Actually, I find clowns somewhat creepy without having seen or read any horror genre about them. Why? Because they have a painted smile or frown - but you just know that if the clown was allowed to, he'd be feeling something else other than the one emotion. Perhaps even the desire to hack you into pieces.
I'm somewhat claustrophobic, though it doesn't often come up. It usually plays up in department stores, while I'm surrounded by tall shelves. Don't ask me why.
I don't like heights either, really, but it's wierd - smaller heights (still large enough to be hazardous to my health) usually scare me more than larger ones. Usually. Possibly because there's more chance of surviving a smaller height, but still the risk of being crippled or something by the impact... This is why I grow steadily more agitated and nervous as I go up an escalator.
Horses. I dislike getting close to horses, because they seem friendly, but you never know when they'll mistake your hand for a giant oat or sugar lump. There's a
little more to this fear, but I won't go into it.
Department Stores. Gods I hate and fear department stores. Related in part to the claustrophobia mentioned above, in part to bad memories that occured in department stores, in part to a hatred of their impersonal nature. In my English GCSE I was asked to write about something I hate. I wrote 4 or 5 pages about department stores, and I could have written more.
...er, that seems like quite enough irrational fears to be going on with.
Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=blazeyamatospirit>Blaze] at: 8/2/03 12:22 pm