly said Don't talk about it any more. But this morning, he kept asking us to tell him about it.

The only thing I can compare it to is La Belle et La Bete. But, you know, Japanese, which definitely makes it extra spooky. You can read the New York Times review of it here. You'll need registration, but if I know you, you're probably registered with the Times already anyway.

Made our skin crawl, but in a very restrained and intellectual way. Check it out. Apart from that? I watched Twister. Twice. Because you have to watch Twister, is why. Because the watching of Twister is, like, a religion. I've got my weather nerd cred to think of, after all.

God, I'm going to miss maternity leave when it's over. Ten days and counting.