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When you were a kid you were afraid of the dark because of monsters lurking in the shadows, well Irish illustrator Brian Coldrick has cast these creatures as the stars of his ongoing webcomic and book "Behind You: One-Shot horror stories." Each of the cool drawings is a beautiful and haunting one-panel illustration that shows a monster hiding just in arms reach, along with darkly humorous one-sentence captions. The London-based artist states that although none of his short scary stories are direct adaptations of existing narratives, they do touch on "well-worn horror tropes."
Coldrick told Bored Panda that his inspiration for the series of creepy stories sprung from his love for horror films, books, and spooky internet stories. "Just before I started the series I'd been reading through some Creepy Pastas, the internet's version of spooky folktales, and also lots of horror stories of 'real life' supernatural encounters on sites like Reddit."
An illustrator since 2003, he began 'Behind You' in April 2015 and confessed it was partly borne as an attempt to tackle his laziness. "I had wanted to do a continuing webcomic for a while, but I was worried I'd lose interest after starting a story I thought if each installment was a snippet of different scary stories I could start each time afresh. It also had the great side effect of leaving much of the story to be decided by the reader. It's probably the main reason people enjoy these scary drawings."
With a style all his own, these murky pictures have a charm you can't ignore. The artist said he uses a hand pencil to create his characters but works with Photoshop to create the backgrounds, add texture, and make the animations. Although he has many artistic influences, (such as horror comics Junji Ito and Emily Carroll), he said GIF illustrators Rebecca Mock and Sachin Teng had a direct impact on his attempts to make his own illustrations move.
When it comes to Coldrick's creative process, the order can vary. "I almost always start with the image first but once or twice a phrase has popped into my head, and I've worked back from there. Rather than a coherent story, the first step is usually one element. In the early days of the series it might have been a desire to draw a particular kind of creepy monster, but later on, it's been the setting. A kitchen at night illuminated by a fridge light, or an escalator on the Underground. Sometimes it can be something darker like the loneliness, doubts or anxieties that emerge once no one else is around."
In addition to "Behind You," Coldrick draws editorial pieces, posters, book covers, and character designs. Check out some of his short horror stories from this quirky webcomic series below!
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Zenozenobee 7 years ago
Let me guess, you're also the kind of people who curse the teenagers spliting in groups when there's a killer around in movies? We should start a club ;p
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Random Panda 7 years ago
I work in an open space office like this and it definitely feels like there's something strange about, if you happen to be the last person left in the evening.
Daria B 7 years ago
It always feels like you're hearing someone typing on the keyboard. So you have to double-check to make sure you won't be locking somebody in...
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Just Curious 7 years ago
The flailing arms in the first couple of frames of this (extremely long) animation make me think "BLOOGA BLOOGA BLOOGA!"
Johnny Frostbite 7 years ago
Wow, thank you for that - I just actually laughed out loud!
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Blacksheep 7 years ago
Oh wow, this one made me way too anguish right now. For real, my heart is beating so fast I'm starting to sweat. I think I'll just save this article and look at it in the morning instead of right now, in the dark at my desk with the whole room empty and the door behind me.
Daria B 7 years ago
I once stayed last in the office because I had so much work to do, as it accumulated while I was on holidays and my colleague was left along with a workload that's too much even for just two people that would have been us. I reached the point when I get so tired I become mad and kinda lively. I found myself singing the Beatles as I was closing thw windows and turning the lights and air conditioning off. "IT'S BEEN A HAAAAAAAARD DAAAAAY'S NIGHT! AND I'VE BEEN WORKIIIIIIIIING LIKE A DO-OH-OG!" ♬♬
Carmen Elena 7 years ago
That´s why I leave 5 o´clock. Some people told me they have heard annoying noises late at night... so...
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Zenozenobee 7 years ago
The cats always know.... When we moved in my two cats were often staring at the same spot on the ceiling. Few months later, I gave birth to my son and he was also staring this area, but as he was babbling and smiling at it, I decided we had a friendly ghost.
Lenka Smetanová 7 years ago
that's why i have a cat, they are a guardian of the underworld, they protected us.
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Hmm - if they are a guardian of the underworld they protect the underworld. That's not us, well, it's not me! What are you telling us Lenka? ;-)
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SkyTheImaginer 7 years ago
Me: *Turns around* Hows it goin? Monster: ... Me: I don't know why I fukin bother.
Eva Mason 7 years ago
My bedroom is down one hallway. When you walk from my bedroom and down into the hallway, the living room is to the right and the kitchen is right in front of you. The hallway continues to the front door, and there is a halfwall in between the little front door hallway and the part of the kitchen that has the refrigerator. When you open the fridge you are facing away from the front door. This always makes me nervous that something is slipping through the front door and hiding behind me when I get to to get a snack from the refrigerator at night.
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
Ack, now I'm going to remember this everytime I go down into the kitchen at night
#4
boredhuman 7 years ago
This is the reason why i always close the door of my bedroom when i go to sleep.
