Warning or omen Revulsion (vomiting, bugs, dead animals, etc) Machine or device starts to play on its own Shadow of killer or monster Return of the Dead (Revenant) Drops or loses weapon Protagonist convinces friend or ally (or vice versa) Something passes in background or foreground Strange noise or voice startles a character Lights flicker Jump scare Friend or ally killed Hiding in something Whispering Graveyard or gravestone Drinking alcohol Limb injury Blood or gore (Revulsion) Mirror scare Trip and Fall Skeptical character Something moves on its own No phone or cell phone service Flashback or Vision Clue found in old book, papers, or photograph Creepy child Car or vehicle won't start or breaks down Bleak, dreary and/or isolated setting Characters engaged in illegal or immoral activity Nightmare Minor character killed Communicate with the Dead (Necromancy) Makes noise that attracts danger Warning or omen Revulsion (vomiting, bugs, dead animals, etc) Machine or device starts to play on its own Shadow of killer or monster Return of the Dead (Revenant) Drops or loses weapon Protagonist convinces friend or ally (or vice versa) Something passes in background or foreground Strange noise or voice startles a character Lights flicker Jump scare Friend or ally killed Hiding in something Whispering Graveyard or gravestone Drinking alcohol Limb injury Blood or gore (Revulsion) Mirror scare Trip and Fall Skeptical character Something moves on its own No phone or cell phone service Flashback or Vision Clue found in old book, papers, or photograph Creepy child Car or vehicle won't start or breaks down Bleak, dreary and/or isolated setting Characters engaged in illegal or immoral activity Nightmare Minor character killed Communicate with the Dead (Necromancy) Makes noise that attracts danger
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Warning or omen
Revulsion (vomiting, bugs, dead animals, etc)
Machine or device starts to play on its own
Shadow of killer or monster
Return of the Dead (Revenant)
Drops or loses weapon
Protagonist convinces friend or ally (or vice versa)
Something passes in background or foreground
Strange noise or voice startles a character
Lights flicker
Jump scare
Friend or ally killed
Hiding in something
Whispering
Graveyard or gravestone
Drinking alcohol
Limb injury
Blood or gore (Revulsion)
Mirror scare
Trip and Fall
Skeptical character
Something moves on its own
No phone or cell phone service
Flashback or Vision
Clue found in old book, papers, or photograph
Creepy child
Car or vehicle won't start or breaks down
Bleak, dreary and/or isolated setting
Characters engaged in illegal or immoral activity
Nightmare
Minor character killed
Communicate with the Dead (Necromancy)
Makes noise that attracts danger
