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Killer Klown
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Salem, MA
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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject: Real vs. Fiction? Scary Things... |
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Hello everyone~!
I've been away for a lengthy hiatus due to straightening my horror-able affairs out. Been through a lot in the last few months, but it got me thinking about the things that i have encountered in my journeys. Do you like real horror stories or movies, fictional, or both? Why?
My reason for asking this pertains to my work. I have been working in places recently that ghosts dont even want to be in, and with people that would make Lechter nervous. Sometimes, the real monsters that we see are just as scary as the unreal or the unseen. I also think that it is a bad idea to have a klown like myself, with so much insight into the psyche.  I think that they can sense that part. I counsel for people that have done some really horrific things, and the tales that they tell are really interesting. I wont get into a lot of it here, but i would like to get thoughts on this.
BTW, sorry to be late on posts, but i just saw the "What Scares You" post, and would like to comment on that. If we are talking our personal fears and scares then:
Myself - first and foremost, when i look in the mirror there is no more horrifying site. Even my shadow puts a mask on. Just kidding.
Clowns - I am really surprised that no one mentioned this. Must have had a memory lapse due to trauma. Clowns are scary, and that is why i picked my handle. Psychologically and visually they scare. Mostly because they are not what they appear to be. But in the heart of the matter, they frighten people because you never know who they really are.
Wasps - they are my ultimate terror. I would rather get locked in a room with 4 nasty pitbulls than be locked in a room with 4 nasty wasps. At least i can eat the dogs. I was nearly stung to death when i was 9, and they are my worst fear gloves down. The only story i was unable to finish was Robert McCammon's "Yellow Jacket Summer." By far the worst terror story to me.
Things That Cant Be Killed With a Chuck Norris Roundhouse - I'm kidding of course. I'm actually afraid of things that cant be stopped by a headshot.
People Dressed in Black Carrying a Sickle - "Curtains" helped to make that one come true. The ice skating scene is still one of the most terrifying moments in horror i have ever witnessed.
Ok, that's me. Have fun with this, kids. And remember...leave the light on. Clowns love the dark.
-Killer Klown |
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Killer Klown
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Salem, MA
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Ummm...ok. I'm not sure what the post was about, lauren. Are you telling about a book that you got, or are you looking for that book? It's late here, i got to get some sleep. I have a few more windows to look in before i can rest.
-Killer Klown |
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TheCabinet
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Joined: 15 Aug 2006
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Location: Beaverton, OR
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Killer Klown,
I believe what you call lauren's post is spam, which is why it made very little sense - but weren't those links fun! 
To answer your question - snakes. They have no legs and arms, yet they move. That's just wrong.
Now that you mention clowns, I've often wondered - Why do horror films go out of their way to make the clown faces so sinister and evil? Aren't the clowns with the happy and/or sad faces (you know - normal) so much creepier? I seem to recall that they did it right with Pennywise in IT, but even threw in the evil clown face every so often when they really didn't need to.
Or is "evil clown face" redundant? 
Another pretty damn creepy thing - What I can't see or explain. You know - the random noise in the dark where you can't find the source or some godawful scream somewhere in the neighborhood where you never find out the reason for it. Them moments in life can be pretty damn creepy because I have way too much of an imagination to not get closure on things.
I've found this to be awful fun in reverse though. I was exploring a lava tube one time and I know other folks were in there as well, but way out of sight. So I cut loose with the most blood-curdling scream I could summon and figured I'd let their imaginations try to figure out what the source was a mile under the Earth's surface. Fun times.
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Killer Klown
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Now, that you mention it, the screams are kind of fun. I get a kick out of the ones that are on the wind so they could have come from miles away, but you hear them. I was caught off guard with the spam..that happens a lot lately.
As for the clowns, yes Hollywood has forgotten that the fun clowns (even the KKFOS) kinda had a funny side to them, but were rather gruesome. Pennywise was done right as well as Cheezo from "Clownhouse" (funny, the kid's name that he was after was Casey...LoL)
That is the best way to do it. I agree that the "evil clown" is really redundant. The idea is to conceal the evil, not put it right out there. You want to see a stupid movie with a clown?...take a look at "Drive Thru" - (2007). I hated that film, and i am sad to see that that was a low point for us klowns in the movies.
But anyways, neat trick with the lava lamp, im gonna try that.
-Killer Klown
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TheCabinet
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| I can go record and state that I have never been tormented by a clown named Cheezo. |
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Tom G
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Location: NY
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| Things in the water: sharks, sea monsters, towns or other ruins submerged under water, underwater zombies, giant octopi, alligators, enraged dolphins, large carp. Anything in water waist deep or more. Murky water is scary too. You can't see the things hiding in it, like the amphibious clowns. Forget the underwater nazi zombies. Amphibious psychotic clowns are the future of horror. |
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daphne
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Location: Pacific Northwest
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: |
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I swam competitively for my entire childhood. One of my biggest fears is not being able to see the bottom of the pool/lake/whatever.
Dark, watery, unknowns.
Things can grab you from down there. And then always do.
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Tom G
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| Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| daphne wrote: | I swam competitively for my entire childhood. One of my biggest fears is not being able to see the bottom of the pool/lake/whatever.
Dark, watery, unknowns.
Things can grab you from down there. And then always do. |
Shudder. I just had to read your post before going to bed. Sigh. |
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Rob
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
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Location: Ohio
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-Closets that are open...just a crack.
-Dying a slow, painful death from cancer
-Nuclear holocaust
-Someone like Sarah Palin actually becoming next in line to the presidency. No matter if you're liberal, conservative, or whatever....everyone knows she was dumb as a freaking rock, and I find it quite horrifying that people would vote for someone like that just so "their side" would win. |
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darchangel
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Oooh...great thread, KK!
My personal terror is being abducted by a serial killer.
Is it an unlikely fear? Uhm, yeah--I have a better chance of being eaten by a shark while winning the lottery. But the fact remains that I constantly, obsessively plan what I would do if being stalked by someone in my home/office building/car/other, or if someone actually managed to abduct me and had me in their home/car/shack in the woods/other.
Similarly, I have a fear of child abductors/molesters. I do not actually have any children, but I do have small cousins and godchildren that I live in mortal fear for every time we go out in public--I literally can't let them out of my sight for a millisecond.
Again, an incredibly unlikely fear, but still one of my most terrifying thoughts.
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Firefly
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I used to be really scared of serial killers/rapists too, especially someone breaking into your house in the middle of the night. Then I talked about it with a friend whose father was a firefighter and her mortal terror was being trapped in a house fire, so she kept all her windows not only unlocked but OPEN at night, which I thought was insane. She thought I was insane for putting locks on my windows. We both had a "holy shit" moment over that conversation and after that we both realized we were worrying too much. Although I have three large dogs for a reason. But dogs are better than window locks, anyway, because if civilization comes to a terrifying end and the world is overrun by hordes of flesh eating mutants, which would I rather have? And would it matter because if civilization ends there won't be any firemen and I probably WILL die in trapped in a house fire.
I watched the movie Coraline recently, which I loved, and it got me to thinking that the first thing I was ever really afraid of was my parents, especially when they fought. I have a real thing for 'end-of-the-world-apocalypse' stories and I think that might stem back to those early experiences. When you're very young your family, especially mom and dad, are the whole universe, and if that universe occasionally comes unglued in weird and terrifying ways, you get left with this sense in the back of your mind that 'the world' could just turn upside down one day. |
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