Claire, Georgia, and Danny aren't your average ghost hunters. Their hit livestream channel "Creep It Real" rakes in thousands of viewers each time they go live. But what their fans don't know is that the trio fake the hauntings they come across at e...
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My sister has asked this question before. She tells me all the time how scary movies don't get to her anymore. Honestly, I agree. Maybe it's similar to why people get addicted to drugs; the more they intake, the more their bodies adjust.
The scenes of the films that are supposed to trigger the shock and fear in your brain don't activate anymore. They want more. More scares, more fear. But my sister says new horror movies aren't as scary as they used to be.
I think at one point, the haunts used to frighten me. At least a little bit. There's something about the dark hallways and the thought of the unknown. Like how the idea of Area 51 gets the conspiracist's brain in motion. But after visiting dozens on dozens of locations and not experiencing a single, real phenomenon, it just...wears off.
Especially when you're the one who controls the scares behind the camera.
I wonder what it's like for people who make horror films... Do they ever get scared when they know the bad guy is going to jump around the corner when they were the ones who staged the scene? Do the actors react in real fear to the maniac chasing them with a chainsaw after they read it in the script?
I'll admit, sometimes — sometimes — when I'm entering an empty room in the dark with Danny following me with the camera, the hairs on my arms stand on end. Sometimes my brain warns me that someone might be creeping in the corner, just waiting for me. Or the girl from The Grudge is crawling on the ceiling, her black hair dangling over me.
None of it is real though. There's no actual threat, only the ones we've planted for the viewers. And I have to say, there's a bit of pride that leaps into my throat when I read their reactions to our spooks. To know I inspired a response that strong in people who hang on to our every movement.
It's truly intoxicating.
Danny jokes that I'm drunk with power. Georgia gets it though. Hell, she loves it even more than I do. The way she carries herself on camera, how she speaks to our viewers is what you'd find in the Oxford Dictionary under the definition of star power. I suppose that's why she's the star of the show; why her face is the profile picture of the channel.
Georgia Quinn is Creep it Real.
Anyway, back to the question at hand. Is your job still scary?
Of course, I keep my entire long-winded answer to myself since there's no need for the audience to get a peek behind the curtain. No need for them to meet the wizard. So, instead, as I follow Georgia into the back bedroom of the Asher residence, I read the question from rocksun aloud and then reply.
"I think it's still scary. There's an unpredictable aspect of it that keeps me on my toes, for sure." I face Georgia more directly so my helmet cam catches her. "What do you think, Georgia?" I ask.
She hums and turns around. Her blonde hair is ghost-white in the night vision. "Oh, I think it's super terrifying still." She clutches the heart-shaped locket around her neck. "I never know what they might say or do, and that's probably the most dangerous part of my job." She takes a nervous breath, her eyes locking onto the camera of my helmet. "Speaking of, shall we start?"
