reddit ask: What’s the most visually terrifying thing in horror?
reddit user @Wes-Carpenter asked "What’s the most visually terrifying thing in horror?" and here are some of the answers, you can read the whole thing at the source.
- Any film that features a scene of a severely modified/butchered person that is kept alive under extreme circumstances - example, the dude in Midsommar suspended from the ceiling of that cabin, with his lungs exposed. Also, Frank from Hellraiser and the Cenobites, Frank has no skin and he's still alive. Akin to Clive Barker's 'tortured souls' collectibles.
Also, anything that gives me uncanny vibes. Yuck it makes my brain feel weird. Basically most creepypasta haha.
- loud footsteps that get quicker as they get louder. Preferably coming from darkness so i cant see what is approaching or making the noise. Gets me every time.
- People stuck in tunnels/caves alerts me on an animal level. I don't believe there's a way to properly fake it besides making an actual claustrophobic environment that's easily escaped in reality but convincing on screen. The Descent is the popular pick for this (for good reason), but my favorite is Graveyard Rats from Cabinet of Curiosities.
- For me, it's monsters, ghosties, whatever, that are barely in view - like in the background or in a dark closet or god forbid, on the ceiling. Ugh.
- I clarified this for myself recently. I HATE when someone or something is walking slowly towards someone and that someone’s POV is the camera (so, something spooky walking towards the camera). Idk why but it fills me with panic. Kairo is the obvious example but funnily enough my other example is also Hell House LLC, in Hell House LLC Origins from last year they had that fucking clown walking slowly towards the camera and it literally filled me with tingly panic!
- The ending visual for Beyond the Aquila Rift (Love, Death & Robots S01E07) for some reason fills me with a lot of dread.
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- Any film that features a scene of a severely modified/butchered person that is kept alive under extreme circumstances - example, the dude in Midsommar suspended from the ceiling of that cabin, with his lungs exposed. Also, Frank from Hellraiser and the Cenobites, Frank has no skin and he's still alive. Akin to Clive Barker's 'tortured souls' collectibles.
Also, anything that gives me uncanny vibes. Yuck it makes my brain feel weird. Basically most creepypasta haha.
- loud footsteps that get quicker as they get louder. Preferably coming from darkness so i cant see what is approaching or making the noise. Gets me every time.
- People stuck in tunnels/caves alerts me on an animal level. I don't believe there's a way to properly fake it besides making an actual claustrophobic environment that's easily escaped in reality but convincing on screen. The Descent is the popular pick for this (for good reason), but my favorite is Graveyard Rats from Cabinet of Curiosities.
- For me, it's monsters, ghosties, whatever, that are barely in view - like in the background or in a dark closet or god forbid, on the ceiling. Ugh.
- I clarified this for myself recently. I HATE when someone or something is walking slowly towards someone and that someone’s POV is the camera (so, something spooky walking towards the camera). Idk why but it fills me with panic. Kairo is the obvious example but funnily enough my other example is also Hell House LLC, in Hell House LLC Origins from last year they had that fucking clown walking slowly towards the camera and it literally filled me with tingly panic!
- The ending visual for Beyond the Aquila Rift (Love, Death & Robots S01E07) for some reason fills me with a lot of dread.
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