Irana Kolev 7 years ago
Nope. The kitty would know and react. I don't believe this one (I have two cats and one of the reason I got them is that so they can warn me of all the lurking monsters. So far so good)!
Random Panda 7 years ago
I find it impossible to sleep with the door to my room open, especially when I'm alone.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
It's actually the opposite for me, I leave my bedroom door open during the night so if a monster comes in I will have a quick escape route
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Salem Black 6 years ago
Here comes slender man, here comes slender man, coming up your stairs!
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Panda Momma01 7 years ago
These are truly terrifying and so simplistic in nature. You don't need a 2 hour movie, just these and a natural fear of the unknown!
Glenna Wheatley 7 years ago
Had to watch it 3 times. If you blink at the wrong moment, you miss the best part! These are all very creative, clever, and entertaining. Now excuse me while I go turn on all the lights and grab my baseball bat.
Gloria Hafner 7 years ago
ok....I'm not going to look at the rest....it is almost time to go to bed.......uh..um...no.
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El-Ray King 7 years ago
Aww, this is sweet. All dead means in that you are now on the other side of the veil. His brothers are celebrating with him!
Cat Knight 7 years ago
That's how I saw it - sweet not sad or scary. The dead brothers are celebrating that he's lived longer than they could.
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Mary McConnell 7 years ago
My mom has dementia. I had to tell her that her last sibling had died. She looked at me and quietly said, "I'm the last one, aren't I?"
Soozie Poozie 7 years ago
Reading your comment made me cry. My mom has dementia and I could totally relate to your comment. More & more each day, my mother’s comments make it obvious that she is getting more lost. The woman who taught ME to speak up for myself, has trouble forming sentences and verbalizing her thoughts... and it breaks my heart. I find it so sad that someone so bright, vibrant and fun could turn into a person who is so vulnerable, fragile, and scared.
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Samantha Walker 3 years ago
What is wrong with the ghost's faces, do you think that they are his dearly departed family and friends?
Candia Lee 4 years ago
Anyone else catch the Patreon link? Gonna go there and see what booty for patronizing this fantasticly creative artist. Maybe he'll do one for me personally ...
#7
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Mine don't either!! I hope they don't have people there who look like that!
DarkenedSoul36 2 years ago
We don't shame people for how they look, Laugh. *turns to the neighbors* You're beautiful just the way you are, but try to steal my soul and you go back to where you came from.
Load More Replies... Thinairgal 7 years ago
"Don't just call in a complaint", they said. "Try discussing it with them reasonably first", they said.
Alicia Hawkins 7 years ago
I can just imagine it. She goes to their door late one night, sick of their noise, intending to tell them off for keeping her up. And she's never seen again.
Load More Replies... Gabby 7 years ago
I have this problem. At night, I can hear and feel my neighbors walking which is odd as it is. But sometimes, I get intense feelings that they're listening in on me.
BusLady 7 years ago
It would be really creepy if you knew they weren't even home.
Load More Replies... Samantha Walker 3 years ago
they look like they want to eat her, and what is she doing, leaning so close to that window like that, RUN YA BIG DUMMY!
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
This is pretty much me and friends when there's a hot girl or something in the next-door room
#8
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
I am always afraid of hidden creatures under my bed, after spending thousands of bucks on psychologists an no avail, my friend who is a carpenter too, simply cut down the legs of my bed and now it sits on floor. I won a little battle with monsters, though when I travel it again becomes hard, I cant sleep on floor too as I keep looking beneath nearby beds. It has rotten my whole life. I started keeping small portable LED lights with me which brighten up the underneath of beds and that gives me some consolation when sleeping on floor.
Thinairgal 7 years ago
I had a foster child whose fear of nighttime monsters approached yours in severity. He seemed tormented at the thought of going to bed each night. He was too old or too savvy for "tricks" to work. Of course, I set him up with a psychologist, which didn't help (at least with that issue). My husband and I took shifts so we could get some sleep, but the poor child was still left fighting the monsters on his own, since we couldn't see them. Finally, I brought in one of my dogs, a big shepherd mix, to sleep right on his bed with him. It's the only thing that brought him comfort and rest. Since dogs really do spot danger before us, and really will fight to protect us from even the worst monsters, it was no trick, and the child knew that, and slept. He was later sent to live with a distant family member, (breaking my heart for the thousandth time), and I'll always wonder whether the monsters found him again in his new home. I hope not, and I hope they had a big dog.
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Lyop 7 years ago
His FOOT!! It could just.....hang!!! And that would be the end. Tuck. It. In.
Samantha Walker 3 years ago
HaHa, he won't have a foot to tuck in the next night if he doesn't tuck it in NOW.
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Joi Behrend 7 years ago
This reminds me of a silly Tweet I read recently. Basically it was a person lying in bed, one foot hanging off the side but it was covered by a blanket. There are two monsters under the bed and one goes to reach for the foot, but the other monster stops him and says something like, No, you must honor the blanket.
