Yeah, The Ring was nicely freaky. And The Shining was certainly weird to listen to while painting -- all you can hear is the narrator's voice, the creaking of the house, and the slow crinkle of paint being applied to the walls. Very creepy.
When it comes to horror, the only things that really give me nightmares are zombie movies ... probably becuase of the whole "unthinking collective devouring the individual" thing. Ghost stories come the closest to creeping me out, which is probably why I like Call of Cthulhu so much, becuase many of those stories have the structure of a ghost story, even if its really about some unknown horror from beyond imagining. Another good King ghost story is Bag of Bones, in which a writer hides himself away at his Maine summer house after the death of his wife ... but discovers that the house has secrets he never knew of. Secrets that his wife might have stumbled across ... It's like a ghost love story and as a husband I found it to be a very powerful read.
As far as creepy games go, I'm really looking forward to the release of Half-Life 2 for Xbox 360 though with FEAR also slated for that platform it looks like I'll have plenty of scary shooters to play this winter/spring.
Thu, 09/28/2006 - 7:03am
Yeah, The Ring was nicely freaky. And The Shining was certainly weird to listen to while painting -- all you can hear is the narrator's voice, the creaking of the house, and the slow crinkle of paint being applied to the walls. Very creepy.
When it comes to horror, the only things that really give me nightmares are zombie movies ... probably becuase of the whole "unthinking collective devouring the individual" thing. Ghost stories come the closest to creeping me out, which is probably why I like Call of Cthulhu so much, becuase many of those stories have the structure of a ghost story, even if its really about some unknown horror from beyond imagining. Another good King ghost story is Bag of Bones, in which a writer hides himself away at his Maine summer house after the death of his wife ... but discovers that the house has secrets he never knew of. Secrets that his wife might have stumbled across ... It's like a ghost love story and as a husband I found it to be a very powerful read.
As far as creepy games go, I'm really looking forward to the release of Half-Life 2 for Xbox 360 though with FEAR also slated for that platform it looks like I'll have plenty of scary shooters to play this winter/spring.
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