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kungfuwaynewho) wrote2011-03-09 09:57 am
kungfuwaynewho) wrote2011-03-09 09:57 am
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For me, it's evil little girls.
Today I shall commence the beginning of the first part of my second draft of my vampire screenplay. Well, that's a lie; I've finished the first part, which is going over the first draft with a fine toothed comb, as well as collating everyone's notes. So I guess I have commenced the beginning, and shall now begin the commencement of the rest of the first part of the second draft - the revision manifesto, and a new outline. ("Revision manifesto" sounds all fancy, but it's basically just a brief document to help me keep in mind the larger goals I have when writing, the things it came be easy to lose when you're in the middle of some individual scene and are worrying about the difference between two synonyms.)
Anyway, one thing I want to work on, as per my manifesto, is really nailing all the little scary moments early on. I am not doing blood and gore, but more psychological horror. This is where you guys come in.
Question: What scares you? I don't mean things that are real and could actually harm you - like sharks, or heights - and I don't mean existential things - like what happens after death. I mean, what little creepy things happen, in real life or in the movies, that freaks you out? That even if you rationally and objectively think about it and know it isn't real or isn't scary, still gets to you?
You don't have to pick just one!
Anyway, one thing I want to work on, as per my manifesto, is really nailing all the little scary moments early on. I am not doing blood and gore, but more psychological horror. This is where you guys come in.
Question: What scares you? I don't mean things that are real and could actually harm you - like sharks, or heights - and I don't mean existential things - like what happens after death. I mean, what little creepy things happen, in real life or in the movies, that freaks you out? That even if you rationally and objectively think about it and know it isn't real or isn't scary, still gets to you?
You don't have to pick just one!
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*Antique porcelin dolls, the kind my grandmother had. The kind that can close thier eyes when you tilt them. The porcelin of the face starting to crack with age. If you look at them the right way it's like thier eyes open and close on thier own. The irrational fear is that they are possessed mother-effers come alive. *shivers*
*Any electronics or mechanical things running on thier own. I blame watching a movie with the Lawrence brothers called Pulse when I was younger for this. Squiggly lines on the tele still creep me out for that. The X-Files just made this fear worse. haha!
*Bugs, specifically ones burrowing under your skin or inside you. The kind of thing that has you doing the heebie-jeebie dance for the rest of the day just at the thought. Again, the X-Files comes into play on this one (I can 'hear' the Mark Snow music for the crawly moment) and perhaps the scarabs from the Mummy movies, yup that will get me wigged out. Oh, and I don't like waking up to bugs on or near me. Usually it's a spider on the ceiling but the other day it was a stinkbug on my bedside lamp, freaked me the hell out!
*Noises in the hedges when walking home in the dark. You know rationally it's probably a squirrel or some critter but still your pace quickens, your heart rate goes up, you ready the house key to unlock the door as quickly as possible. Once inside you get a shiver like something really was chasing you, always at your back the whole way. You lock the door and, because you can't help it, you look out the window just to make sure. (One of these days someone or something will be there and I will be dead of a heart attack, lol)
*Cannibalism. Yeah, we know how that goes, still squicks me everytime in movies, in shows. Firefly, Bones, Sweeney Todd just squick. blech. Not vampirism, blood sucking doesn't really bother me too much it's the thought of human flesh being...yech. Okay, nuff on that.
I'm sure I could think of more if you wanted me to, haha! ;)
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OHMYGOD seconding this. Don't know how I neglected that the first time. EEeeeegh.
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You know this makes me feel less like a weirdo for that. Feeling kind of vindicated in my irrational fear. They are so creepy though! They sit on the shelf, thier eyes hollow and glassy, and if those eyelids with the fake lashes blink or the head turns in a slow creak, forget it, i'mma be runnin'. lol!
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Ooo, that's a good one. I hadn't really thought about scares out in nature, but I could use a beat like that. :)