Mad Haberdasheress 7 years ago
And then The Grudge 2 comes along and messes up the whole "safe under the blanket" thing. I won't spoil it but I didn't sleep without ALL the lights on for days after watching that!!
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Deborah Duncan 7 years ago
There were crocodiles under my childhood bed, and I had to leap from the bed through the door to go to the bathroom at night for years.
Andreas Deml 7 years ago
"When she spoke, I knew that death had driven her insane. "Give me that," she hissed. "It's my dust-catcher." She snatched it out of my hand before I could offer it to her. For a moment our fingers touched, and hers were as cold as twigs after a frost. She opened the book to her place, the playing card fluttering out, and placed Somerset Maugham over her face -- a shroud of words. As she crossed her hands on her bosom and lay still, I realized she was wearing the blue dress I had buried her in. She had come out of her grave to hide under our bed." (Bag of Bones, Stephen King)
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Zenozenobee 7 years ago
Nah relax, that' s just Faceless from Spirit Away. He's coming back from the tea party Chihiro gave for Zeniba's birthday.
LRevello 7 years ago
If you like these, check out The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (one line from a story & illustrations like these.) The stories were lost a long time ago, but Van Allsburg (author of the Polar Express & Jumanji) illustrated the lines of text that were remaining.
HorseLoverUltimate 7 years ago
I've had to do stories based off of Mr. Linden's Library. Love that book!
Load More Replies... Liam Tranum 4 years ago
He wants his candle back… GIVE HIM THE DAMN CANDLE AND HE’LL LET YOU HAVE YOUR DAMN LIFE!
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Ohh nooo! I live in the mountains, near several RR tunnels like this, and I hike by them nearly every day. They've always made me uneasy, and I'm constantly whipping around to look behind me....but it was a vagrant or escapee from the nearby prison I was afraid of encountering. Now I'm going to have to find a hiking buddy...or two
Samantha Walker 3 years ago
those sticks looked like bones for a sec. I still think that they might be bones that the monster/shadow spit out after all the people he devoured.
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Candia Lee 4 years ago
Also a Clive Barker fan. These titles are unfamiliar, thanks for the reminder of who I might read next.
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XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
Countless others had fallen for the curse and had been horrifically trapped within the depths of the peeling walls. Trapped within a place that they used to call home, now an eternal prison of torment (so sorry i just had to XD)
Last Hurrah 7 years ago
They had to kick him out when he began calling The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland home and refused to leave.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
Me and the boys looking in a building through a window
Pikachu_is_drawing 4 years ago
This kinda reminds me of a wallpaper in Animal crossing new horizons. If you keep turning the light off a ghost will keep getting closer until it disappears
#11
Elizabeth Molloy 7 years ago
It'd be cool if they looked like that, though, yeah?
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Troux 7 years ago
Looks like a plague mask. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor_costume
Candia Lee 4 years ago
They will reach thru the wall, or float up thru the floor.
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Richard 7 years ago
This shows just like things are in my place! There's a spider in the corner of my living room. We have an agreement: as long as she stays there and keep on catching mosquitos everything's fine and the corner stays sanctuary.
Last Hurrah 7 years ago
Ladies and gentlemen, in this corner, making his first appearance, straight outta hell, welcome The Night Stalker!
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
I stopped using ceiling fans in my home as they move small bits of paper or curtain, instead I use small standing fans and target them to my face or simply just use Air conditioner.
Star Cooperman 7 years ago
WHO SITS IN A DARK ROOM ALONE WHEN I'M ALONE I TURN ALL THE LIGHTS ON. Jokes aside, if you have reoccurring nightmares of something, it often means something is trying to tell you something. Whether it is your subconscious speaking or another spirit warning you, take these nightmares into consideration if they keep happening.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
I dreamt I was in a hurry but couldn't find what I needed to pack, sorting thru odd things, looking, getting frantic, a recurring nightmare. Last time, tho, I wasn't frantic, and the stuff wasn't as strange. Roomie says I'm preparing myself for big change. (I recently exchanged two rooms, like the results, have more plans ...)
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Karasi Mills 7 years ago
It's a Tinder reference, the photos look normal, but monsters are hidden within
Panda Momma01 7 years ago
And this is why I am fine being a crazy cat lady some day. This one rings a little too true.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
The only things on the internet you can trust are dank memes
Paul Corteville 7 years ago
Good one. They all are the same predator, just wearing a different mask.
#14
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Cats do love them though - great place to attack ankles!
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Thinairgal 7 years ago
I have steps like this leading down from a deck, and one of my dogs, a big mastiff/bloodhound mix, won't go near them at night. Laughed at her being afraid of the boogeyman, but now...
tarebear 7 years ago
The steps leading up to my front door have an open back like this and they open to underneath my house. I swear EVERY TIME I go up or down them at night I have my flashlight shining to the underneath part because I am 100% sure someone or something is gonna grab my foot one of these days. Irrational??? Maybe, but I'm not gonna let it get the jump on me lol
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Have you not watched 'Grand Designs' - or as it is also known 'Build An Office Block In The Country'? I've seen stairs like that on there.
