scary_small.pngas thought up by me. Maybe you’re putting up Halloween decorations? Maybe you’re designing a haunted house? Maybe you’re making a scary sounds CD or a spooky movie? These lists could be just what you’re looking for!

scary sounds: doors creaking, women shrieking, something heavy being dragged on the floor, footsteps on old wooden floor, scratching, clawing, scraping, water dropping on a stone floor, chainsaw reeving, moaning, weeping, bat wings flapping, wolf howling, mechanized crazy man’s voice, heartbeat, whistling wind, oscillating sounds (60-120hz), wind chimes, thunderclap, howling, low rumbling, muted children screams, clanking, cat screech, loud static, jacob’s ladder electric spark, screaming, blood curdling yell, owl hooting, glass breaking, windblown door or shutter or door clapping against frame, crazy whispering

scary environments: cold, dark, shadowy, alone, trapped, cornered, injured, defenseless, disoriented, powerless, old, abandoned house, former insane asylum, broken-down warehouse, graveyard, crypts, basement, being wet or shivering

scary things: dirty/slimy things, disturbed/crazy people, rabid dogs, pack of wolves rapidly approaching, flickering light, torture chambers, faceless/emotionless girls, corpses, dismembered bodies, disfigured bodies, impending death or torture, rotting flesh, creepy crawleys (centipedes, spiders, rats, etc.)