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Creepy image thread.
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Jeff Albertson
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I agree about the last shot of Blair Witch, the film is kind of shit but it still makes me feel uneasy seeing the guy stood in the corner ready to die.
I think it being the first film of its kind that I saw is why it freaked me out.
For some reason I can't explain I find the girl with the pearl earring freaky.
I think it being the first film of its kind that I saw is why it freaked me out.
For some reason I can't explain I find the girl with the pearl earring freaky.
VeryGooster
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I've been hooked on Phineas & Ferb on Netflix and watched this episode where I both cracked up and was scared shitless by...
BALLOONY!
BALLOONY!
bengraven
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You know, I was thinking of Blair Witch the other day and realized it was scary only because I was told how fucking scary it was.
So I spent every minute of the movie going "oh my god, is the scary part coming up next?" and I'm all tense.
When I left, the tension released and I was extremely disappointed.
So I spent every minute of the movie going "oh my god, is the scary part coming up next?" and I'm all tense.
When I left, the tension released and I was extremely disappointed.
G.O.O. said:
yeah, that image is burned in my mind. Of course,
knowing that it was Rustin Parr's (the owner of the house) method of killing children while possessed by the Blair Witch, makes it fucking creepy as fuck too, even more than the image itself of a guy standing in the corner, staring at the wall and doing nothing while his friend is screaming out of her lungs. Ugh.
Misterinenja
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From the funny picture thread:
SoccerGoaliePro said:
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Auto-appendectomy cools the thread. I bump!
I spent a dark period of curiosity reading up on medieval torture devices. All it takes is a picture of the device now, and the knowledge that many hours of thought and effort were devoted to developing the method of torture, to creep me out.
I spent a dark period of curiosity reading up on medieval torture devices. All it takes is a picture of the device now, and the knowledge that many hours of thought and effort were devoted to developing the method of torture, to creep me out.
Apple Sauce
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Melchiah said:
Sounds like the novel that this movie was based on was a HUGE influence on Silent Hill. Didn't they include a Campbell street as a homage to the author?
Is this a genuinely creepy movie? From what I've heard it sounds like torture porn...
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Apple Sauce said:
If women being skinned alive is your bag, it hits the spot.
indigo-cyclops
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I personally love Session 9, and it was a great first attempt for Brad Anderson (I think it was his first feature length). He went on to make some more great movies, ie The Machinist and Transsiberia. Still working to this day, and has done a bunch of Fringe episodes too I believe.
Something about forests really creep me out when the lighting/atmosphere is right.
Something about forests really creep me out when the lighting/atmosphere is right.
Ace Harding
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Man, some creepy stuff in here.
When I was little, I used to freak out whenever I saw Janice from the Muppets. Am I alone in this? She still kind of terrifies me. She's sort of human-looking, but she's got that weird hair, sealed eyelids, weird gangly limbs, and those lips...
When I was little, I used to freak out whenever I saw Janice from the Muppets. Am I alone in this? She still kind of terrifies me. She's sort of human-looking, but she's got that weird hair, sealed eyelids, weird gangly limbs, and those lips...
Apple Sauce
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Jill Sandwich said:
Not really... I don't mind violence but excessive gore like that puts me off a lot of the time.
I gave up reading American Psycho in disgust... although I find written gore more disturbing than visual.
Jill Sandwich
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INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
I used to go on midnight rambles through the woods near where I live, it was quite peaceful apart from the occasional owl. One time though I heard a low gutteral growl about 12 feet away off the path, something big was there that I couldn't see. Never ran so fast in my life.
Escape Goat
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I clicked on the last page of this thread to check it out.
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Apple Sauce
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Melchiah said:
This guy is actually an toy/model based on something written by Clive Barker and made by McFarlane toys:
I had this one as a kid:
So awesome. Very Cenobite-ish.
indigo-cyclops
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Jill Sandwich said:
Man, sounds horrifying. Whereabouts do you live? Country is fine, I'm just curious because there are certain places, at least in the States, that just have that mystique about them. New England, here in New York, especially...
