Which of the following forms/types is scarier for you as a monster?

**~~RubiconDecision~~** · September 15, 2015, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Kyriakos

That Zuni doll was nasty

It scarred me for life.An insidious small feral thing with sharp teeth that can hide. If you search for it, all sorts of people mention it, say someone working film who was influenced by it enough to make it an occupation.

**Inhuman One** · September 15, 2015, 02:05 AM

I don't even know what exactly the series was called, it was some series of spooky stories for teens, but it was not goosebumps. I dont think it was at least..
Either way it had a wherewolf episode and while the costumes where not that great even, it still scared the heck out of me.
It involved a kid staying with family, he was told to keep his door locked at night and there where bars at the window. He looked out of the window at night and saw some hairy figures move out of somewhere, and suddenly there was this wherewolf right in front of the window! While it was clearly fake, that jumpscare really got to me.
I think here it involved burning the wherewolf skins to get people normal again, and later it revealed some friend was a wherewolf too.

**Kyriakos** · September 15, 2015, 02:58 AM

^Maybe the series (not the movie) "Friday the 13nth"?

It was a mid-late 80s show.

**Knight of Heaven** · September 15, 2015, 05:50 AM

I voted Insect,arachnoid/arthropode, it is realy creepy allthough if im honest, and im not sure why ( im not even a beliver), Religious iconography and such , ocasionaly i found it unsettling. Probably, because im from a Catholic country , with a Catholic culture.

**Kyriakos** · September 15, 2015, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by RubiconDecision

This Zuni doll(Native American) from an old horror flick.

Stephen King wrote short story about an immense obese woman turning into a human slug, slimey & undulating,which was pretty terrifying to imagine.

There is a Lovecraft story about a snake-turning cult in New Orleans

**Inhuman One** · September 15, 2015, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Kyriakos

^Maybe the series (not the movie) "Friday the 13nth"?

It was a mid-late 80s show.

No, I am pretty sure it was from the 90's in its style. Kind of like a show that might have lifted along on the succes of goosebumps.

Which actually was quite terrifying on its own at times, especially with those masks. Scary as hell when they started floating around on their own.

**Kyriakos** · September 15, 2015, 12:39 PM

I suppose it wasn't the infamous 'Tales from the crypt'?

**Killerbee** · September 15, 2015, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by RubiconDecision

Stephen King wrote short story about an immense obese woman turning into a human slug, slimey & undulating,which was pretty terrifying to imagine.

Reminds me of the cannibal Faceless in Spirited Away. Always thought that was a scary thing to appear in a children's film

**Inhuman One** · September 16, 2015, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by Kyriakos

I suppose it wasn't the infamous 'Tales from the crypt'?

Nope, that came on at times late at night, and this was in the morning and was aimed at young teens as far as I know.

It's not "are you affraid of the dark?" either, I just checked.

**Kyriakos** · September 16, 2015, 09:18 AM

Btw, found this Zuni doll WH40K version

**Frunk** · September 20, 2015, 02:50 AM

I don't know how demons aren't a poll option. What could be scarier than a demon?

**Kyriakos** · September 20, 2015, 04:24 AM

^What do you think option 6 is about?

OP specifically states it includes demons.

**Frunk** · September 20, 2015, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by Kyriakos

^What do you think option 6 is about?

OP specifically states it includes demons.

I figured as much, and that's what I voted for, but it's still pretty broad.

My bad for not thoroughly reading the OP.

**Inhuman One** · September 20, 2015, 08:57 AM

Having a scary looking monster is one thing, knowing how to use it in a movie is another though.

If done right a very fake looking costume might be scarier than a realistic looking costume simply due to better use. And if its barely seen and just comes at you suddenly, you wont even notice how bad it looks.
Kind of why Jaws was a succes, it didnt show much and the shark did look a bit fake.

**Kyriakos** · September 26, 2015, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Inhuman One

Having a scary looking monster is one thing, knowing how to use it in a movie is another though.

If done right a very fake looking costume might be scarier than a realistic looking costume simply due to better use. And if its barely seen and just comes at you suddenly, you wont even notice how bad it looks.
Kind of why Jaws was a succes, it didnt show much and the shark did look a bit fake.

The actual costume (there were no special effects there afaik) of the Alien in Alien 1, was not that good bellow the head, but in the movie it did its part due to the overall atmosphere

**Lord William** · September 26, 2015, 12:27 PM

I think the most frightening thing is being helpless or quite possibly fear itself.

**Kyriakos** · September 26, 2015, 12:53 PM

^I can agree, since if you feel terrified, and there isn't even some object/reason to attribute the feeling to, you may get a thousand times worse the next minute.
De Maupassant wrote a lot of stories about that

He describes it as an erosion of the soul, or sanity.

(yet this thread is about forms, and moreso of monsters

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