Never said I was a genius, dear. And the fact that you fixate on that only makes your protestations weaker.

I saw interview with a vampire when I was about eight. When you're eight, it is scary. But not in a hide-under-the-sheets way... it was mostly the girl vampire that disturbed me, because I was about her age when I saw the movie. Legend was one of my favorites... I wasn't afraid of the devil in that one... yet I was terrified of the sea witch in little mermaid! Go figure.

Anyone see Killer Klowns from Outer Space? That movie rocked my socks as a kid because I hated clowns.

I think another interesting question is what in a chart can indicate an abhorrence of the macabre? I'd think Libra and Gemini influences, 5th and 11th houses? Lack of strong contacts with Pluto or Neptune? Hm...

I don't like horror. I don't like to "hide" from visceral reality though, either. What it is about horror movies and macabre things is that they usually DON'T reflect reality. Sort of like how I enjoy feminine beauty but when you stick a woman in 6 inch heels so she can barely walk and do up her face with blue eyeshadow and red lipstick, it is just disgusting. That kind of behavior belongs to the fire and water signs, I think... always blowing things out of proportion. I have too much earth and would prefer to go unnoticed, or notice what others don't... and I have enough experiences of death/violence/macabre in my own life that I don't need to dwell on it... it just happens.

For instance the other day I hit a squirrel with my car. I swerved but it wasn't far enough and I ended up somehow whacking him in the head only. I pulled over to make sure he was dead and unfortunately he was not. Instead, the tire smacked out some of his head parts and they were hanging out of his ear while he squealed and stumbled around in circles unable to gain his senses. I sat there and waited for ten minutes for the bastard to die but he wouldn't. He kept trying to get up, spitting up blood and whining, and I had no idea how long he'd suffer like that. I couldn't stand it anymore so I picked up a boulder and smashed the squirrel's head to bits... literally a blood splatter and skull shards was all that was left on the pavement. It was the only thing I could think of at the time and I was frantic. I sobbed so hard that night I had a headache all through the next day. THAT is macabre, and it isn't something to relish in my opinion.

I have Pluto in the 6th house, Moon square Pluto (Cap and Scorp), Mars and Neptune in the 8th house (Capricorn), Neptune and Mars trine Venus in the 4th house (Cap and Virgo), Mercury square Pluto (Leo and Scorp... heh), Sun square Pluto (Cancer and Scorp).

" I love Aliens too, and to this day still sleep with a pillow over my head to protect myself from Face Huggers... "

adorable.....

" I shouldn't say I love all of Horror, but I will watch just about anything once. The stuff I watch ad nauseum are the 70's and 80's classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Amityville Horror, etc. Ghosts and aliens get to me the most, though I can watch just about anything alone and before bed time. Bring it! "

oooooooh, I second that. I have seen Night Of The Living Dead and the Return Of the Living Dead movies many,many times. Ammittyville, The Exorcist and Dawn Of The Dead and 80's horror like House,Friday the 13th (up until Jason takes Manhattan), the early Nightmare On Elm Streets, Halloween, Phantasm, My Bloody Valentine and Creep Show. T.V. Series' like Tales From The Darkside, The Twilight Zone and Friday The 13th : The Series are huge favorites.