Running out onto the empty sidewalk, Kate saw the bus stop at the square in the distance. Legs despite great desire to run, they just became wadded and always buckled.
Finally, the girl succumbed to her weakness and got caught. Maniac is a few meters away from her. Kate started to back away from him, but he only quickened his pace. The girl could not scream, her breath stopped. She just mumbled and tried to say something... The killer had already grabbed a knife and swung at the victim.
Suddenly, at that moment, a bullet hit the masked man. She, hitting the shoulder of a maniac, made him "fly off" into the bushes. The killer just groaned and looked at the shooter.
Opposite the killer stood a 20-year-old cop, who immediately reloaded his gun. The killer twitched nervously and breathed menacingly. He was clearly not happy about this meeting and, without a weapon, in a fit of anger, attacked the policeman.
The poor policeman did not have time to shoot, when a man immediately knocked his gun out of his hands and began to choke him.
Kate, emboldened, took the nearest large stone and threw it at the killer.
The stone flew right into the back of the killer's head, and he unconsciously fell...
The girl breathed nervously. The policeman threw off this psycho and approached Kate.
- Are you all right, ma'am? he asked, holding out his hand to her.
- Adrian Smoot at your service. What happened to you, ma'am... -
- Caitlin... -
- Great, Caitlin. What happened to you? -
- I came home with one additional courses and this one... He snuck into my house and... -
- Caitlin, tell us what kind of courses and who conducts them. -
- Why do you need this? -
The policeman hesitated a little.
- This is necessary for the investigation, perhaps it is somehow related ... - he replied.
“These courses are taught by Dave Pembroke…” Kate began.
- Dave Pembroke? the cop wondered.
- Do you know this name? asked Kate.
- And how? It's Mr Creepypasta. I was in the same class with him. Adrian replied.
- Mr Creepypasta? -
- He dreamed about all sorts of terrible stories and legends. Isn't that what he's doing by chance? -
- Yes... Mr. Smoot. -
- OK. I'll probably take this psycho to the hospital, and then immediately to jail. And you, Caitlin, go home... -
Adrian turned around and dragged the killer into the car. When he suddenly remembered something.
- Wait, Caitlin. Please don't talk about me to Dave. he asked.
- Why is this? she wondered.
"I don't want to spoil the surprise..." He smiled.
Kate smiled back at him and left.
Adrian placed the corpse on the back seats and took off his mask after examining it.
The bald man's face had duct tape covering his mouth, as well as a small burn from a hair curler and several bruises.
- Poor fellow ... - said Adrian, loading a silent cannon.
He closed the door and climbed into the driver's seat, started the car and drove off...
It should be noted right away that he was not born faceless, but became so after his "rebirth".
- Lang lived as a man in the late 60s.
- Nearly got killed by Slenderman when Lang accidentally interrupted his hunt.
- Slender "patted" Lang, left a bunch of scars on him and pulled out one eye.
- Miraculously, but Langman was able to hold out until the moment Trender came upon him. Taking pity on the guy, the mod turned him into a faceless one.
- The transformation was very painful and as a result of it, the body changed so that now Lang has one eye like some kind of cyclops, in the middle of his face
- Mr. Langman is a romantic and all his life he dreamed only of finding his only love. After he became faceless, this goal has not changed.
- However, the character of Lang can be safely described in a nutshell "American idiot". He is terribly unlucky with girls, he is rather awkward in their company, he can say something out of place, fall, stumble out of the blue. At the same time, if the girls do not look at him and they are not around at all, he is quite dexterous and behaves like a true gentleman. He is scared to death of Slender and Offender. Sympathizes with Trender and is neutral towards the rest of the Faceless.
