Evil Clowns or Spooky Little Girls? '_'

Karl Hungus

What's scarier?

Thinking about some of the more conventional protagonists in Horror, the idea of of evil clowns or spooky little girls seem so much more terrifying than the conventions of old, such as Dracula and the Wolfman.

I'm fairly certain that "IT" has given loads of us here nightmares over the years, but there's a lot to be said about those creepy little girls in The Shining for example, or in films like Dark Water and Silent Hill, or if you must, the remake of Ring (Sadako was an adult in the original).

So what does it for you?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the little girl in F.E.A.R. was scary

clowns are never scary, just pathetic

Huggles

Clowns defo!

Spooky girls are only little kids that could be sorted with a good sharp kick, whereas a clown has a myriad of tricks and **** that they can pull plus those pointy teeth IT had......:(

smashey

Evil clowns just look stupid. What about Kirstin Dunst in interview with a vampire?

AlmightyCushion

Karl Hungus wrote:

Evil Clowns or scary little girls.
So what does it for you?

What ever you're into yourself Karl.

Extreme-LoopZ

ventriloquist's puppets scare the b-jesus outta me:o
clowns are pretty freaky too.

Ruu_Old

Do the spider babies in Doom 3 count as scary?

Karl Hungus

I'm suprised at anyone doubting the fear inducing power of clowns. I'm still creeped out by "It" to this day.

There's even a condition called Coulrophobia.

monkeyfudge

Little girls FTW!

The Shining is the only film that has ever genuinely scared me.

A certain generation seems to have been affected by seeing IT as a kid though... Have you watched it recently? It's pretty cheaply made and all a bit silly.

Dirk Gently

Mordeth wrote:

clowns are just pathetic

Karoma

AlmightyCushion wrote:

What ever you're into yourself Karl.

I was waiting for someone to say "(scary) little girls do it for me" so I could report them to the Internet Police. You ruined it. Ugh. I mean, really, ugh.

MooseJam

clowns ftw, whats a little girl gonna do you that a bitch slap couldn't stop however scary clown is another story, that IT dude pwns

Jesus Wept

girls are scary

mc nuggets

monkeyfudge wrote:

Little girls FTW!

What a quote.

It'll have to be scary little girls for me as clowns don't really bother me..

admiralofthefleet

clowns definitely, they are evil bastards

Venom

Evil little kids deffo the more scary. My dislike of clowns is due to them not being funny not coz there scary.

Black Swan

Yes, I am very flexible. But no, I cannot do a 360 with my head while my body stays put!

WindSock

Good question! I used to have a genuine fear of clowns. I was terrified at the circus when i was about 4. Especially when the clown decided to run towards where we were sitting. I bolted screaming. That was before I saw it. But I have to say, the 'won't you come play with us, Danny? twins in the shining, is one of the scariest, imprinting scenes ever.

I have to go for the ghost of Carl Weathers here. Scary little girls were scary in The Shining, but have been done to death by now and are pretty standard fare these days, and the clown in It didn't scare me at all. Only The Fly/The Thing/Aliens have really scared me.

GhostInTheRuins

How about both at the same time?

Not for the faint of heart: http://www.travelks.com/images/Listing/4985-girl%20and%20clown%20TCF%202005.JPG

Kiith

Lets see....
Evil Little Girl (http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRrJA9U4SM) (Spoilers for anyone who hasnt played FEAR)
or
Evil Clown (http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=_D64bt_ZzU4&mode=related&search=)

No question. Alma wins by shredding Pennywise to bits.

humanji

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Yes, I am very flexible. But no, I cannot do a 360 with my head while my body stays put!

Where the hell did that come from?

For me, it's clowns. You can't be laughed at all your life and remain sane!

AlmightyCushion

humanji wrote:

Where the hell did that come from?

The exorcist I'd say.

monkeyfudge

Most recently lets consider the 'little sisters' in Bioshock..

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1081/1224089304_16a992cc5d_b.jpg

Aryll from the Windwaker stands in for this photo.... but she has creepy eyes.. and she was readily available in my office this afternoon.

Black Swan

humanji wrote:

Where the hell did that come from?

Hint: Spooky film about a possessed girl?

homah_7ft

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Hint: Spooky film about a possessed girl?

Got it. Clownland two: revenge of the water spouting flower

biko

Your one from Grudge and jap Dark Water *shudders*

EdgarAllenPoo

humanji wrote:

For me, it's clowns. You can't be laughed at all your life and remain sane!

True. I saw IT for the first time when I was four and it shightened the frite out of me. I bought it on dvd a few years ago and laughed my ass off though.

