User blog comment:Bountybear/Is gore scary?/@comment-4971819-20140323125238

Generally when I see gore used, it's very poorly. I see it a lot in pastas that try to be in-your-face scary and generally don't work that way. It's like someone jumping out and saying, "Booooo! I'm scary! Be afraid!" It might make you jump the first time, but after seeing it done over and over you get used to it. When that happens, it's not scary anymore.

So in my opinion, it can be used effectively. But everything in moderation. Don't use it as a cheep tactic to make the story scary by saying "and then there was gore. Oooooh, scary!" Gore kinda needs context to help it along, it doesn't stand on its own.