- Afraid of Slender, because it was he who caused his "human death" (as mentioned above)
- And Offender is afraid, because he does not leave attempts to give him a rose and show all the "consequences" of such a gift, which Lang himself does not want, since he loves girls (albeit not quite as much as Off does)
- Lang also officially works in his flower shop, for which he grew flowers himself, and in his spare time "earns money" with a personal model of Trender, trying on his outfits, and in return, he protects the faceless from his cousins, motivating this by the fact that he " need a model
- Langman's height is quite human, about 195 cm
- His abilities include: teleportation over short distances (up to 100 m), tentacles (which appear only in the "berserk" state and have a white color), Lang can freely change only his face, hiding it, and other transformations (such as changing growth , limb lengthening) do not go painlessly for him, although they are quite possible. He also has regeneration, but it works very slowly and the more serious the wound, the more time it takes to completely regenerate it. Langman is also able to inspire people that he is the most ordinary person, through a kind of hypnosis. (But such objects as mirrors, video cameras, cameras reveal his true essence)
- Lang also denies his kinship with other faceless ones, whatever it is, he will always remember and love only his real relatives (whom he has left).
Dave has rented a small store warehouse that hasn't received groceries yet. He arranged a class at about 4 pm and was heading towards the building, where a small crowd of people were already waiting for him.
Hi all! Today, at your request, we have the first training course. But before we start, let's get to know each other!
Dave stood in the center of the circle of chairs where young guys like him were sitting.
- My name is Dave, I'm 22. I study scary legends, stories and Creepypastas.
Dave turned to the very first listener and nodded to him to introduce himself.
- My name is Robert, I'm 19. I recently graduated from the Film Academy and now I can make a movie. I'm interested in horror films and I want to make some horror films too.
- My name is Kate, I'm 17. My friends love Creepypasta, but they've only really seen anime redraws. And I want to learn more about Kripi and surprise everyone with my knowledge!
- My name is Alex, I'm 26. I'm writing a book about the most popular Internet legends and trying to prove or disprove their existence in life.
- My name is Brian, I'm 24. I'm an aspiring actor, and I was offered a role in one of the horror films. I want to gain experience in these legends and play the main villain authentically.
Dave stood in the center of the room again and smiled.
- There are five of us. Enough for the first time. Today we'll start with a simple topic...
The guy went to a dark corner of the room and pulled out a white board and markers.
Those present, in turn, grabbed their notebooks and pens.
Dave began to draw a man in a garbage bag on his head and a symbol on his chest.
- Who knows who it is? Dave asked
Everyone raised their hand. Dave looked around his audience and pointed at Brian.
- This is the Zodiac, a serial killer operating in Los Angeles in the 70s of the last century. Still not found - the writer replied.
- Great! So let's write it down. But now on to our topic...
Dave erased the drawing of the Zodiac and began to draw another person, but with long hair and a red wide smile.
- And who is this? - asked Dave.
Everyone raised their hands again. Dave pointed to Kate.
- This is Jeff Woods, better known as Jeff the Killer.
- Right, but what else do you know about him?
Dave pointed to Robert.
- He, if my memory serves me right, has a mental disorder after an injury ...
- Great. We write down. So, now I will briefly tell you two stories: the original and its rethinking.
Dave told stories and asked.
- And now, which of the Jeffs can be the most real? Alex.
- I think the original is closer to reality. In the second story, there are many inconsistencies in terms of white skin and hair. And in the original, everything is quite simple. Jeff damaged his face with acid, not fire, and later just dyed his ugly skin white. Alex replied
- Well, what about the smile and eyelids? Brian.
- A Glasgow smile or a Chelsea smile are small cuts, so it's quite possible. And eyelids, hardly ...
- Great! That is, Jeff looks like we are used to seeing him, but with small cuts on his cheeks and no damaged eyelids. And so, the whole hour passed. Together with Dave, Robert, Keith, Alex and Brian discussed the possibility of Jeff the Killer in reality with several options. And finally the hour was over, everyone began to go home.
But something was bothering Dave.
Turning back to the warehouse, Dave suddenly imagined that someone was walking around the warehouse. He turned back to the departing guys, when suddenly a cold hand touched his shoulder...
Dave twitched and turned around.
- Mr. Pembroke, will you have another lesson? asked the skinny store worker.
- No. I have only one task a day... - Dave answered.