Load More Replies... Star Cooperman 7 years ago
I always get scared that something is going to grab my ankle when I go down open back stairs.
Hakitosama 3 years ago
*two seconds later * CRUUUUUNCHHHHH HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY HAND! MY HAND! 😭
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Sora Lyra 7 years ago
I was a librarian before at school. One time, when I was on duty to look after the library, I was alone and I'm pretty sure no one was with me, since I lock the door, so I able to arrange the book to the bookshelf before any students come in. Then suddenly, I heard like someone was reading book at the table next to the bookshelf I'm arranging. Then I take a look, buy no one was there. I then the book at my back suddenly fall. I was shocked and at the same time I heard the same sounds again. I gradually get out of the library.
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Aww, it was an accident. It's hard to turn the pages nicely when you're a huge, ugly ghoul.
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Right! A blood sucking fiend is one thing but ripping a page out of a book is beyond evil.
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
when you're trying to read but you are too clumsy to turn the page without damaging the paper
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stellermatt 7 years ago
it also says "and now we've got traffic and travel with sally, sally what's the word on the street?"
Bucky Barnes 6 years ago
"Hey lil mama lemme whisper in ya ear..." thats all i can think when I see this one
Naima Ivansdóttir 7 years ago
This is the water. And this is the well. Drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within.
#17
Just Curious 7 years ago
Ah yes, the tree-spider-wolf that has haunted the nightmares of so many...
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
I was okay with this until the tree-SPIDER-wolf... ARGH!!
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XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
He is the trees run for as you can try but you will fail to escape it. Its torment pain and suffering is finally over for how you ruined and wrecked it with your axes and fire. It now wants its revenge stalking the unaware victims in the dead of night its coming and it's hungry
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
Why does nobody bring in back-up or company in stories of the Horror genre
#18
Lyndsey 7 years ago
Before my grandfather died, we visited him at the hospital. He was on the top floor, so we got on the elevator. At the third floor, it opened, and the automatic voice said, "Third floor." People who needed to get out got out. Then the elevator doors closed. When it opened again, the voice once again said, "Third floor." Looking out, it was clearly the third floor. The next time the doors opened, it was still the third floor. Everyone panicked and got out instead of my family. This time, when the doors closed, the elevator moved up and we laughed, saying how everyone else should have also waited. Until the lights went out, there was a crash and the sensation of falling. Then the elevator doors opened and the automatic voice, "Third floor." My mom then pointed out. "It's the fourth elevator." Four is the death number in Chinese. As one, my family scrambled out.
Lyndsey 7 years ago
My sister and I were so intrigued by the experience that we decided to ride the Number 4 Elevator again. This time, we got onto the elevator from the top floor (our grandfather's room). As it was the top floor, everyone in the elevator got out, except for one, a patient with long black hair covering her face, wearing a hospital gown. I should point out that this was during the Ghost Month, where there were many commercials about ghosts, depicted as women with long black hair covering their faces, visiting their families on tv. The patient didn't interact with anyone, nor got out, even though we rode the elevator to the first floor. Otherwise, the trip was uneventful.
Load More Replies... Just Curious 7 years ago
The smiling face in the box is pretty cute, but I actually find this one to be the scariest so far, for some reason.
BusLady 7 years ago
Maybe because you never really know your neighbors...
Load More Replies... XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
and how she hated you and your freedom. Your happy smiles your mother your father your ungrateful spitful soul unappreciated with the life you live. You live freely unbound by a curse to do whatever you want and say she can not for she is trapped within her own guilt and you're her next victim ....
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
why not take the other lifts? or simply do not go in if she's the only one in
PattonPawter 3 years ago
This reminds me of the short story “The elevator” by William Sleator. It’s a good read with a cliffhanger ending.
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Daria B 7 years ago
I once witnessed something similar. It was morning, though, not night. My husband and I were on a short trip to the sea side. In the motel room, he was sleeping, I was taking a shower. The bathroom had a window facing the beach and there were two swings. Outside, there was nobody, as it wasn't touristic season yet. But one of the swings was moving as if someone was using it. The other swing was as still as everything else, indicating no wind flow to cause this movement. Of course I thought of spooky stories immediately. However, somehow, I wasn feeling spooked. I was rather... fascinated by the mysterious laws of physics? O_o
Just Curious 7 years ago
Why is the other swing moving? Why isn't the ghosty dude pushing him?
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Rebekah 7 years ago
You really, really should listen to the locals. Well, unless they are toothless and playing a banjo.
