For me, it's evil little girls.

[kungfuwaynewho]

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! 

Comments

[cath822.livejournal.com]

So, I've been trying to think of things all day, but I'm having trouble. Most of mine are obvious, like unexplained noises at night, heights, bugs, enclosed spaces, and blood. I guess my more random creepy things are the sound of an echoing heartbeat, anything touching my eyes (like, even contact lenses, but also sharp, pointy things), cars that drive themselves (The Love Bug scared the ever-living bejeezus out of me when I was a kid), and the human body being changed inexplicably by an external force (see: District 9, Black Swan) - spines popping out of the skin, fingernails falling off, stuff like that. Ugh.

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I have a carriage that drives itself - still creepy?

LOL, every so often I forget whether I'm taking contacts out or putting them in, and I'll end up just kinda rubbing my own eyeball for awhile. I think if you have to wear contacts, you get over that a bit.

[(Anonymous)]

Aha, a carriage would be very creepy. I likes.

Ewwwww eye touching. I had an eye exam today, and they tried to use that machine to test the pressure, and my reflexes squeezed my eyes shut and made me recoil from the machine while it was still an inch away from my eye. CANNOT DO.

[cath822.livejournal.com]

Aw, Catherine forgot to sign in again.

[hollywobbles.livejournal.com]

Maybe blood seeping in in places and at times when/where it makes no sense. That would creep me the hell out.

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

OOOOOOOOO.

[hollywobbles.livejournal.com]

Right? Seeping *up* the wall maybe...

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

FFFFUUUU.

[hollywobbles.livejournal.com]

And then she turns around again and it disappears!

I'm done now.