Piste

I´m going to say little girls, the grudge terrified me (though I only saw the Japanese original and that had a little boy, they´re pretty much the same as little girls only with dangly bits)

Creature

Neither one has ever really been scary to me. Now Carl Weathers moustache on the other hand...

faceman

Jaysus karl, what are you doin startin threads in AH????
Spider babies ftw

Karl Hungus

faceman wrote:

Jaysus karl, what are you doin startin threads in AH????

Hoping to upset the balance of boards reality?

faceman

Karl Hungus wrote:

Hoping to upset the balance of boards reality?

its freakin me out!!

Karl Hungus

faceman wrote:

its freakin me out!!

More so than evil clowns and spooky little girls? I must be doing something really wrong. :eek:

Don't worry though, I still haven't posted in that celebrity/showbiz forum, so I think causality is safe for now.

Karl Hungus

Hmm, I'm suprised the little girls are winning out on this one, I didn't suspect people found them scarier than clowns. I know one fellow in real life that's terribly afraid of clowns. Although, I did vote Carl Weathers myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4e9SBLuBw

5uspect

Don't mind Clowns, tho I didn't see IT till I was about 16-17 so I guess I wasn't conditioned like some!
The little girl thing is a bit overdone but can be scary. Was done well in F.E.A.R. alright.

What about the spider bit in DOOM3? Where you have to crawl thru the tunnel and you see the shadow of something scurrying past up ahead...

faceman

cant decide on a clown or little girl? what about this?

http://www.ddgfiles.com/papa2006/images/girl-dancing-clown1.jpg

*shivers*

Dudess

Clowns definitely. Little girls are sinister - particularly if they're really pale with blonde hair and watery blue eyes (the same goes for little boys with those features incidentally) but clowns are actually terrifying - Pennywise obviously, and didn't John Wayne Gacy dress up as a clown?
Although I wouldn't want to f*ck with the scary kids in Children of the Damned or The Innocents.
But the little girls in The Shining and the little girl (and boy) in The Others are freaky but fairly harmless (I'd say...)

Piste

Who´s Carl Weathers?

Piste

Piste wrote:

Who´s Carl Weathers?

:eek:

Karl Hungus

Who's Carl Weathers!? :eek:

This little clip should tell you who he is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QArocEUp7xE

johnnyskeleton

Clowns definitely, and they don't even have to be evil (or at least more evil than your typical clown).

Terry

Many years ago I was out cycling with a friend.
We were cycling down the avenue towards Castletown house in Celbridge and my friend stopped to tie his lace.
All of a sudden a little girl emerged from the woods. She was crying and looking for her mother. We told her that we didn't know where her mother was, asked her where she lived, etc.
She walked back into the woods and we followed to try to help her.

Between the time it took us to lay our bikes down and go into the woods after her, she had disappeared. It freaked us out. My friend convinced me she was a ghost. We got back on our bikes and got the **** out of there.

That was nowhere as near as scary as the time a clown kicked me up the arse though.

Nailz

Johnny Bravo is scared of clowns, Eh-ha-uoh!

Mossy Monk

Carl Weathers frightens me very single time.

Gizzle

Ruu wrote:

Do the spider babies in Doom 3 count as scary?

Nah, they're really just spiders in a pram.

Gizzle

biko wrote:

Your one from Grudge and jap Dark Water *shudders*

Holy Godflakes, the bit in the elevator near the end? Only scary bit in the whole film, but still....*shudders*

faceman

Terry wrote:

Many years ago I was out cycling with a friend.
We were cycling down the avenue towards Castletown house in Celbridge and my friend stopped to tie his lace.
All of a sudden a little girl emerged from the woods. She was crying and looking for her mother. We told her that we didn't know where her mother was, asked her where she lived, etc.
She walked back into the woods and we followed to try to help her.

Between the time it took us to lay our bikes down and go into the woods after her, she had disappeared. It freaked us out. My friend convinced me she was a ghost. We got back on our bikes and got the **** out of there.

Dont worry terry, as long as she didnt have a pale complexion and long straight black hair then you're ok!

Dudess

faceman wrote:

pale complexion and long straight black hair

You've just described me - I was NOT an evil child. Repeat: NOT an evil child...

faceman

Dudess wrote:

You've just described me - I was NOT an evil child. Repeat: NOT an evil child...

burn her!!

Dudess

*shrieks while being dragged to the stake*

It's the blonde-haired blue-eyed ones I tell ya, the blonde-haired blue-eyed ones!!!