Lilah Roberts 4 years ago
If they are toothless and playing a banjo, it's probably old man mcgugket, and you should list en to him
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
There is an adorable cat at the other side, who couldn't resist? other than Dog people
XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago (edited)
For as the dreadful afternoon the horrific ending to her small life. The sound of her scream as her feet slip from the slippery side of the bridge plunging to her watery grave below. The sound of her bones breaking as she hit the concrete like water. They never used the bridge again for as fear that she would come for them as she had came for him. To drag him down to suffer the same fate as her for revenge ....
#21
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
Turnips were hollowed out as lanterns to be carried around, before people used pumpkins. This illustration is going back to the roots of Halloween tradition, literally!
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Aidan Pite 3 years ago
I like how the lantern-man is a turnip instead of a pumpkin, like the original version.
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BusLady 7 years ago
The real horror was when she got to the end, and there was a piece missing.
XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
piece by piece she would put the cute puzzle back together unaware of the danger she would put herself and others in. Unaware that the puzzle picture print was not printed on paper rather printed on skin his skin...
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Death Metal Kitty 7 years ago
I see Yog-Sothoth has another follower here.
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
also I can imagine delivering mail to the place, and hearing booming, echoing footsteps randomly in the distance
ELIZABETH MITCHELL 4 years ago
throw the mail i wouldn't care if i missed see ya im gonna work some where else
#24
sofe era 6 years ago
They were others. Other who had taken the leap the young man was contemplating. It wouldn’t even be a leap, he told himself. Something stopped him every time. Something (someone?) whispered to him that it wasn’t worth it. It was never worth it. Wait a little longer please. He listened. He didn’t know why. But he did. The watchers breathed a sigh of relief. No one would join their ranks tonight.
Paul Corteville 7 years ago
As the boy watches the cars pass by, the shadows watch him come and go too soon
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
and here we have a wild human of the mortal realm, watching the traffic go by...
#25
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Never look for the key to the old nursery!! Nothing good will come of it... ARGH!
Death by Cupcakes 4 years ago
I learned that from the Dead Space games xD
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XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
unaware that a simple turn of a key could unleash so much anger and hatred. For as the previous nanny that had smothered them in their own blankets and held them under the bathwater had already been horrifically murder and she was next...
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
If you'e going into an old nursery that was locked for a reason, BRING A WEAPON
#26
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Got to go into hospital soon - any dark, quiet areas will remain completely unexplored by me!
sofe era 6 years ago
They watched her roam the halls, a little girl with her right arm splinted, and a hospital gown on. They knew why she was here. She would receive no harm tonight. Not inside the hospital. Outside they couldn’t help, couldn’t protect. But once she was inside the walls of this place, anything seeking to harm her would pay dearly. It was the least they could do for the little girl who had paid so much. It wasn’t her first stay. Nor would it be her last. She wouldn’t walk these halls alone again. They watched the little girl with darkness in her eyes mastering these halls. And hoped she never had to come back.
LoneWolfie 7 years ago
Old haunted mansions are creepy and stuff, but HOSPITALS are the most terrifying thing ever to me.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
but what about haunted Museums?
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Sally Appleton 7 years ago
I think they're all trying to recreate that scene from Titanic
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Its Me 3 years ago (edited)
Plot twist: The dude on the road is a cereal killer and all the ghosts in the car is trying to warn him not to leave
Paul Corteville 7 years ago
Ir everyone trapped in their s**t lives, unable to escape. This comic is pointing to individual isolation and how we ignore each others desperation until it's too late.
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Lenny 7 years ago
I love the design of the creature! The ribcages, chains and the crown are so cool.
Bodhi Swindle 4 years ago
In the background there's is a rock with a face just sitting there... Sinisterly
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Chris Jones 7 years ago
Trump? Maybe that's what he really looks like. Though he's picked a hideous disguise.
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Mikaela Stewart 6 years ago
Serious question: What did he say..? Was if Bloody Mary? Blue Baby..? I'm confused and I'm not good at reading lips...
Silverbirb 5 years ago
"He could feel it. The tugging on his gut, the strain of his eyes, for a single moment he was back. But all too soon, he was gone, before he could warn him... Warm him of the true monsters waiting outside of the door. "
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ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago
i think candy man cuz it a guy and bloody mary is a girl....
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David Newsome 7 years ago
Haha, best joke I've heard yet on this page. Keep up the good work (wink wink nudge nudge horrible joke)
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Arran Walker 7 years ago
It’s more like a blank mask with the mouth below it
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
GRAMS WASN'T TELLING THE STORY, LOOK THE F***K BEHIND YOU
Shea Fujishima 6 years ago
That's what you get by going to Grandma Muriel's without the dog....
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Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
At least he's a happy pumpkin. He didn't look like a very happy human.
April Garcia Andrade 7 years ago
OK U HAVE TO ADMIT THE THINGS FACE IS CUTE.....EVEN AFTER IT TURNED HIS HEAD INTO A PUMPKIN, HONESTLY
David Newsome 7 years ago
I thought pumpkin-head came from behind the couch, not from the actual pumpkin on the desk!
