Consider the thoughts your character would go through when something horrible goes down.
You want what happens to be terrifying, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be horrible. What I mean by that is you can have a scene that’s scary, but in that scene, no one dies or gets hurt.
Give your readers a break from horror every now and then. This should go for every genre, and a great way to do it is by making sub-plots.
Make it realistic. Even if it’s about the zombie apocalypse, or something that can’t actually happen. The supernatural has it’s own set of rules, and you need to ensure that the story isn’t so far-fetched that it makes no sense.
Don’t add anything for shock value. Readers notice when you’re trying to be edgy.
Give your character something to lose. Gore and violence aren’t as terrifying to read as knowing your character can lose everything they love at any moment.
Get the reader invested in the character.
You want the reader to have questions, but don’t want them to be confused. So don’t reveal everything too soon, but don’t reveal too little. This will help add suspense
Learn how humans react in terrifying situations
Consider having your character think and act irrationally
And if you really wanna have fun, consider having your character slowly descend into madness
Sure thing! This is the perfect time of the year to lay in bed and watch a good creepy documentary!
In no particular order, here are some of my favorites: (Hope this goes w/o saying but please research these before you watch them)
1. Cropsey 2. Capturing the Friedmans 3. Jesus Camp 4.The Imposter (probably one of my all-time favs) 5. Hell-house 6. Dear Zachary 7. Dead Hands Dig Deep 8. Tickled 9. There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane 10. Jinx (6 parts. A bit slow, but the ending…)
I’ll stop at 10 and let you guys add on any others you think belong on this list!
I just watched The Conjuring 2, and while it’s on my mind in a similar vein to this post, I also want to spread some appreciation for Javier Botet because GOD DAMN LOOK AT THIS SHIT
He has Marfan Syndrome, which is a rare connective tissue condition that gives him bizarrely elongated limbs and allows him to do unnatural things with his body, and he’s built quite a resume for himself appearing in horror movies
Like Doug Jones, he also appeared as three of the ghosts in Crimson Peak:
But you may have also seen him as The Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2:
Eddie’s leper in IT:
The Nina monster in all three REC movies:
Set, the God of Death in The Mummy (2017):
The titular creature in Mama:
He did motion capture work for the Xenomorph in Alien: Covenant:
And he most recently appeared in Insidious: The Last Key and the Slender Man movie!!
He’s done other more obscure horror movies too but basically this guy is adorable and inspiring and an amazing talent and I adore him 8D
The sculpture was created by the Japanese special effects company Link Factory (Midori Hayashi) and is called Mother Bird . The art piece was displayed at Tokyo’s horror art Vanilla Gallery. It is an image of a woman with strange distorted features and a bird’s body. It became an urban legend on the Spanish-speaking web and eventually came to be known as the “Momo Challenge,” a suicide challenge game. Neither Hayashi or Link Factory are associated with the Momo challenge.
The legend is that Momo is a cursed Whatsapp user associated with the number
+81 3 4510 2539 (use caution and use at your own risk, we personally have not contacted this number). Anyone who sends a message to the number ends up receiving disturbing photographs, gets their personal information put online, or gets invited to do the “Momo Challenge”. The people behind the challenge target vulnerable teenagers and threaten them. The victims are convinced to perform bizarre life-threatening tasks, following the infamous footsteps of other horror-based games like Blue Whale.
Till now, the Momo challenge has been linked to the death of a 12-year old Argentinean girl as per a report by Buenos Aires Times. Following this, the Cops in Argentina are searching for the “adolescent with whom she exchanged those messages”.
Create a mess 