October 31, 2011

Bless Your Soul



It’s that time of the year again, where horror films publicly display their haunting advertisements on national television.  I am a scaredy cat, afraid of the dark and a prime victim for the boogie man.

After a thirty second commercial break of Downey Fabric Softener, a gruesome image of a devilish creature appeared without warning. It's peeling face looked as though napalm had burned to the bone then dragged face down by a chariot...twice.  What happened to the fluffy teddy bear rummaging in the warm sheets? Strobing images of Satan’s childhood flashes on the TV; an eyeball hung from the socket of a tumor stricken face, bloody hands tightly gripped onto a machete and a possessed child blankly stared with no soul.

Maria full of Grace, Jesus-Mary-Joseph! Show me blood, witches, goblins and ghouls but dare to show me an image of a child who has Lucifer running through its veins. Oh, hell no. I scrambled for the remote in dire need to change the channel but once again Time Warner’s second hand equipment had failed me.  Buttons are stuck! I pressed harder, swayed it towards heaven and hell to catch receiver signal but unfortunately these efforts would have benefitted more at Wii Tennis.  I yelled “la la la la la” to muffle the audio but it was too late- bloodcurdling images are now burned into my memory.

I see dead people.

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