scary books
Does anyone else freak out when characters are sneaking around where they don't belong? That more than anything gives me the tense, anticipatory feeling of imminent horror. Hauntings, gruesome corpses, mysterious pursuit through dark and unfamiliar alleyways: whatever. Start poking around in other people's bedroom drawers, though, and suddenly THE SKY IS FALLING, OH NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT AAAAAAHHHHHH.