I think that's really for the best. I read the book and then watched the movie, and having *read* the book made the movie much, much scarier - especially the line, "Oh God, God! Whose hand was I holding?" Just typing these words gives me goosebumps.

I cannot watch any of the new crop of Japanese horror films such as The Ring or Ju-on. The images creep me out - the way the ghost-things pose and move. It's very simple but it's just too much for me.

Shawn, who cannot help himself, will sometimes stand in the corner of the basement, just so I can never forget. The boy ain't right.