~ 50 FEARSOME THINGS ~
(Just for clarification, I've color-coded the list: Good Creepy v. Bad Creepy)
- The following sentence which I read in a news article: "Genetic modification of the smallpox virus would make any cases of the disease easier to detect, say some scientists."
- The Zuni fetish doll from Trilogy of Terror.
- Centipedes.
- Fundamentalists.
- Snakes, newts, salamanders and toads.
- Rats. Particularly roof rats ... which hang out above our heads!
- Corporate America. And, worse, Corporate Media.
- Zombies. When I drive late at night, I become seriously anxious if I see a human figure walking along a quiet road. If I stop will I be a good Samaritan or a zombie snack?
- The Dentist.
- Bogs & Swamps.
- Ball lightening. Though I’d love to see it before I die.
- Being burned alive.
- Feral Pigs.
- Cancer.
- Sideshow performers.
- The Jersey Devil / Mothman. I believe I saw something similar when I was a kid.
- Demons.
- The Bush Dynasty.
- AIDS.
- "Bad Seed” type children.
- The Nutcracker Suite.
- People who make their living by collecting delinquent accounts. I can’t imagine having to do that. No wonder they are so mean.
- Mediums & Spiritualists.
- Grays.
- A specific werewolf that used to come to me in my dreams.
- Exorcism.
- Serial killers.
- The psychological puzzle of the serial killer personality & profiling.
- Being buried alive.
- Implements of torture.
- The creepy girl from The Ring. That fast-advance-toward-the-camera trick gets me where I live.
- Martyrs.
- Historical Sadists.
- Realtors.
- Maggots. Stemming from a true childhood horror-house.
- Bats. A couple of childhood traumas are to blame. These days, I make an effort to attract them to my yard, but I bet I’d still scream like a little girl should one wander into the house.
- Pod People.
- War. Any war. And all war. Amen.
- Stranger abduction.
- Tornado warnings. ‘Don’t know if my heart beats fast out of fear or excitement.
- Bugs from “the south”. From fire ants to writing spiders — okay, insects and arachnids that live where it never freezes…they are too fierce and too big.
- Satanists.
- Will-o-wisps.
- Ouija boards. You couldn’t pay me to play with one of these…even though I read tarot cards. Go figure.
- Karen Black.
- Global Thermonuclear War. (As in Wargames.)
- Black Eyed Children
- Even thinking about the movie The Human Centipede.
- Roanoke.
- Witches.