Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Norfleet" data-source="post: 914640" data-attributes="member: 11581">Well, it depends on the exact type of "scare" you're trying to induce.If you're trying to go for disgusting or revolting, there's always  creepy things, things with more than 4 legs, slimy things, and rotten things.If you're trying to go for a tense atmosphere, then go with "things that suddenly pop up and go BOO!", such as aliens that explode from people's chests without warning, snipers, ninjas, creepy things that pop out of the ground suddenly, and robots that suddenly go berserk and try to destroy all humans.If you're trying to invoke mindless terror....well, I've never really understood that. I think I might have been nerve-stapled as a child and therefore am permanently anesthetized to the very idea.</blockquote>