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