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PaperclipPerfector  12hr ago (text post)   664 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026

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I don't consider myself someone who scares easily. Even horror films I enjoy don't necessarily scare me that much.

Yesterday evening I went to see Obsession in the cinema.

It scared the BEJESUS out of me. As soon as I got out of the cinema, I said to herself "I need a drink".

It took me a few hours before I felt normal again.

If you get a chance to watch it in the cinema, take it. The hype is warranted.

I’ve known more than a couple people with psycho ex’s in the background. Hopefully they blurbed this “Based on a true story.” I haven’t been to the movies in years but horror is my jam; I’ll definitely check this one out. I made a casual retreat from the genre after years of one supernatural thriller after another, it continually felt like horror had been in a drought.

Normally my fiancée scares much easier than me, but in this case I was more scared than her. I explained to her that it's a very male-coded style of horror: the horror of getting trapped in a relationship with an abusive BPD art hoe.

The last line caught me pretty good. I recall one from my past who was a screamer and big on direct eye contact and choking. The issues didn’t end there after the show was over either.

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