For some reason,
being scared witless and comedy has often gone hand-inhand - think An American Werewolf In London or Fright Night and you get the picture.
The public is being given a choice between
being scared witless about the economy or
being scared witless about foreigners.
But tonight, Roxy is upstairs
being scared witless by a drunk, unemployed and highly annoyed Polish builder.
The attraction has moved from near London Bridge to a PS20million home by the London Eye and while my son and his pal, both 11, were very excited at the thought of
being scared witless I was full of trepidation.
Branching off, so to speak, I remember
being scared witless by my uncle's tales of a ghost train on the Huddersfield to Kirkburton line.
PSYCHOLOGISTS would tell you involuntary laughter is a sign of
being scared witless.
No doubt someone of a nervous disposition who took a job on a fairground ghost train will shortly sue for
being scared witless.
"But the greater importance is people up and down the country are
being scared witless by this."
To entice audiences, which it has had no trouble doing, it has been described as "spine-tingling" and "a truly terrifying theatrical experience" (I'll ask the missus what she thought about it when she's able to speak again, but the point is she - and many others - love the idea, and the reality, of
being scared witless).
But
being scared witless by illogical things is clearly no obstacle to success, as Madonna's fear of storms or brontophobia, Hollywood star Drew Barrymore's claustrophobia and actress Christina Ricci's fear of houseplants (not yet named in the phobia files) all testify.
But
being scared witless by illogical things is clearly no obstacle to success - as Madonna's fear of storms or brontophobia, Hollywood star Drew Barrymore's claustrophobia and actress Christina Ricci's fear of houseplants (not yet named in the phobia files) all testify.
I'VE never been the type who enjoys
being scared witless in waves of spine-chilling horror.