Why Do you read Horror storys?

[TripMyHop]

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

Horror is fun because it's unpredictable if done well, and exploring the dark, terrifying parts of the human imagination is always stimulating.

Plus, horrific entities that cause people to go mad at the sight of them because they simply cannot comprehend what they are beholding always makes for excellent reading.

I agree. Monster stuff is so untapped. I wish more horror involved different entities, and not just ghosts/demons/spirits/unkillable psychopaths. it'd be a nice change of pace.

[Vena Sera IV]

I actually don't tend to read much horror, part in because I'm a self-proclaimed puss and part in I've never found one I thoroughly enjoyed.

[vslayer]

After I hear why you people read horror stories , I will explain why I do.

Yes, your threads are amongst my favorite.

[Antarctic Termite]

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

Horror is fun because it's unpredictable if done well, and exploring the dark, terrifying parts of the human imagination is always stimulating.

Plus, horrific entities that cause people to go mad at the sight of them because they simply cannot comprehend what they are beholding always makes for excellent reading.

...Darn it Dervish. You beat me to it. D:

[NatsumeHack]

I read horror stories for many reasons.

From some simplistic ones such as Cool imagery some horror stories/manga/anything can give.
To the more personal of phobia exploitation so that I may once again feel fear.

Encase you are confused what I mean by that, Let's me use the manga "A World Unknown to You" as a example for two of my phobias.

A World Unknown to You is a collection manga, with six stories. Story five "Haunted Afternoon" scares me because of what happens.

Spoiler

The main girl gets stabbed and falls off the school building in a twist ending where you thought that she was going to live thanks to a persons she thought was her friend, but kills her, due to the main characters involvement with all her other friends dieing.

Which only feeds my phobia of not being able to trust people Who I call friends.

Story six "My Place In The World" Deals with identity thief, and being forgotten, and being replaced

The only part that scares me is being forgotten by everyone.

[aMARIKanIshtar]

The only part that scares me is being forgotten by everyone.

This explains so much about you.

To make myself paranoid.

I was getting in my bed last night when I heard a noise coming from my closet. It sounded like the door creaked open, and in the dark it almost looked like this had just happened. So I’m sitting there frozen, just staring at my closet door as thoughts of Slender Man, Bloody Mary, and E.T. (I was really scared by that fucker as a kid, alright?) enter my brain. The mind can really be your worst enemy.

[NatsumeHack]

This explains so much about you.

Yes I know.

[TripMyHop]

I read horror stories for many reasons.

From some simplistic ones such as Cool imagery some horror stories/manga/anything can give.
To the more personal of phobia exploitation so that I may once again feel fear.

Encase you are confused what I mean by that, Let's me use the manga "A World Unknown to You" as a example for two of my phobias.

A World Unknown to You is a collection manga, with six stories. Story five "Haunted Afternoon" scares me because of what happens.

Spoiler

The main girl gets stabbed and falls off the school building in a twist ending where you thought that she was going to live thanks to a persons she thought was her friend, but kills her, due to the main characters involvement with all her other friends dieing.

Which only feeds my phobia of not being able to trust people Who I call friends.

Story six "My Place In The World" Deals with identity thief, and being forgotten, and being replaced

The only part that scares me is being forgotten by everyone.

I like what you said about fear. I got interested in stuff like this after a really difficult period in my life. This helped take my mind off it, and helped ground me with some good old flight or fight reactions. Feeling fear helped change my perspective. That's what really drew me to it. I also always liked survival stories, which make up a lot of them. I feel like the ones where the protags (or just everyone) die are like 'dead ends', so i'm not as keen on those.

Interesting phobias, tho. I also think identity theft/replacing/being forgotten are pretty chilling. And stories where someone insinuates themself into someone's life, or some sort of monster/entity thing takes over someone. Those are interesting.

So you worry about friends betraying you? Was this phobia caused by experiences, or just something that stuck in your brain for no tangible reason? And does it make you kind of wary of people being nice? Like you're suspicious of anyone who seems friendly to you?

[NatsumeHack]

I like what you said about fear. I got interested in stuff like this after a really difficult period in my life. This helped take my mind off it, and helped ground me with some good old flight or fight reactions. Feeling fear helped change my perspective. That's what really drew me to it. I also always liked survival stories, which make up a lot of them. I feel like the ones where the protags (or just everyone) die are like 'dead ends', so i'm not as keen on those.

Interesting phobias, tho. I also think identity theft/replacing/being forgotten are pretty chilling. And stories where someone insinuates themself into someone's life, or some sort of monster/entity thing takes over someone. Those are interesting.

So you worry about friends betraying you? Was this phobia caused by experiences, or just something that stuck in your brain for no tangible reason? And does it make you kind of wary of people being nice? Like you're suspicious of anyone who seems friendly to you?

No tangible reason, and it sorta really keeps me from making friends at all off the web.

[NatsumeHack]

Sheeh I should stop making thread giving off more info on stuff about me.