Okay, it's another Friday the 13th...Sorry, this is not something that scares me. The number 13 has always boded well for me.
The things that always scared me were people and things that seemed false or pretended to be human like clowns or ventriloquist dummies or even mannequins.
Take clowns for example... did you know that during the middle ages traveling acting troupes used performers in white face and motley clothing as the devil figure in the religious cycle plays? The characters pretended to be sweet and kind but had an evil agenda.
Fear of the pseudo human like a ventriloquist dummy... hmmm maybe that can be traced to stories of wizards giving life to dolls and such that will do their masters' evil bidding. I remember movies
like the Devil Doll really scaring the daylights out of me. In that movie, an evil magician trapped his victim's consciousness in a ventriloquist dummy.Movies and shows that portray clowns and dummies as the frightful things I believe them to be don't bother me too much. I think that's because the clowns and dummies aren't pretending to be nice. Check out Killer Clowns From Outer Space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dns3RKkgko
or the Canadian tv series Puppets Who Kill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWltRP8s8c I always knew clowns could suck the essence out of you with crazy straws and that puppets had homicidal issues.
The number 13 will never be something I fear when there are clowns and pseudo human dolls with evil agendas just waiting to do something terrible....
BOOO!
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I read IT when I was in fifth grade, and I had to hide the book in my drawer at night because I was so afraid of the cover. It still spooks me.
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