I work with a guy who is massive – built like a brick shithouse. Gruff, no-nonsense and is, what you might call a man’s man. However, I found his Achilles heel today, which is an extremely low tolerance for anything scary or medical in a movie or TV. I found it quite hilarious. His threshold for this kind of thing is ridiculously, comically low.

I am not so bad – I have long convinced myself that the severed anus spilling out pus and blood over the rotting corpse on the screen in front of me is “only pretend” and given it’s not real, I tend to be able to cope.

However, I am not immune. I see there’s a new version of The Exorcist coming out and due to some hysterical publicity back in “the day” I am not going to ever watch the original. I’m too scared. I daren’t. A vestigial terror of Satan and that thanks to a religious upbringing is also responsible. Bit nervous even writing about it.

Do you have a grimly squeamish blind spot?