- Great! Bring in! - shouted the worker inside the warehouse and left.
It was a cold autumn Sunday. Dave, having counted the necessary dollars, went to the store. When he returned, he wrote to all his attendees that the class would be next week at the same time and said that the topic would be more difficult.
At this time, he looked at the exact copies of the pages from the game Slender: The Eight Pages hanging on the wall...
Stories that cause, first of all, a smile, not horror, have become a separate popular subgenre. Among them are stories written ridiculously badly or deliberately badly written for the purpose of trolling, parodies, stories at the junction with the humorous genre, etc. In Runet, the term NPCHDH appeared to name them - an abbreviation of the phrase "so bad that it's even good." Russian parody creepypastas often exploit the cliches of horror stories from children's folklore of the second half of the 20th century. In the English-speaking segment, the “Soviet (Russian) creepypasta” is widespread, parodying at the same time the classic stories of creepypasta and the so-called. " Cranberries" - exaggerated stereotypes of anti-Soviet and anti-Russian propaganda.
Despite the fact that initially creepy stories were distributed absolutely anonymously, in the 2010s, both in the English and Russian segments of the Internet, many authors appeared using a permanent pseudonym, and sometimes even not hiding their real name.
Currently, there are separate sites on the Internet that are collections of creepy stories. On some of them, in addition to samples of online folklore, one can also find stories by modern professional horror writers and works of classic literature that anticipated horror literature.
Examples of characteristic characters and phenomena
Typically, creepy stories are set in an urban setting, and the paranormal is not associated with traditional mysticism. Readers are also interested in such stories in which the mystical element is minimized, which makes it possible to make the narrative close to realistic. Some stories are completely designed in the style of splatterpunk and do not contain a paranormal component at all.
Some famous creepypasta characters
Common phenomena in creepypastas
- Anomalous video games: The Theater indie game, NES Godzilla is a pirated version of the NES game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (English), Sonic.exe - a hacked PC version of the 1991 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog game , Toonstruck 2 - a real-life unreleased continuation of the Toonstruck quest (English), Jvk1166z.esp mod of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind , Lavender Town location in Pokémon Red and Green, etc.
- TV channels and websites containing snuff videos: Caledon Local 21, Where Bad Kids Go, Normal Porn for Normal People, etc.
- "Lost Episodes"(eng. Lost episode) - images, audio and video materials or applications that are lost or withdrawn from the public domain, which contain anomalous or extremely scary materials: Candle Cove TV show, unreleased episode "Squidward's Suicide" ( eng. Squidward "s Suicide) of the Spongebob Squarepants animated series, unreleased Disney cartoon Suicide Mouse about Mickey Mouse, Grifter videos (eng. Grifter) and Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv, BarelyBreathing.exe application, etc. . .
- "Don't Turn Around"- stories in which there is the effect of "destruction of the fourth wall". For example, the narrator suddenly informs the reader that in no case should he turn around in this moment otherwise something bad will happen.
Related settings
Creepypasta as a fandom
In the early 2010s, variations secondary to the original creepypastas began to spread actively - additions, sequels, prequels, reworks, etc. . Against this backdrop, a fandom has emerged on the Internet, associated with human and anthropomorphic creepypasta characters. Thanks to him, a specific interpretation of the term “creepypasta” arose, meaning precisely such characters, and not the genre of Internet folklore that gave rise to them. Within its framework, a large number of fan art, including fanfiction. The most popular heroes were Jeff and Slenderman. However, this fandom has earned itself a bad reputation as a haven for mentally unstable teenagers and is considered "toxic" as in Western countries, as well as in Russia.
The negative attitude towards both the fandom and the term "creepypasta" is also fueled by publications in the media, in which creepypasta is mentioned in the same row with "death groups" and the game " Blue Whale". At the same time, publications may contain gross factual errors: for example, creepypasta can be called a kind of anime.
crimes
see also
Notes
- What does copypasta mean? | Slang by Dictionary.com Everything After Z by Dictionary.com. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- Jessica Roy. Behind Creepypasta, the Internet Community That Allegedly Spread a Killer Meme , Time(June 3, 2014).
