User blog comment:ChristianWallis/Is the Written Word Scary?/@comment-26475800-20160824163443

Personally, I feel that written word is scarier than film. My mind takes in what I've read and lingers to the point where I'll freak myself out so much I more than having a car jump out at me. I'll give a perfect example of this: The Exorist. The movie is great, don't get me wrong, but the book is so much scarier. There are so many other moving parts to show just how bad the situation is in the book, the investigator, the description of the dead friend, how the girl talks just like the dead friend. All of those things add to the creepiness of the story and, all of them aren't in the movie.

Now, to be honest, I hardly ever read Creepypasta anymore. A lot of the time it's too easy to see the ending coming, poor grammar, and just a total absence of a story has killed most of the stories for me. Not to say that all creepypastas are like that, and hopefully it will come to a point where the authors get more attention to the good stories that they've written. At the same time, I do feel like there has been an increase in QS for many of the sites, which should make this more of an acpted form of writing.

Now, as for what scares me, that has become much harder to do now. I read horror almost everyday, watched so many horror movies starting at a young age, so when I do find something that scares me it is a nice treat. Perhaps the best Creepypasta I've read that has given me the most chills is A Mother's Call. By far one that is creepy enough to get into that sweet spot of fear that I'm always looking for.