There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.
If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.
That’s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something we’d like to think we’ve grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It’s something you’d hoped was healed.
There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies)
Do you like scary stories? he asked ominously. Jacob Black
The first season, 'Supernatural' was very anthology-like. It was like a scary story of the week that the brothers would solve.