In watching a terrifying movie, some actions can be responded to, like jumpscares and screaming. Movies are made for you to jump and get scared. Scary books are made for you just to be nervous about. You cannot be reading a scary book and jump from words, but you can jump from a pop-up of a clown or monster on your screen. Unlike books, movies have eerie music to go along with the story that gets your skin crawling. Books have descriptive words to have you imagine yourself in that scene to feel the fear. I think reading scary books is more imaginative and probably less scary. After watching a scary movie, I am sure everyone has had at least one nightmare about a character from that movie. Reading a book, you can only use your creativity and imagination to see characters. Knowing this in our minds may make the characters less scary in our heads to keep us from scaring ourselves.
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Sanaya, thanks for the interesting comments and for getting things started here. I know what you mean about the devices used in movies to make you jump out of your seat. Yet I can’t imagine this particular story being scarier in a move though because the fear is so acutely described that I feel I am inside Connie’s skin. In fact, this story was made into a movie called “Smooth Talk,” and it was not half as terrifying as the story. Plus, it had a Hollywood happy ending.
Hello, You’ve highlighted some key differences between experiencing terror in books versus movies. While movies use visual and auditory elements for immediate scares, books rely on imagination and descriptive language, which can make the fear more personalized and less intense. The imaginative process in reading allows readers to control their level of fear, potentially making the characters less frightening in their minds and reducing the likelihood of nightmares compared to the lasting impact of movie visuals