AHH! That's What I Call Horror by Chelsea Pumpkins
Author:Chelsea Pumpkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PIT
8 p.m.
I switch the outside lights off, I lock the front door. Patrick and Amani wait for me in the back. My heart skips a beat. I wonder who sheâs dating now, what kind of cool life she has. And here I am, working at a Blockbuster. How pathetic.
âSo youâre saying something happened to the tape?â Patrick says as I approach.
âYeah, itâs beyond bizarre,â she replies. âSeriously. Twilight Zone levels of weird.â
I take them through the employees only door, where the store has a large storage room with old promotional material, damaged goods, a computer for management, and a TV and VCR for checking tapes.
I want her to leave but I also donât. I want her to be with me. I want to know what she's been doing. I want to know her.
A rich boyfriend, maybe another college student, or a movie director. Thatâs who I picture her with, while Iâm here, stuck in Gray Springs.
I take them past the shelves collecting dust, to the desk with the small TV and the VCR. I am overly conscious of Amaniâs body heat as she stands behind me, too close for comfort. Too close to remain ⦠distant.
Patrick brings his camcorder up and it hums in the silence of the back room. I can hear Amani breathing.
The tape whirs. Static erupts on the TVâs screen.
âLetâs just see what we see,â I say.
Thatâs when everything gets out of control.
On the TV, the static morphs to a black screen. Then a white dot. A womanâs face weeping. A figure behind her, enormous, incomprehensible. A sound like buzzing bees. A smell of burning plastic. A child. Blood. The sound of breathing speeding up. Stopping. My heart races. I want to puke. I canât. I'm not me. There is something else in the backroom. A sense of presence. The smell of other. Taste on tongue. Death. Picture changes. A man screaming, A building burning. Uncle Will. I see him. Screaming. Trying to run. Trying to stop them. It escalates. Itâs too much. Vision spots. Bitterness on my tongue. Nostrils burn with dry air.
Fingers reach out. Fumble. Seek.
Then I find the button. I turn it off. But is it too late?
The present is a weight that sinks in, brightening my view. I find myself, I find my center. Iâm in between Patrick and Amani. The video has stopped.
âHoly shit,â Patrick says and lets the camcorder drop.
âSee?â Amani adds.
This isnât the first complaint Iâve gotten about romance movies. Iâd never bothered to watch the returned tapes. Itâs never worth my time, especially at minimum wage. I just issued refunds. But now something itches at the back of my mind.
âThis is crazy,â Patrick breathes.
âMy mom wasnât impressed, thatâs for sure,â Amani adds. âI figured some sicko messed with the tape.â
âLet me just check the computer.â I lead the way back to the store, to the counter, and start navigating the clunky DOS system.
âMrs. Barnett rented it before you.â I tap through the screens. âI doubt a kindergarten teacher is up to something like what we saw.
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