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A Frightful Story 

A Scaring Movie

Shirley

           Everyone may have had some strange or different experience in his or her life.  In the depth of my mind, I know I must have had such experiences, too.  I can』t exactly remember when it began or why I have this strange behavior.  But every time when I see a terrible movie or a ghost movie, this kind of feeling will creep up my mind.

           When I was studying in senior high school, my classmates and I always went shopping or went to the movies after some quizzes.  It was our way to release the pressure and have fun.  Instead of watching romantic films, we would choose some terrible or ghost films.  Although I was afraid of ghosts, I still enjoyed watching this kind of films.  But something happened in the senior year.  One day, I went to see a terrible movie with my friends.  Although I felt terrible and nervous during the showing, I knew that most things in the film are made up.  Therefore, when I walked out the theater, I didn』t feel anything wrong.  And we went home happily.

           After I went home, I finished everything and was ready to go to bed.  I lay down on my bed but I couldn』t sleep well.  There seemed something hanging in my mind that I turned over and over.  After a period of torment, I finally fell sleep.  When I was half asleep, there was a familiar scene appearing in my dream.  The tree, the flowers, and people there were so familiar.  I couldn』t remember where I had seen it, but I felt the atmosphere was so strange.  Why was it so familiar to me?  Where did I see it before?  I really didn』t know.  Suddenly, I fell down and dropped into another space.  The Scenery there was similar to the film I saw previously.  Like the movie』s plot, I began to run to avoid the killer in the film.  I didn』t know why I should run, but my body was out of my control.  Suddenly, I realized that I was put into the film』s plot.  Who could save me?  All I could do was run and run.  Through a long period of running, I became very tired and wanted to jump out the situation.  I didn』t want to be the role in the film; it made me very uncomfortable. 

           I tried my best to jump out the plot, but it was in vain.  The killer still ran behind me and laughed loudly.  He laughed madly and said, 「Haha…don』t struggle.  It is useless.」  At that time, I felt extremely nervous and scared.  However, my body couldn』t move and my feet seemed to be fixed to the ground.  My body shivered and my lips turned white.  I wanted to shout or scream, but my mouth seemed stuck together by glue.  I was about to collapse when I used all my energy to struggle.  Suddenly, I jumped up from the film』s plot and found that my clothes were all drenched with sweat.  I felt greatly relieved that it was only a dream, but I also felt very tired as if I didn』t sleep at all. 

           Till today, I still don』t know why my brain led me to the movie』s plot.  Why did I have such a dream?  Does that imply something?  Maybe it was just a kind of reaction or maybe it was only a nightmare.  As for me, it was such a scaring experience that I stayed away from terrible films for a long time. 

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