By way of Plep–still one of my favorite blogs–I came across this collection of Japanese “Ghost Scrolls.”
All of them are creepy in the extreme. Exhibit A.
My favorite/least favorite scary things are those that are almost, or formerly, or made to seem, human. Creatures in which we recognize a kind of near-humanity. A strange likeness is more frightening than the utterly alien. (See Nazgul, zombies, etc.)
oo. the creepiest part is the baby
Comment by Sean Meade — September 1, 2008 @ 3:51 pm