Quotes About Unsettling

And in the corner … piled up in the corner, I saw animal heads. Even in the dim light, I could see them so clearly. Piled on top of each other. Rabbit heads, squirrel heads, a couple of raccoon heads, eyes staring blankly, glassily at me. "NOOOO!" I screamed without realizing it. What kind of creature lives here? What kind of beast builds its own hut and keeps dead animals inside it?

atmosphere.

Silence, and then Eve said, Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.

I'm worried he's going to ... do something crazy. He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants, Eve said. Define crazy.

She looked creepy/adorable.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

the quiet is broken by a high-pitched buzzing like an immense swarm of angry wasps.

Lord John's response to the revelation of my identity was both puzzling and disturbing; you would think the man had seen a ghost. I squinted at my violet reflection, admiring the glitter of the black-and-gold fish at my throat, but failed to see anything unsettling in my appearance.

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

True horror is all the more potent for being implicit.

When I'm alone in my house, every sound is a ghost.

To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering

You hear about ghosts: sad ghosts, angry ghosts.I'll tell you, the worst is when they laugh, and the worst sort are the ones whose faces I've forgotten.

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.

The thought was horrible, yet fascinating.

Any cat can make a house seem haunted.

With regard to ghosts, while we have never believed in them, we have always been afraid of them.

La bellezza è raramente dolce o consolatoria. Quasi l'opposto. La vera bellezza è sempre un po' inquietante.

A new fear like a dragging bruise moving in his stomach.

I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.

For perhaps the first time in my life I appreciated the corrosive effects of total uncertainty.

In spite of the escalation, there was as yet no sense of an impending crisis.

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?

Sometimes it's just silent...No sound at all. 'Does that scare you?' Chad nods. 'Why?' asks his father. 'It's like something's waiting.