Melchiah
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Dries said:
You can't go wrong with either one of them. =)
Apple Sauce said:
It has that kind of stuff in its latter half, but it's not as simplistic, and without meaning, as torture horror flicks usually are. I for one loved the ending, and the fact it left something to think about.
As for The Nameless... it belongs to my top ten favorite horror films, and sparked an interest in Jaume Balaguero, who's also directed Darkness, Fragile, and [REC], of which Fragile is the weakest (and featuring Calista Flockhart). I love how all his films seem to center around the same theme; evil. If you're interested I recommend to google his earlier short films, Alicia and Dias Sin Luz (A.K.A. Days Without Light). They should be found on YouTube. Be warned though, Alicia may be too much for many. I'd link them here, but I think that kind of material isn't looked favorably around here.
Apple Sauce said:This guy is actually an toy/model based on something written by Clive Barker and made by McFarlane toys:
Didn't know that. I always thought it was a part of some art piece, or film.
Jill Sandwich said:
I used to do so as well, when I lived in the northern Finland, where there's a plenty of woods and uninhabited places. Nighttime visits to cemetery were also something I enjoyed doing. One of my favorite places was a 5x5 metre wide cave, which continued 200-300 metres below ground, and had two metres long ice formations in the bottom, even in summer.
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So, as a person that has spent his entire life around water, oceans, beaches, seas and lakes... its not scary for a few reasons. In a lake particularly, people get freaked out by mill foil and other growth. I have a ski/wakeboard boat water (Super Air Nautique/Correct Craft) and travel to a lot of lakes and near-ocean bodies; and any kind of growth is a sign that we're near the bottom. And we need to be careful. In the ocean, we've got a few boats but all rules apply to all boats (tugboats are the only exception- bizzare little machines) same thing for the most part. Except growth means you're closer to shore than not. You find something like that and it's like thank goodness we're almost there. Growth like that means the bottom is near and not 300ft-1000ft which I find WAY WAY WAY more creepy. Seriously- try it. Super deep water is scary as fuck to swim in. I promise.BlueTsunami said:
I have a heart, I swear. And lots of stuff freaks me out. I posted it in this thread. Some very scary stuff in here...Insane Metal said:
...but this image - I don't understand the creepy angle. I don't see it as anything but 'sad'.
I don't see this as 'creepy'.
You guys here (and I see it elsewhere too but VERY starkly here) are so quick to call something or somebody creepy. Too often you folks say creepy when I think you're either saddened by something or just don't know how to categorize your emotion. It all goes into that 'creepy' bucket. If you all really thought everything labeled here as creepy, and I don't mean just in this thread here, you'd be the biggest bunch of pussy babies ever.
But I don't think you are.
'Creepy' has to be one of the most used words in the English language on this site.
Props to the first person to quote this as 'creepy'
EDIT: Yes! Blair Witch is an interesting one. TOTALLY agree it was absolutely creepy as fuck. What is strange for me is that the first time I saw it I was mildly frightened but not nearly as much as I expected. From what people were saying at the time it was in the theaters is that I knew 1) it can make you so seasick, and 2) it is one of the scariest movies ever made. So going in I had it on a pedestal. It was the third or forth time I saw it that I realized it deserved that nomination.
There is something about absorbing that movie in 3 distinct chunks...the movie presents them perfectly. As the movie progresses you see, in this order, Excitement - Confusion - Terror.
When you take it in like that... My God... so scary that thing. Especially the end, of course.
When you take it in like that... My God... so scary that thing. Especially the end, of course.
A few weeks ago I asked in a thread here on GAF about witches and how scary they are and how much potential there is in witch stufff, and how awesome it would be if there were more terrifying witch movies. A few suggestions were made. Good stuff.
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FunkyPajamas
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Max Armstrong said:
It's just this one comic series from a webcomic. I remember I saw it linked waaaay back, before I even frequented GAF. The webcomic is mostly ok but that mini-series was just too awesome. Here's the link to the webcomic.Mama Robotnik said:
Sorry if it's been answered already.
PalaceBrother
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awesomeapproved said:
Well said.
Can you repost the suggestions you got? I know the 3 mothers trilogy from Argento, but no others.
