{"id":23554,"date":"2026-08-20T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=23554"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:40:01","slug":"the-perfect-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/08\/20\/the-perfect-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am a <\/span>huge <\/span><\/i>fan of horror. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s psychological, serial killers, supernatural, folktale, etc. I <\/span>love<\/b> horror with a burning passion. I have only one complaint though \u2014 it\u2019s all so repetitive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before I even geek out, I want to define \u201cthe perfect horror\u201d in <\/span>my <\/span><\/i>own definition. Horror is supposed to frighten, disturb, or scare an audience \u2014 it has many subdivisions and that\u2019s okay. If it\u2019s psychological horror, I want to see the main character spiral and lose their mind while I\u2019m being scared too. If it\u2019s apocalyptic, I want to see an invasive species take over while I cower in fear too. If I\u2019m not slightly disturbed or scared \u2014 I don\u2019t think it did a well enough job. But that\u2019s <\/span>my <\/span><\/i>opinion as a veteran in this genre.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve watched horror movies and read books since I was in elementary. Recently I’ve found that the jump scares or suspenseful scenes don\u2019t scare me as much as they did years or even months ago. I can predict cliche lines, cues, and even deaths. Some movies or books are a poor excuse for gore while others shouldn\u2019t even be classified as horror to begin with. Even with some of the most popular subgenres of horror \u2014 analog horror and Minecraft horror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Analog horror did me dirty to say the least. I watched Mandela Catalogue right before it blew up. It had me second guessing my own faith for a few months before I became fully grounded in it. Satan himself \u2014 deceiving humanity to be their savior while wearing the skin of Gabriel was a bold start. It was so similar to the actual story of the birth of Christ that it messed with my head. To be fair, I watched this when I was <\/span>way<\/span><\/i> too young \u2014 eleven years old to be exact. So of course it damaged me mentally, but I feel like it can still be classified as the perfect horror.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Walten Files reminded me of the fear “Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d gave me when I was even younger. Obelisk, Vita Carnis, Greylock, The Return of the Pumpkin Rabbit,  and even The Oldest View, had me shook to my core. There\u2019s so many other series that have had a lasting impact on me. There are also some that didn\u2019t give me the scare I was looking for, but I\u2019m not here to bash or discredit someone\u2019s work. I just want to talk about the perfect horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To anybody who loves Minecraft as much as me, we all know horror isn\u2019t new in this game. Especially with a silly Herobrine sighting in every video uploaded in the early 2010s. The \u201cnewer\u201d version of Minecraft horror is the player being stalked by a humanoid creature. It stalks, it howls, and then it hits you once or twice in a chase and you\u2019re dead. It was unique and utterly terrifying at first \u2014 but so repetitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been obsessed with these horror genres since middle school. So many videos and so many years. Even though I still love a good scare from these subgenres, I\u2019m tired of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m tired of the horror mods that look identical and do similar methods from the mods before them. I\u2019m tired of some analog horror series not having any real depth to them. Just a quick cash grab or a cheap way to scare people. Why can\u2019t I watch something completely different? <\/em>In recent videos, the most unique horror mod to come about was the \u201cLong Horse\u201d mod by Lookout2DD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The fact that the horse didn\u2019t attack when the player was nearby was already odd, but when it was revealed that the horse is far more superior than the player had me stunned. I saw that the horse had removed the \u201cSave and quit to title\u201d button from the player, it was haunting \u2014 not to mention that it could literally see and chase him in spectator mode. And the way it was modeled is what really got me. I don’t know if it’s the eyes, face or the gory sight of its elongated neck, but I hate<\/em> looking at that thing. The horse lived up to its name of being long necked. Personally, I feel like that Minecraft horror video was perfect<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, I\u2019m not here to spew hate to the videos or series that didn\u2019t scare me, I\u2019m just ranting about an issue (that really isn\u2019t an issue, but still an issue) that I have. Thank you to the people who took the time to actually read this!!<333<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a huge fan of horror. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s psychological, serial killers, supernatural, folktale, etc. I love horror with a burning passion. I have only one complaint though \u2014 it\u2019s all so repetitive. Before I even geek out, I want to define \u201cthe perfect horror\u201d in my own definition. Horror is supposed … Continue reading “The Perfect Horror”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23565,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23554\/revisions\/23565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}