Journal #23- scary story

Thinking about scary stories I have heard and scary movies I have seen throughout my life, I can see something they all have in common that help make them even more scary.  The most scary movies I have ever seen were The Blaire Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.  There is a reoccurring theme with both of these.  I think that both of these use suspense and "real stories" to make the audience even more afraid and get really in to the plot.  In The Blaire Witch Project, they are out in the middle of the forest.  The quality of the movie is made so it looks like the people are actually using their own home video cameras.  This adds the effect of feeling like the story was real and actually happened because it takes away the "actors" and a movie set.  When the audience is watching this movie, it will be even more frightening to believe that what is going on in the movie actually happened to real people.  I think that when things are based on true stories or have legitimate facts or proof, it makes the story much more believable.  When people believe it, they get more scared.  The same type of thing goes on in Paranormal Activity.  They main characters are using their own home video camera to make the audience feel like this was a true happening.  The lack of visual quality makes the watcher (or reader, I guess) more aware that there are "no scripts" and "no actors."  Both of these movies also use suspense.  You really do not know what is going to happen until literally the very, very end of the film.  Little things keep happening, and each one gets even worse or more intense.  The suspension is probably worse to the audience than the actual scary parts.  I would definitely recommend watching The Blaire Witch Project because it seems so realistic and I think I almost peed my pants the first time I watched it.