Tuesday, 06 January 2009

  • The scariest dream of my life

    We are doing an interesting promo for the horror movie, "The Uninvited" that I think is pretty neat.  Basically we are hosting a contest where people blog about their scariest nightmare ever (and get 1000 credits).  Then we read the top 25 rec'd and commented posts, and pick the best one!  The winner gets to go to a special premiere in their hometown with a bunch of friends.

    I'm not eligible to win (curses!), but I thought I'd kick things off.  So without further ado, here is the story of my scariest nightmare ever:

    The Scariest Nightmare of My Life, by xanga.com/john

    One afternoon maybe five years ago, I was at home chilling in my bed.  I was exhausted and wanted to take a nap, but for some reason I couldn't fall asleep.  I was just lying there counting sheep, and waiting for the sleepies to hit.

    But the zzz's just weren't coming, so I lay on the bed miserable and awake.  At least I thought I was awake... unbeknownst to me, at some point I had actually fallen asleep!  But in my dream, I was still lying down in the same bed, still trying to fall asleep.

    At that very moment, a ghost started gliding by overhead.  It wasn't a scary ghost - just a floating spirit.  Not coincidentally, the ghost looked exactly like the ghost from Raiders of the Lost Ark (after Indiana opens the ark and tells everyone to close their eyes but of course the Nazi's don't and they all get eaten).  The ghost wasn't too scary or anything, but definitely freaky.  (In the picture to the right, I am the Nazi but I was lying down and I wasn't wearing a Nazi uniform.)

    Then *just* as the ghost was about to pass me, it glanced down and saw me.  The ghost glided to a sudden stop.  I held my breath, hoping against hope that it would just keep moving.  But of course, the ghost wasn't going to pass up on a good snack and decided to go for the kill.  It transformed into a hideous demonic ghost with claws and sharp teeth and plunged down from the heavens to attack!!!

    I had no idea I was still asleep, and that this was a dream.  I was convinced that I was going to be killed by this demonic ghost viciously attacking me with its claws.  I threw up my arms and legs to fight the demon, and started flailing about to try and knock it down so maybe I could run from the room (my strategy sucked, since the ghost could probably just phase right through the door.  In my defense, I had never fought to the death with a ghost before.).

    Of course by this point... I had completely woken up and found myself in the exact same spot as I was when I fell asleep.  My poor wife (then girlfriend) was lying next to me, completely bewildered as to why I was screaming in total fear while thrashing at the empty air above me.  She said that she's never heard me (or anyone) scream like that... it was like out of a horror movie.

    It was by far the scariest dream of my life.  It's been five years and since that day, I've barely had a single other dream.  I guess that one dream scared all my other dreams away!

    What's the scariest nightmare you've ever had?  Tell me in the comments... and then repost it to your site and get 1,000 credits!

    If you've had a scary nightmare and are interested in entering the Scariest Nightmare contest, click here!  You get 1k credits just for entering the contest.  Good luck!

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    • From: john
    • Posted: 1/6/2009 9:43 PM

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