DAMON WAYANS - THE EXORCIST FRIGHTENS WAYANS OFF HORROR FILMS

Funnyman DAMON WAYANS refuses to watch horror films after he was mentally scarred by watching THE EXORCIST as a child. The actor insists he doesn't need extra scares in his life. He says, "When I was a little boy, they showed it in a church in New York at an after-school programme, and it messed me up. "To this day I don't see scary movies. I'm scared enough of life, I don't want to be worried by anything else." The 1973 film, starring LINDA BLAIR as a possessed girl, was recently named the Scariest Film Ever is US magazine Stuff.