Isamu Dyson
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not sure who this photo is by or where i got it from have had it on my computer a while, but i do find it very creepy
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Apple Sauce said:
It's a genuinely terrible movie, so yeah, I guess that makes it creepy.
awesomeapproved said:
Some people don't seem to know what creepy means.
creepy [ˈkriːpɪ]
adj creepier, creepiest
1. Informal having or causing a sensation of repulsion, horror, or fear, as of creatures crawling on the skin
2. creeping; slow-moving
So that teeth in the fingers one, is genuinely creepy to me. It makes my skin crawl. The picture you are referring to, is of a dead child. And it gave me nightmares the other day. And I don't get creeped out easily, when it comes to purely scary stuff.
Imagine, painting a dead child. Pictures of children automatically make us more parent like, so I'm not surprised that you are more likely to be sad then creeped out.
edit: On the contrary, this does nothing for me but some people find the following picture scary:
It's the hindu goddess of death and destruction
Standard Religious Education book stuff. And I was surprised that some people found it scary.
DangerStepp
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Looks like Doombringer is doing well.Isamu Dyson said:not sure who this photo is by or where i got it from have had it on my computer a while, but i do find it very creepy
J-Roderton
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I like how unsettling this thread can be, then I just hop over to a tab with funny pics and it makes it much better.
DangerStepp
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This is the Six Flag Theme Parks mascot and I can't see how anyone would ever find this cute or appealing.
Typographenia
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That mascot always frightens me. Especially when he talks...
TOP SHOTTA
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Thanks.PalaceBrother said:
I am trying to find that thread, and those posts. The search limitations here make it so hard.
Suspiria was one.
Someone pointed out the Nicholas Cage thing, Season of the Witch - jury is still out on that. I am not sold. I am looking for DARK, scary movies
- Black Sunday (1960)
- Blair Witch Project (still counts)
- Warlock
- Witchboard 1 and 2
I am still looking into this. From 1950-1970 there were a lot, but I am looking for newer, more graphic, more detailed types of scsry stuff. I am still searching.
From the music video for "Rockit" by the Gorillaz. (around 20 seconds in for one frame)
Me and a friend of mine were watching one of my Gorillaz DVDs and spent about 10 minutes trying to pause it on the right frame before we got it.
I'm pretty desensitized to it now but the first time I saw it it really frightened me.
ViolentP
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Capybara said:
From the music video for "Rockit" by the Gorillaz. (around 20 seconds in for one frame)
Me and a friend of mine were watching one of my Gorillaz DVDs and spent about 10 minutes trying to pause it on the right frame before we got it.
I'm pretty desensitized to it now but the first time I saw it it really frightened me.
^I was just about to post that.
Otherwise:
- Black Sunday by Mario Bava. Inspired a lot of other horror films. It's old, but it's held up reasonably well if you ask me. The face of the witch (you'll know what I mean) is still incredibly gruesome and repulsive.
- Drag Me To Hell by Sam Raimi. Recent film, and maybe not that great, but it's enjoyable. A bit more lighthearted so it's almost a horror comedy at times. Still, there's a hint of a subtext on xenophobia and social anxiety that makes it more interesting than other contemporary (American) films in the genre.
Edit: Oh, I see Black Sunday has been recommended already.
Avoid the third Argento film in that trilogy, Mother of Tears. I thought it was awful.PalaceBrother said:
Otherwise:
- Black Sunday by Mario Bava. Inspired a lot of other horror films. It's old, but it's held up reasonably well if you ask me. The face of the witch (you'll know what I mean) is still incredibly gruesome and repulsive.
- Drag Me To Hell by Sam Raimi. Recent film, and maybe not that great, but it's enjoyable. A bit more lighthearted so it's almost a horror comedy at times. Still, there's a hint of a subtext on xenophobia and social anxiety that makes it more interesting than other contemporary (American) films in the genre.
Edit: Oh, I see Black Sunday has been recommended already.
You didn't like Martyrs? Hmm. I'm conflicted on it. I don't think I ever want to see it again, but I was compelled enough to watch it all the way through. I'm not sure if I can call it a good film, but I definitely wouldn't call it a bad film.EatChildren said:
Misterinenja
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Is the bottom one you?