User blog comment:TheArmorOfLife/What makes a good creepypasta?/@comment-6012860-20130121230319/@comment-1290332-20130121230749

"gory/scary things in your story"

Gore and violence does not necessarily make something scary. In fact, we have a category on Trollpasta Wiki that consists of stories that were written under the assumption that "more gore=more scary" and turned out unintentionally hilarious.