And let's not forget Tetsuo. ;)

.....................anyway.

an iron maiden and all those other old school torture machines,apart from the pendulum,coz i dont think that actually worked

I think the best scary tool is people talking about religion on the internet.

I enjoy the idea of a seemingly normal person being the one who is just so... evil, sadistic, disturbed, that they would actually perform such horrid actions. I do enjoy them with masks as well. I feel as though a mask can add to the previously mentioned but also work on its own. If done correctly, they can work together to create a powerful scare.

I also find dolls to be rather terrifying; clowns as well. Another "tool" that I find to be rather remarkable is the generally "fucked up". A mass of scars, blood, injuries, etc; someone who looks as though they just got done being tortured. Whether they are the undead, a ghost of their appearance just before death, or a still-living being, I feel as though it's effective.

It's rather entertaining to read about, I must admit. I, myself, have been thought of to do that at some points in my life. >.>

What's even more fun, though, is to write about characters like this. Grasping their personalities and creating a semi-fictional world becomes more entertaining as you move forward with it. Alas... damned laziness and writer's block. Lol.

I just watched Beneath the Darkness, it falls in line with the idea of a supposedly normal person who in the privacy of their own home does horrible or disturbing things.

Dolls, mannequins, ventriloquist dummies, clowns, they also creep me out.

are masks and unpredictable people really tools?it seem its turning from scary tools to scary anything.

ah.....the voodoo curse worked

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