- In a black-black city: What is kripi and what is it eaten with (indefinite) . Habr(October 7, 2011).
- E. G. Matveeva. When the soul is on the heels, and the eyes are on the forehead: markers of fear and modes of involvement in children's scary stories // Bulletin of the Russian State Humanitarian University. Series “History. Philology. Culturology. Oriental studies": journal. - 2017. - No. 12 (33). - pp. 120-129.
- Darcie Nadel. A Brief History of Creepypasta(English) . TurboFuture-Technology(November 1, 2016).
- (indefinite) . Creepypasta - Paranormal stories and short horror microfiction.
- T. A. Mirvoda. Children's scary stories as an object and form of parody in the folklore of the Runet // Bulletin of the Nizhny Novgorod University. N. I. Lobachevsky. Philology: journal. - 2018. - No. 4. - pp. 206-214.
- T. A. Mirvoda. Parodies of creepypasta as a component of scary network folklore // Bulletin of the Perm University. Russian and foreign philology: journal. - 2018. - V. 10, No. 3. - pp. 138-148.
- Lucia Peters. (indefinite) . Bustle(December 25, 2015).
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- (indefinite) . 4stor.ru - Scary stories.
- 10 Creepily Believable Internet Horror Stories (indefinite) . Publi - daily selections.
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- Annalee Newitz. Who is "Jeff the Killer"? And is his picture haunted by a real death?(English) . Gizmodo - We come from the future.(5 August 2013).
- Polina Kormshchikova. . 10 most interesting horror stories of the Internet (indefinite) . Private Correspondent(November 18, 2014) .
- Maxim Staborn. Reik is a creature found in the vicinity of Birobidzhan. Rake Man (indefinite) . fb.ru(April 23, 2015).
- Mark Hill. The lingering appeal of Pokémon's greatest ghost story(English) . Kill Screen(February 25, 2016).
- Patricia Hernandez. NES Horror Legend Is Turning Into A Real Game(English) . Kotaku - The Gamer's Guide(June 5, 2015).
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Many Internet users have already heard about the so-called Creepypasta, but most of them know almost nothing about it. Some people may assume that this is connected with some kind of scary stories, but they do not know the details. To date, Creepypasta is an integral element of the Internet community, which is constantly growing, developing and, of course, scary. If someone thought that this term is associated with horror - he was not mistaken. The fact is that "Creepypasta" is a word that includes a full-fledged sphere on the Internet. But it all started with one community in which users came up with their own horror stories and illustrated, and other readers could supplement them, improve them and make them even scarier. This is how "Creepypastas" appeared - stories about any creatures that terrorize civilians, scare, kill, torture, and so on. Everyone knows that this is fiction, but it doesn’t get any less scary - this is such a “Creepypasta”. The characters of this genre are particularly cruel, scary appearance, frightening details and so on. Therefore, the most famous of the heroes who already inspire fear in a huge number of people of all ages will be considered next.
slenderman
Probably the most popular Creepypasta character to date is Slenderman. Several side projects have already been created about him, including full-fledged video games - this is a great achievement for the Creepypasta genre. The characters of this genre most often remain within the Internet, but Slenderman came out so unusual and impressive that he was able to break into other areas. What does he represent? Initially, he was portrayed as a very tall and thin man in a strict suit. From a real person, he was distinguished by his face, or rather, his absence. Slenderman lures small children out of the house, and then kills them or subjugates them, making them his assistants. Naturally, this character has undergone multiple changes from various authors. Of these, not so many have taken root - for example, now very often Slenderman is depicted with tentacles growing from his back. The thin man is the most popular and successful Creepypasta, the characters of other stories, of course, also terrify, but Slenderman does it best. But it's time to talk about other popular heroes.
