Which monster scares you the most, DeadSplinters? It could be from an urban legend, movie, book, or your twisted imagination. Despite deconstructing my Catholic upbringing its demons. Pazuzu and the Cenobites are pretty frightening. And one in particular that never failed to scare the shit out of me.
It’s been years since I’ve seen Hellraiser though. And cruelty has become so commonplace I’m not sure he’s as terrifying as he used to be.
Tell us about yours: bloodsuckers, shapeshifters, pod people, the living dead, or radioactive lizards.
…I have a friend who is genuinely so uncomfortable about werewolves you can’t really talk about those in their vicinity without them getting anxious
…but there’s a few versions of shapeshifter myths I’m quite fond of, really
…boringly, though…not terribly freaked out by them…people who are overly into them, on the other hand…like…calling themselves vampires & suchlike…those creep me out a good bit?
I like folklore in general and shapeshifter stories are pretty cool. I agree though that people who want to live out their supernatural fantasies are both sad and unsettling.
Even a nice friendly clown like above
is just Pennywise to me.
What is it about them that you find frightening? I’m curious because I’ve often thought fear of clowns wasn’t a real thing but apparently I’m wrong. Which isn’t a big surprise, lol.
I don’t know why, but I think it is the fear of what’s behind the costume.
To add more, I also saw bit of a horror movie involving clowns (not IT) and it kicked off my overactive imagination.
I also saw that terrible movie about a ventriloquist dummy starring Ann Margret and Anthony Hopkins (aka “Magic.”) so I really should be scared stiff of Ventriloquist Dummies.
I remember that movie. Hadn’t thought about in a long time.
I’m creeped out by adults who dress in the costumes that really obscure their appearance and talk to children in exaggerated tones.
When it’s a person in clown clothes and minimal makeup and you still would be like “oh that’s Charlene with the balloons, I saw her the other day at the grocery store” I’m not bothered by them at all.
Yes, same! Like Santas. *Shudders*
I’m not sure I’ve ever encountered any but I think your concern is warranted.
I’ll be dressing as a clown again this Halloween and when the children come trick-or-treating they will all just laugh and laugh.
Baskets is the only clown that ever made me laugh.
I’m not a fan of those dried out cookies he eats.
That’s what milk is for. 🥛
Bigfoot used to really scare me as a child. Now, only humans scare me – and I mean more like the Golden State Killer and people who have no regard for other peoples lives.
People are far more frightening than most monsters.
Open my beer fridge and …
I found pretty much everything scary as a child, but now… I dunno. Probably the real-life stuff like serial killers.
Having an overactive imagination helps. I used to fear the dark and be almost paralyzed with fear to move, but now I’m comfortable in the dark (except when I slam my toes into a table corner.)
Very much the same for me.
I once used to fear aliens looking at us like tasty cattle.
We might taste like “pork”, but the biochemistry differences and lack of enzymes to digest us properly means we’re more indigestion and stomach upset to them. More Mohammed/Ranjit/Liam/Ramon/Chin’s Revenge.
My widowed maternal grandmother, when she was alive. I still have nightmares of Sunday dinners at her house. It was like the Nuremberg trials and we were all interrogated in turn. I’m surprised I wasn’t taken into the back bedroom and hanged for my pre-teen testimonies and counter-arguments. Such was her power that my parents, who smoked like chimneys, wouldn’t smoke in her house, and my father, who liked to knock a few back, had to content himself with ginger ale.
Terrible. So uncivilized, but so Maritime Canadian Congregationalist, which she was when she was born shortly after the turn of the 20th century.
I knew elderly women like that in the small Ontario town I grew up in. I’m glad I wasn’t related by blood to them (not even close.)
Fortunately, my white “grandmother” substitute was a very friendly happy woman.
I had a great aunt like that. We used to whisper her name as children in case saying he’d name out loud would summon her.
Billionaires.
There’s no way to be ethical and that rich. Monsters, the lot of them.
Yep, that’s why I question if Pinhead is even scary anymore. The entire GOP, and all the tech bros are horrific. And that we’ve become so used to it is maybe the scariest part.
not a monster in the traditional sense
but the black outs scare me the most
doing shit you dont remember…..and a lot you honestly at least dont think you would do normally
is some fucked up shit
people say alcohol brings out the truth…im not so sure…i think it brings out the monster
its not what is…its what could be
I haven’t gotten black out drunk in years and I don’t miss that part of partying. It’s very scary.