#32
Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
Ah, so this is what the Wild Hunt is up to these days. Where's Ciri when you need her?
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#35
Just Curious 7 years ago
The only passenger left? There's a little kid and Pinocchio there too...
thepotatogirl 7 years ago
the little kid behind him is the monster in disguise
Load More Replies... Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
This one is actually really deep, the boy was a monster, at least that's how others saw him.......but I think he was possibly misunderstood, and he couldn't handle that. So he became one.
TheWeirdPlant 5 years ago
Why does the creature look like Slenderman sticker a carrot on his face so he could have a nose.
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Laugh Fan 7 years ago
It's always the same cat! There is really only one black cat in the world - such is it's power.
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Carmen Elena 7 years ago
I think the cat is the one who brings those monsters to this world...
#37
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
you attract ghosts if you look like one, the more you know
Alyssa Rugh 6 years ago
What if that is his dead mother just trying to spend Halloween with her child
#38
Zenozenobee 7 years ago
The difference between dogs and cats (staring but not giving a f**k ;p )
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Chicago Kitty 7 years ago
I think it's a common misconception that cats aren't protective of their owners. Both my cats are protective of me, particularly my girl Slippers. A friend once grabbed by arm and pulled on me in jest and she scaled his leg like a tree and nipped his ear.
Star Cooperman 7 years ago
It is said that animals such as dogs and cats can see or sense spirits and protect their owners from them with an unknown power. That is why we feel safer around our pets, because the animals' natural power chases of evil spirits.
Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
This one is deep too. He was like a guardian angel, except he was the opposite of an angel.
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Sushi Smack 7 years ago
Stupid dude. rule 2 of horror stories: ALWAYS LISTEN TO SIGNS even if they don't make sense
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Panda Momma01 7 years ago
This is just unrealistic, everyone knows most dogs hate the vacuum! ;-)
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
slap on the damn pop tart on the cat and it will gain the power to fight back
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
that is a very tall skeleton, are you sure its not just Papyrus when he accidentally poured too much alcohol in his spaghett?
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago (edited)
if I was him and I turned around, the paddle will not only be used for paddling...
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
also, why does no one actually turn around?
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
if the dude was a girl this would be seen differently
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Peggy Schuyler 6 years ago
could be a mental ward and the people that died in there
Load More Replies... David Newsome 7 years ago
It's either his victims, or the past inmates. Notice what looks like ropes holding their arms
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Laugh Fan 7 years ago
It's a graveyard at night - more than enough for me!
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Luna Moonwatcher 6 years ago
Doesn’t say they aren’t friendly? But slowly back away just in case?
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
ghosts scared of other ghosts, at least some entities notice the dangers in these stories
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sofe era 6 years ago
The ancestor watched the young witch on her phone. Grizzled herself with the years she spent working magic, she couldn’t help but remember the start of the journey she had reached the end of centuries ago. Oh the young witch would learn such things. And she had even found the broom she herself had used to clean out her workspace and altar. She would guide her defendant on her journey. The old ways were being brought back. At the very least the decendant wouldn’t have to worry about being burned at the stake. That hurt.
Hakitosama 3 years ago
Baba Yaga : snirf the Covent is still alive 😢 sho smoll... Sho precious 😭 wanna pet her hair 😍
Hakitosama 3 years ago
Baba Yaga : snirf... The covent LIVES! The new generation has come. So tiny so precious 😢
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Candia Lee 4 years ago
Babadook is a great scare. Was she crazy or was she c.r.a.z.y?
Load More Replies... Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
This one is deep as well, they are controlled by society, told to believe what the adults did, but she isn't, that's why something happens to her....
Jane Alexander 7 years ago
They don't tell you what she did, that way maybe you won't do whatever you're thinking of doing.
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Chris Jones 7 years ago
What moronic hunters who mount stags heads on walls should really be wary of.
Just Curious 7 years ago
Definitely worth the effort of squeezing his stag head through the wall...
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
Bambi is sick of humanity's ####!
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Gabriel 7 years ago
I should have become a dentist. His office is filthy, and yet he still gets customers.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
I am one of those people who aren't scared of the dentist at all
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Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
That one in the back that says Birl, lol welp guess its "Undecided".
Liam Tranum 4 years ago
Wait if there boy girl and human child does that mean that the boys and girls aren’t humans?
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Zenozenobee 7 years ago
My....maybe I had an anware reason to settle my reading armchair against a wall.
Marit Von Pigeon 7 years ago
This reminds me of "The Cat Came Back" animation, where the guy falls into a mining pit, lights a match, and one of about a hundred rats blows it out. Lol.
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Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Yup, and seriously creepy. Though rare to see the underground that empty!
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Eva Mason 7 years ago
Why is he not facing theother pad so he can see rather the cloning experiment worked?
