Hasshaku-sama, Kunekune etc Aren’t Scary When You Read Them Again
1. I always forget how scary they are after a single night and when I read them again, they’re no longer scary. Do you guys know of any stories that will keep me scared for a whole week?
3. I feel the same way when I read them again now.
7 (OP). >>3 Right? They’re pretty scary at the time, and then I end up spending all night on the occult boards reading scary stories. But looking back on it, it’s like, what was so good about it?
11. I think Kotoribako is really well written. They even made a movie about it.
27. >>11 They made a movie? What’s it called?
32. >>27 I think it was just “Kotoribako.” But apparently it’s not very good.
38. >>32 I see… That sucks.
14. Ah, what was that story. The one with the hair in the dresser in the abandoned building. I remember that being pretty interesting the first time I read it.
33. >>14 That one where it was passed down to the daughters every generation, right? And inside the dresser was some nails and someone’s real name.
15. Purple Mirror.
17. You can find Higurashi everywhere, but I think the manga is the scariest.
18. Once you’ve read all the famous ones, scary stories aren’t scary anymore. You start to think more about how the author could have developed the plot better.
22. >>18 When you read it now, Kotoribako seems kinda fake. But I do think it’s quite well polished.
23. They’re no longer scary once you know what’s going to happen. Although I’m still kinda scared of Monkey Dream and Driver.
31. That one where they’re taking to a religious building and there’s a strange ring.
40. >>31 I think that was Round Hole in the Basement. I like those stories where people are scary rather than monsters.
46. >>40 So you like that Dangerous Curiosity or whatever it was called as well?
49. >>46 Yeah yeah, that was the first one I read.
34. I don’t know Kunekune, explain it in three lines.
39. >>34 A white thing sways in the rice fields. When you realise it’s Kunekune, you go mad. Goodbye big brother.
41. I think it was called Rinfone, the one where you make an animal and then die in the end. I thought that was well written, and the final part where they find it as a bargain buy was pretty good.
42. Resort Job was scary.
43. Something happens -> You go to a temple or shrine and as soon as the priest sees you they scream “what have you done?!” If you write it like this, now it’s a scary story.
48. The only story that ever really scared me was the one where three round black faces appear in a dream. But I don’t remember the thread title anymore so I can’t even look it up again.
48. I love that one with the camping car.
49. Rear S Ward really had an impact on me, and >>48 Hitchhike.
55. I read Monkey Dream before I went to bed and I couldn’t sleep. Also Real.
57. Well in the Basement was really good.
58. That one where they went to the convenience store and then was followed by a white figure. That was pretty scary.
59. That short one where it’s like “I’m sorry, but you’re daughter is already in Hell.”
61. >>59 That final line made me feel like my heart was gonna stop.
62. I quite like Jashi. It gets a little carried away like a light novel though.
64. That one where there’s a machine in the basement that makes everyone disappear to the future (present). I like that one.
>>62 You mean the bit with the urine?
63. My favourite long story is Kisaragi Station. I love how it’s both creepy and exciting at the same time.
65. Also Hisaruki. And the Nest series.
69. >>65 Wasn’t that the one that ended with them being possessed by an oni or something? It felt kind of forced.
70. The Hisaruki series maybe. I think other people added stories that were similar, and they even went ahead and made their own creation story without permission too.
75. >>70 Yeah, that one! All those extra similar stories were fun though.
71. The moe-fication of horror is harmful.
72. The scariest thing of all lies in each of our imaginations, but when you carelessly try to paint that picture, then you ruin it.
73. >>72 I think that’s what makes Fuan no Tane so damn good.
76. I don’t remember where I read this story, but late one night, someone broke into an abandoned house and found a staircase leading to the basement. That staircase was really long and then when they reached the bottom there was a small room. I was terrified when they said they saw something through the window there that they shouldn’t have seen.