The mirror shows no reflection. Creepy, right? It makes you wonder if there's something wrong with the mirror or if there's something in the room that's so abnormal it can't be reflected. Maybe it's a sign of a supernatural presence.
I'm alone. They're not gone.
Woke up. Everyone was faceless. It's a really terrifying situation. Just imagine waking up and looking around, and all the people you know, your family or friends, have no faces. There's no way to recognize them or read their expressions. It gives a feeling of extreme isolation and the unknown.
How about 'Empty Nursery'? A nursery is supposed to be a place full of life and the sounds of a baby. But when it's empty, it feels wrong. It might make you think of something bad that happened to the baby or that there's some sort of malevolent presence in the room that drove the baby away.
One horror story could be about a girl who moves into an old house. At night, she hears strange scratching noises coming from the attic. Every time she tries to go up there during the day to investigate, the door is locked. One night, the scratching gets so loud it wakes her up. She decides to break the attic door down. Inside, she finds a diary that reveals the previous owner was a serial killer who hid his victims in the attic. She suddenly feels a cold hand on her shoulder.
In the old house, I heard a baby's cry. I followed it to the attic. There, a doll stared at me, blood on its porcelain face. I ran, never looking back.
Bedroom door. Opens. Nobody there.
Some good words are 'gloomy', 'eerie' and 'creepy'. These words can quickly set a spooky mood in a horror story. For example, a 'gloomy' forest can imply that there are hidden dangers or something sinister lurking within. 'Eerie' is often used to describe a strange and unsettling atmosphere, like an 'eerie' silence. And 'creepy' is great for when you want to describe something that makes the reader's skin crawl, such as a 'creepy' old house with its peeling paint and broken windows.
There are also 'gloomy', 'blood - curdling', and 'unnerving'. 'Gloomy' sets a dark and depressing mood, like a gloomy forest filled with mist. 'Blood - curdling' is used for things that are so scary they make your blood seem to freeze, like a blood - curdling scream. 'Unnerving' makes one feel disturbed or on edge, like an unnerving silence before something bad is about to happen.
In horror stories, words such as 'phantom', 'specter', and 'shriek' can be very effective. A 'phantom' or a 'specter' is an apparition, something that is not really there but still causes fear. And a'shriek' is a sudden, high - pitched scream that can send chills down the reader's spine.
Some mood words for horror stories are 'sinister', 'dreadful' and 'haunting'. 'Sinister' implies evil or malevolence, for example, a sinister laugh in the dark. 'Dreadful' conveys a feeling of great fear or horror, as when a character anticipates a terrible event. 'Haunting' is used when something stays in your mind and keeps coming back, like a haunting melody that plays throughout a haunted house in a horror tale.
Some scary words for horror stories are 'haunted', 'gore', 'dread'. 'Haunted' gives the feeling of a place or object being possessed by something unearthly. 'Gore' is associated with blood and violence, which can be really terrifying. 'Dread' is that sense of impending doom that horror stories often try to create.