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13 Lessons Classic Horror Movies Teach Us About Personal Finance

I grew up watching horror movies. Which is a bit comical since I’m pretty much a big chicken. No joke. If someone jumps out at me from around the corner yelling, “Boo!” I’m gone.

So what could we possibly learn from watching horror movies? I’m glad you asked.

13 Lessons Classic Horror Movies Teach Us About Personal Finance

Premise – Teenage camp counselors are picked off, one by one, by a kid who drowned in a lake while his counselors weren’t paying attention.

1.  Friday the 13th (1980)

Or more specifically, by his mother, who was really pissed off that the camp counselors didn’t do their jobs. Because the crazed killer in the hockey mask didn’t actually appear until the sequel.

Premise – A young Michael Myers is committed to a mental facility after he stabs his sister to death while she is babysitting him on Halloween. Fifteen years later, he escapes from the institution and goes on a killing spree, specifically targeting babysitters.

2.  Halloween (1978)

Lesson Learned – Here’s another one that speaks to perseverance. Because with the most recent installment, there have been 11 films in the Halloween franchise. Ultimately because Michael Myers has never been sufficiently killed.

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