Last night I watched the movie The Conjuring with my family. Â If you are looking for a grown-up, creepy Halloween dvd to watch, this is a good one. Â I have to admit that I shut my eyes so many times I actually started getting sleepy at one point. Â Some of the story elements in “The Conjuring” would work in writing a good horror or mystery story. Â Without giving away too much of the plot, here are some things that would give your readers the creeps.
1. Â Cute kids who innocently make friends with evil entities
2. Â Husbands who leave to go work ridiculously long hours
3. Â Paranormal experts who get scared
4. Â Lots of unexpected events like grisly looking folks popping out in “don’t-go-in-there” basement
5. Â The haunted house setting with a past nobody tells about until people are being jerked around the room by unseen forces
6. Â Creepy music box, doll, or piano that plays by itself
Put all this together and you have yourself a horror story. Â Now before you go all Stephen King on me, just remember that many of these elements were also in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Â See how well it works?
Do you have a favorite haunted house movie or book? Â Leave a comment.
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