BusLady 7 years ago
I don't think it worked out quite like he planned. Lol
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Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
"the book had described himself, his room, his chair and it". Me: BOY ITS CLEARLY ATTACK ON TITAN.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
I like to think that Buff Einstein is like: "What are you doing in my room?"
Z Trinkella 6 years ago
Einstein is not dead he is looking for his lab to continue his research
Troy Currie 7 years ago
This reminds me of a story I've heard before, but my search found nothing...Still my Tell-tale Heart.
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Just Curious 7 years ago
Clearly bad directions! The giant dog she's looking for is completely the other way!
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
that looks like a Chinese dragon to me, and I would take the child too if I saw them sleeping without blankets or safety, gotta get em before that no good *insert child killing monster here* gets em first!
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Tegan Frid 7 years ago
From his Instagram: "This particular Behind You was not created for the public’s eyes. I did as a thank you for Joe Hill but he kindly approved it for general consumption. It’s a take on a scene from Locke and Key, the wonderful comic created by him and Gabriel Rodriguez. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend picking it up, it’s a compelling, creepy joy, and full of seemingly endless, weird ideas."
sofe era 6 years ago
Of course it did. Well she. She did. The boys eyes looked shell shocked and scared. She would answer because he deserved a mother figure he hadn’t gotten. His clothes were hastily put on. She would protect him. He was an innocent. And the dark will always protect the innocent. Unlike his mother.
BAILEY PANELLI 5 years ago
There is a Netflix series called locke and key that has something like that
Alicia Hawkins 7 years ago
I mean, she's pretty, though? I wouldn't mind encountering such a lovely thing.
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Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 7 years ago
the Blondie album on the wall is a nice touch
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TheWeirdPlant 5 years ago
Awww guyyysss stop that tickles me.....wait I'm home alone
Load More Replies... Marit Von Pigeon 7 years ago
I have every stuffed animal I've ever been given. Sure, at some point they may animate and kill me, but I'd hate to abandon them.
Gracie Winchester 6 years ago
Life as goth: Throw toys in old bin and not look at them for 7 or so years. Wear all black and be emotionless. Hear your closet creaking open one night. A little voice speaks to you. Your 7-year-old self. Behind her is all your old toys, come to life. "Hi *person's name here*. Do you remember us?"
David Newsome 7 years ago
Hullo! I see ya brought us back to diddly-doodle life again Jen! And now, for a snoodly-snoodle small favor, (Coldy) DIE
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
i barely even noticed until now
Load More Replies... sofe era 6 years ago
Any other way lead to danger and catcalls and one particularly memorable occasion, being pushed off her bike and forced into using the mace she always carried on her. But never this path. For some reason everyone else was scared of this path. It could be the black dog watching over the path. But didn’t they know that black dogs were the guardians of the dead? The dog would no more hurt her than it would hurt one of its charges. But then. People liked to forget the old traditions.
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Fiona Johnson 6 years ago
well, you cant have somebody walk into his own surprise party! it was going to take a few more years to be ready!
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Blacksheep 7 years ago
Maybe it's like this story where a woman drown in the Cecil Hotel water tank and stayed there for 2 weeks... Water was getting stranger and stranger, so people complained and they found her. Her name was Elisa Lam.
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
I see those tentacle monsters, and I know where this is going
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Arran Walker 7 years ago
That would be in the closet of a thirteen year old boy....
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gboi gamer 7 years ago
I like to think that the dude/dudette is a doll and the monster is a little girl?
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sofe era 6 years ago
The ghost of the little girl that was bound to this alley watched as the living girl stood in the alley waiting for the others to show up. It was a good thing she had... pursueded them to go away. Blood never looked good in any alley. And she quiet liked the music the other girl listened to. It was dark but happy.
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Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
All those faces are saying, "if you don't eat your meat you can't have your pudding."
Troy Currie 7 years ago
Wrote this for The Midnight Snack...You beat be to it here.
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David Newsome 7 years ago
Him: Where were the other pupils? That Thing: Look into one of my many eyes and find out
Alex Romero 6 years ago
"You think the school is cold? Let's warm you up starting with your butt"
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
I like to think the ghost is like "Your exit is this way, mortal"
GlynisLailann 7 years ago
There is a mountain/forest pass in the vicinty of the Garden Route, South Africa called the Prince Alfred's Pass. There is an over grown part where you turn a corner and right in front of you is painted a message on a cliff face: Jy Loer Nog! Translated: You are staring.
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K. LNU 7 years ago
One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret, Never to be told. Eight for a wish, Nine for a kiss, Ten for a bird, You must not miss. "One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies.
Glenna Wheatley 7 years ago
Thanks for that. It's one I've never heard. Thought I'd heard them all. Apparently, I was WRONG!
Load More Replies... Tegan Frid 7 years ago
Unfortunately these magpies only know the old rhyme: One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a funeral, four for birth, five for heaven, six for hell, seven for the devil, his own self
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BusLady 7 years ago
You hear so much about animal cruelty. I wouldn't want to go.
