Anemic_Vampire
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This thread is loosely inspired by the Sharknado thread. It reminded me of some wacky old thriller movies, like Jaws.
Maybe I'm taking a long shot here but listen. They both have sharks in common. But like Sharknado is more focused on the Fear of the Unknown, because a shark torando seems pretty unpredictable, while Jaws has a named threat, that one big shark.
Technically, they both are Fears of Unknown kind but I will say what I want... because I can.
While they are not horror movies per se, it made me wonder if the Fear of Unknown is more fear inducing than a threat that is already made Known at some point.
When you don't have much information on something, it becomes scary because there are too many possibilities to consider. So many possibilities that the brain goes brrrrr, especially if the person in question has an active imagination. Like the writers of SH.
Take a look at that pictah. How do you feel?
For me, it's not scary because it simply looks like someone dressed in white standing outside. That's it.
But it's kind of creepy on second thought. Like, who is holding the camera? Or where is this place? What does their face look like? Are they smiling or quietly staring at the camera? Too many questions. Too many unknowns.
But Fear of Unknown implies that if more information were available, the threat wouldn't be as scary as it appears. But then again, it quite doesn't work like that either.
People already know so much about vampires (like the wooden stake, the mandatory house invitation, coffin, sunlight etc.). Yet if a modern person were attacked by this fangy-teethed creature, they would still be pretty shaken up even if they had a shiny wooden stake in hand and even if the time was close to sunrise.
I mean, it would entirely depend on the person, but I know that most normal people would be scared in that scenario.
I understand that some things are just scary by their very nature. Like, snakes are poisonous and noodle-like and we have much information on them, and even if most of them are harmless, the noodle is still somehow scary.
In a way, a Known Threat is more scary. You already know that a vampire is going to suck all your blood and that they can regenerate pretty fast. At least with the Unknown Monster thing, you can still take some bets and even escape successfully.
So, what's more scary for you and why? Unknown or known?
Tell me so I can adjust my plans accordingly.
Maybe I'm taking a long shot here but listen. They both have sharks in common. But like Sharknado is more focused on the Fear of the Unknown, because a shark torando seems pretty unpredictable, while Jaws has a named threat, that one big shark.
Technically, they both are Fears of Unknown kind but I will say what I want... because I can.
While they are not horror movies per se, it made me wonder if the Fear of Unknown is more fear inducing than a threat that is already made Known at some point.
When you don't have much information on something, it becomes scary because there are too many possibilities to consider. So many possibilities that the brain goes brrrrr, especially if the person in question has an active imagination. Like the writers of SH.
Take a look at that pictah. How do you feel?
For me, it's not scary because it simply looks like someone dressed in white standing outside. That's it.
But it's kind of creepy on second thought. Like, who is holding the camera? Or where is this place? What does their face look like? Are they smiling or quietly staring at the camera? Too many questions. Too many unknowns.
But Fear of Unknown implies that if more information were available, the threat wouldn't be as scary as it appears. But then again, it quite doesn't work like that either.
People already know so much about vampires (like the wooden stake, the mandatory house invitation, coffin, sunlight etc.). Yet if a modern person were attacked by this fangy-teethed creature, they would still be pretty shaken up even if they had a shiny wooden stake in hand and even if the time was close to sunrise.
I mean, it would entirely depend on the person, but I know that most normal people would be scared in that scenario.
I understand that some things are just scary by their very nature. Like, snakes are poisonous and noodle-like and we have much information on them, and even if most of them are harmless, the noodle is still somehow scary.
In a way, a Known Threat is more scary. You already know that a vampire is going to suck all your blood and that they can regenerate pretty fast. At least with the Unknown Monster thing, you can still take some bets and even escape successfully.
So, what's more scary for you and why? Unknown or known?
Tell me so I can adjust my plans accordingly.
