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Recent Examples of scariness
There’s ample gore and jumpy moments, but the true scariness here is of the forlorn kind; leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen play the mounting nightmare with ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of a dolefully eerie movie.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
In Howard Schwartz’s version of Rabbinic folktales, the images and storylines of Jewish folklore become colorful, polymorphic, and wondrous while never losing an aura of ancient scariness.
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Jon Raymond
august 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
In Howard Schwartz’s version of Rabbinic folktales, the images and storylines of Jewish folklore become colorful, polymorphic, and wondrous while never losing an aura of ancient scariness.
—
Jon Raymond
august 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scariness
Noun
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The best scene is likely when the swarm of rats first comes to town, played up for maximum creepiness.
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House of Leaves is all about destabilization, and the layout of the book helps with its creepiness.
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In the eeriness of quietude and gossamer sound, Atkinson invites us to stew, and then break free.
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Musical cues swing wildly from choral eeriness to dead silence to pulsing synths without any discernible logic, frequently robbing scenes of rhythm and dread.
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Trump’s narcissistic obsession with the place, together with the miasmic hatefulness of his words and actions, has caused artists to flee en masse.
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Comment sections have always attracted hatefulness and resentment; these ones just happen to encourage it more explicitly.
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“Scariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scariness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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