I have to say September and October are probably the best I do most of the year and it probably is because fall is the season of death. Think about it; Spring is the season of birth and fertility, great for young people, couples and planting things. Summer is the season of life, great for children and families. However come around to fall we have the only death themed holiday the whole year has to offer, days get shorter, and horror movies go on sale and everyone wants to watch more of them. Of course winter could come close, but it needs a death holiday if it ever wants to come within spitting distance, and it doesn’t have one.
Though thank whatever powers there are for Christmas horror, just saying, and lots of horror IS released in the first part of the year.
September and October though, that’s the time to be a death freak. If you’re a person who thinks about death nonstop, suddenly it doesn’t feel like you’re such a freak. Everyone loves Halloween.
There’s tons of suicide, murder, and dark stuff in all this material that comes with Halloween, and I can’t be the only suicidal person who finds it a bit cathartic. My therapist called me in the middle of playing a horror game and asked if I felt like killing anyone, and I had the thought; well I’m trying to kill these teenagers in my horror video game, but no one real, I can replay the game and make sure they all live. In this particular game I’m trying to feed them to the Wendigo, it’s Until Dawn which I highly reccomend especially the PC remake.
Are they teenagers or young adults? I’m not sure, it really doesn’t matter to them needing to die for me to get steam achievements and see specific endings. Then I watched 13 ghosts, a great horror flick. I’ve got my spooky shirt on and my black jeans so I feel fully in spooktober attitude. I don’t know if I’ll watch Saw, Final Destination or what other horror might catch my mood next.
The point is; I hope the rest of you can savor it too, time is short, soon enough everyone will be happy about Christmas and all that nonsense.