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BusLady 7 years ago
Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm glad to hear that this doesn't exist in other countries. PETA is working to get it stopped in the US.
Mad Haberdasheress 7 years ago
We'll get there someday - keep the faith! :)
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
When Pennywise eats too many people and becomes overweight
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Oh, no - clown and balloon popping in the same picture, it's too much....
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
He's spider ghost, spider ghost, does whatever a spider ghost can
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Lyndsey 7 years ago
It's the Winter Soldier in disguise. Don't blow his cover.
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
when you look so good your reflection reaches out to you
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
she is actually noticing the monster/ghost, but why aint she running?
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frank0ys 7 years ago
Yes from the Philippines. It's called a 'manananggal'.
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Cheesecake Queen 7 years ago
It's a myth. I forgot the name of it, but it is a woman who detaches herself from her body to feed on the hearts of unborn babies. And that woman is pregnant...
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
This takes 'Karen took the Kids' to a whole new level
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Mila Coffin 5 years ago
Oh no you whey more than 1 kilo... your floorboards creaked ahhhh so scary
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Sushi Smack 7 years ago
Rule 12: Never stay out alone somewhere at night (this also goes for the 1st one)
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
and what if a person suddenly walked into the pub?
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Leenah Ibrahim 5 years ago
This one is extremely deep, its a little girl that died a horrible death, and people started spreading rumors, and every single one hurt like an arrow...even in death she is still bullied....
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
yeah, when you read enough of it, you feel more and more sorry about the ghost girl behind y- wait a minute
Star Cooperman 7 years ago
The little girl was scared of the people about to shoot her so she covered her eyes and they got stuck there.
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BananaFruit_ 5 years ago
but then the artist had a sudden stroke and the monster was no more
Load More Replies... Paulo Mejia 7 years ago
Don't you just hate when you're trying to poop and there is this dude with quite a few eyes who creeps on you?, let people poop in peace dude!
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Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 7 years ago
see what happens when you aren't generous with your candy?
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BusLady 7 years ago
Turn around and film it. At least then, when they find your phone, they will know what killed you.
real._.izuku 4 years ago
Next thing you know it doesn't show up on camera
Load More Replies... Arran Walker 7 years ago
Five minutes after you got here, the countryside decided it hated you, too.
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Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
I cant take this one seriously because of the Vampire's derpy face
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Night Owl 7 years ago
Do innovators ever get scared of their own innovation....oh, now I remembered - I know Nobel and some of the scientists working on the nuclear bomb did
Night Owl 7 years ago
well, maybe they didn't get scared but they regretted their involvement and what in the end others made of it
Load More Replies... Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
why not test it with safety equipment, like a machine gun?
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Z Trinkella 6 years ago
I would don’t want my naked grandma in a wolf pelt to come...
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Alex Romero 6 years ago
Turns out that the big square thing is just the snooze button for Cthulhu's alarm clock.
Charcharocles Megalodon Prime 6 years ago
the design of the Monster is creative, but no one talks about it
Teresa Zuiani 7 years ago
What old man would know about an underwater statue? I know....The old man in the sea!?
Alicia Hawkins 7 years ago
Simple. He's the beast's keeper. :) He tells people the tale of the statue to lure them in, so the monster can eat them.
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BananaFruit_ 5 years ago
The fire swamp is an uninviting location with three primary dangers: flame spurts, lightning sand, and rodents of unusual size (R.O.U.S.).
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 7 years ago
oh god, this reminds me of Claws For Alarm....
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Glenna Wheatley 7 years ago
There's a long body to go with those eyes, but thanks for pointing it out. I didn't see it at first.
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Alexandra Lewis 7 years ago
This is one of the most beautiful and fascinating pages I've ever seen on here.
Master Markus 7 years ago
I didn't really find any of these "scary" but maybe I've gotten tough to scare. However, I did enjoy them - the art is really nice.
Foxyloxylou 6 years ago
cause youll be scared out of your wits and probably have ghouls appear behind you
Load More Replies... Ben Smith 7 years ago
It's the same "scary" thing 94 times...over and over. The art is nice, but there is no real scare factor or originality.
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
I just stopped at I guess 5th or 6th one, I already will be sleeping with lights on tonight! Why even I opened this thread :(
Alexandra Lewis 7 years ago
This is one of the most beautiful and fascinating pages I've ever seen on here.
Master Markus 7 years ago
I didn't really find any of these "scary" but maybe I've gotten tough to scare. However, I did enjoy them - the art is really nice.
Foxyloxylou 6 years ago
cause youll be scared out of your wits and probably have ghouls appear behind you
Load More Replies... Ben Smith 7 years ago
It's the same "scary" thing 94 times...over and over. The art is nice, but there is no real scare factor or originality.
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
I just stopped at I guess 5th or 6th one, I already will be sleeping with lights on tonight! Why even I opened this thread :(
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