Jeff the killer
Creepypasta is famous for many interesting characters, the characters of this genre very quickly acquire universal love. So it happened with Jeff, who was nicknamed the killer. In fact, he is the real killer, who sneaks into the house and watches the sleeping person until he notices him. Then Jeff orders the man to continue sleeping, and if he obeys, he can survive. If not, then Jeff immediately attacks him with a knife and kills him. Outwardly, this character is in many ways similar to ordinary person, only his eyes are definitely wild, and his mouth is huge and constantly stretches into a terrifying sinister smile. Jeff can die, but he is always reborn as one of his victims, which makes him even more terrible, which is what any Creepypasta strives for. The characters and their stories are breathtaking and also make you forget about sleep. After all, at any moment you can feel Jeff's eyes on you.
Jane the Killer
This story is directly related to the previous one, which is quite typical for a genre called Creepypasta. The characters and their stories are very often intertwined, creating an incredible world full of horror and fear. So, Jane is the girl who lived next door to Jeff when he started killing and became a monster instead of an ordinary boy. And one day, Jeff came for Jane, who sympathized with him, while everyone else hated him. So he came not to kill her, but to play a perverted game with her. Jane tried to defend herself with a knife, but she failed, as a result, Jeff doused her with gasoline and set her on fire, disfiguring her beautiful face. After that, he sent her a mask and her knife, saying that he hoped that she would find her beauty. After that, Jane vowed that she would dedicate her life to finding and killing Jeff while she hides her disfigured face behind a mask - this is the story that Creepypasta offers players. Character pictures are in the article, so you can look at both Jeff and Jane at any time.
Eyeless Jack
The next character that has become everyone's favorite is Eyeless Jack, a very entertaining Creepypasta. Pictures of characters, including Eyeless Jack, perfectly complement the stories, which makes the narrative more alive. So, Jack got the nickname Eyeless for the reason that he was born with completely black eyes. For this he was hated and despised, mocked at him. As a result, it all ended with his parents being killed, so Jack put on a mask, took his father's scalpel and began to operate on those who did it, as well as those who mocked him all these years. For some time he did this with his friend Justin, until he committed suicide, unable to bear such a life. The list of Creepypasta characters is constantly updated with such interesting characters. Each of them has its own story, which can captivate and scare.
drowned ben
Quite relevant is the story of one gamer who mysteriously became a participant in a computer game on the verge of virtual and real realities. The list of Creepypasta characters even includes such characters, so if you are not familiar with this direction, then you should definitely read the notes and look at the images and videos. In this case, the story is about a game that took the protagonist into a virtual world that seemed real. Tangled events eventually add up to a single terrifying picture that can scare even the most daring readers of the Creepypasta genre. The characters whose photos are on many relevant resources are the most impressive. And in this regard, Ben is striking, since he has the appearance of the famous hero of the game "The Legend of Zelda" Link.
Tim Masks
The story of Tim Muskie, a teenager who decided to star in an amateur horror film in the deep forest, looks quite interesting and fresh. At first glance, this is a fairly ordinary Creepypasta, characters, photos and stories are publicly available, but something in this story looks strange and incomprehensible. Its essence lies in the fact that he could not meet with the friends with whom he planned to shoot the film. But the forest lured him, lured him and did not let him leave, run away, hide. All his attempts to get away failed, and as a result, the forest swallowed him up, turning him into something different from a person - these are the characters of Creepypasta. Absolutely all stories are available in Russian, so you can easily get acquainted with full version any of them.
Hoodie
Hoody is another maniac who did not want to become one, but the conditions turned him into a monster. He lost his parents, his older sister and her husband took custody of Alex (Hoody) and his sister. The stepfather beat his wife, and when she was not there, he took care of the children, and one day he accidentally killed Sandra, his younger sister. Alex took a knife and cut his throat, but his older sister immediately returned and accused him of killing both relatives. Here, Hoody had to get rid of her too, and then burn the house and go to kill, wearing a mask and his sweatshirt.
Tiki Toby
Toby is another boy who killed his own father and then tried to cover it up by setting fire to it. This character echoes Slenderman, because it was he who subjugated Toby to his will and made him his servant.
