E.T.

E.T.  is still the scariest movie character I have ever seen. Even just searching for a picture has creeped me out.  From the moment I first saw the movie, hiding outside my parents door, I have been permanently creeped out. I was very young, barely 6, the first time I saw E.T.. I was not supposed to be watching it, but of course I decided to just hide and do it anyway. I guess this is the karma. E.T. is the creepiest creature of all time. His fingers are so long and spindly, his voice sends shivers down my spine, and just thinking about his face makes me cringe. This fear of E.T. expands to not just his character, but to many things in relation to him.
For instance, often at the hospital there are machines that they attach to your finger to monitor your blood pressure. When you're a child, the doctors love to call these "E.T. monitors". As if that is supposed to make me feel better. Of course, it instead made me believe I was going to turn into E.T. and caused complete hysterics as a child. Another problem is tunnels. Specifically, white construction tunnels, such as the one that was on UVM campus for a few months earlier this year. This tunnel was very similar to the one in E.T. As ridiculous as it sounds, I took a longer way at night to walk back from class to avoid even going by this tunnel.

I think that my fear of E.T. stems from a few factors. One, it was something I was not allowed to watch. This automatically puts the idea in my mind that it will be scary, because at that time in my life not age appropriate equalled scary. Next, E.T. was probably the first somewhat scary movie I had seen where there were also real people in it ( not a cartoon). As a child, I assumed that this meant that there was a very real chance that E.T. could come to my house next. Finally, he's just so weird looking. People always talk about how cute and nice E.T. is. No. He's a creepy and terrifying alien.

I have not seen E.T. in a very long time. There is a chance that I could see past E.T.'s creepiest and give him some sympathy, but I don't think it's worth making me remember more of the movie and scaring me even more.