http://faerye.net/tag/creepyPosts tagged with "creepy" - Faerye Net2011-05-30T15:58:13+00:00Felicity Shouldershttp://faerye.net/http://faerye.net/post/creepy-kid-calibrationCreepy Kid Calibration2011-05-30T15:58:13+00:002011-05-30T15:58:21+00:00<p>Creepy kids in movies are a thing. I’d go look it up on TVtropes, except that I would lose hours of time reading TVtropes. So let’s just take it as read, as denizens of popular culture, that there are a lot of creepy kids in movies (and TV, and books.) They’re a horror cliché at this point, especially the female version — and why are they so often female? There’s another blog post there, don’t spoil it for me by being brilliant.</p>
<p>Anyhow, the creepy Feral Child in <em>Road Warrior</em> made me think of other movie children I have known, and try to set his creepiness amongst them. I must confess, I initially made this scale run up to a maximum of St. Alia of the Knife, but Ryan disabused me of this notion, arguing persuasively that the scale was recalibrated in 2002 if not earlier. So, feast your eyes on this <span class="caps">SCIENCE</span>!</p>
<p><img src="http://faerye.net/media/creepometer.png" title="scale of creepy kids" /></p>http://faerye.net/post/coming-homeComing home2008-04-22T21:31:55+00:002008-05-22T10:26:03+00:00<p>The creepiest thing about coming home after a few days’ absence is that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider" target="links">hobo spider</a> funnel web in the bathtub is invisible until it’s fogged up from your shower. Yeeeeeech.</P>