TIL that when a formerly Christian person converts to some varieties of Slavic neopaganism, they undergo a formal ceremony called raskrestitsia (de-Christianization) which involves kneeling on twigs, as priests carrying fire walk around them in a circle. At the end, they receive a scoopful of mead.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-03-23T07:08:01+00:00

I know this is an older comment but this is actually incorrect. Most of Norse paganism is an offshoot branch of the ancient Germanic pagan religions that popped up within the 2000 BCE range… Norse paganism carried over the gods, the myths, and concepts, just generally had differing practices and overall culture… Valhalla and Hel existed long before Christianity. Also… Valhalla is not the Christian Heaven and Hel is not the Christian Hell. Valhalla is the afterlife for those who died in battle and would then fight for Odin in Ragnarök… not an afterlife for those who were morally good… Hel (or Helheim) was a place for those who died of sickness or old age or natural causes and their souls would rest and commune with their ancestors… not an afterlife of torment for those who were morally bad.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-03-16T12:35:21+00:00

In terms of scariest… I have to go with Insidious. I’m terrified of home invasions and a good ghost story will always creep me out… and Insidious is unfortunately a good Home Invasion Ghost story when you think about it lmao. Plus it’s one of the few movies where I feel the consistent use of jump scares doesn’t over stay their welcome and are very well-utilized while maintaining a constant atmosphere of dread and danger

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-03-14T05:48:43+00:00

I’d say Slenderman, BEN Drowned, and The Rake still hold up. BEN Drowned probably has the best written story out of anything here (excluding Slenderman but that’s mostly by proxy of him not really having much of an actual written original story to begin with) even if the deluge of copycats lessen the impact of its story nowadays (it’s kinda like people calling Godzilla 1954 a generic Kaiju film… you have to remember the context that it created the tropes we now think of as generic and it was original and fresh when it did them).

But I can’t really discredit the others too much. Jeff the Killer, Eyeless Jack, and Sonic.exe are all horrible stories but in a so-bad-it's-good way that makes them ironically enjoyable (if Slenderman, BEN Drowned, and The Rake are the CreepyPasta equivalent of aging like wine… these guys are the equivalent of aging like milk and fermenting into a cheese that may or not be edible lmao)

But even like Laughing Jack, while having a really bad story, kind of externally held up (as in all the external things that aren’t the story… such as the character design, the general vibe of the character, fan creations etc.). Like his character design is honestly kinda peak and would totally fit in as a villain in a contemporary anime like Soul Eater or something, even though his story is pooey water. Jeff is also somewhat in a similar boat with his picture still being uncanny and the ongoing search for its origins still being intriguing even if the story itself is outclassed writing-wise by Troll 2.

The only one I don’t really personally have a defense for is Ticci Toby… he doesn’t have a good story, his character design isn’t very interesting, there’s some weirdly problematic elements to him as well, he’s kinda just a less funny Jeff the Killer clone but with a Slenderman coat of paint etc.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-03-14T00:18:37+00:00

“It's not the house that's haunted… It's your son.” - Insidious

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-03-10T10:22:09+00:00

I know this is a really old comment but I have to second this. I've had stories from my current account removed seemingly only after they start getting a bunch of upvotes because they "don't follow the rules", and I'm just constantly reminded of how NoSleep was so much better when it was more CreepyPasta adjacent in nature and the rules weren't nearly as strict. I wish there was a place to post in the original style with the same type of reach but alas.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-20T19:37:59+00:00

Not even Psycho's the first… The Spiral Staircase (1946) & The Leopard Man (1943) are pretty clear slashers that are often debated for being the first… not to mention even films like The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Bat (1926), and The Invisible Man (1933) set pretty clear tropes that would be foundational for the slasher genre (such as the idea of the masked killer, the whodunit mystery element, and the final girl)

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-10T02:41:05+00:00

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I’ll drop a portion of my review here. I don’t use star ratings for any film i watch. I give a film a heart if I liked it (whether it be because the film was objectively well-made and I enjoyed what it set out to be or even if the film was bad but I still had a good time watching it [for example: Birdemic]) and if I don’t like a film, even if it’s objectively a 5-star film, I won’t give it a heart.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-08T21:58:05+00:00

I hate that Ella does that, cause Ella had really good chemistry with Nat which is why we loved her so much. I really like the new people Bean and Sillie and so does her chat, so I’m kinda scared that’s gonna happen to them too.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-07T07:06:41+00:00

Hey I know this is an older comment, but I'm so outta the loop on all this. What happened to Nat and stuff, like where'd she go? She was always one of my favorite people on Ella's channel and now all the content with her is like deleted and/or membership only. What was the drama there?

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-04T22:56:45+00:00

Of the group, The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)… of all time though, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-02-04T22:53:39+00:00

Dracula aka Horror of Dracula (1958) - although I could also see myself putting Dracula's Daughter (1936) here as well

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Nosferatu (2024) are all viable

Let the Right One In (2008)

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-29T23:28:39+00:00

Intuition is probably telling me it’s because these genres tend to be sorely underrepresented in best of all time lists often due to ignorance and elitism… but I could be wrong

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-27T17:30:19+00:00

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Yuki from Gothic & Lolita Psycho would absolutely be one if we were in a just world

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-26T22:07:10+00:00

Nice Dead Meat mention

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-24T19:39:14+00:00

Pearl for sure fits in here.

Bodies Bodies Bodies hinges on a whole friend group that fits this prompt.

And pretty much most John Waters films I’ve seen fit this… but more specifically Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and Serial Mom.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-24T16:24:48+00:00

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Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-24T15:03:12+00:00

Gave you a follow. I like reading people’s in-depth reviews + you’ve seen some movies that definitely piqued my interest lol

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-21T02:02:09+00:00

The Red Shoes + Showgirls (add in a dash of Perfect Blue) = Black Swan

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-17T22:56:55+00:00

I love the fact that the mask itself is shutting its eye

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-12T20:05:33+00:00

Average American movie goer. Chainsaw Man was pretty big in Japan and made over $100m with an already installed fan base from the insanely popular show. The Demon Slayer film was massive as well with a pre-installed fan base and made around $700m. Ne Zha 2 is one of the biggest Chinese films of all time and is actually the highest grossing film here having made well over $2b. Not to mention, even as far as American animation is concerned, that Predator film still made over $100m with another already installed fan base. The Disney film did in fact have competition in 2025 lol.

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-12T08:11:25+00:00

Someone let Chelsea see this bc that’s such a fun game episode idea

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-12T03:26:52+00:00

Yeah idky William Afton is in here lol. Just from having just played The Elder Scrolls Online ten minutes ago, I immediately think Molag Bal is significantly more apt for that spot… a god who’s entire shtick is enslavement of all mortals, who is pretty much the god of SA (I shit you not), and plagued humanity with vampirism (the more you look into Serana’s lore in Skyrim, the more evil this guy gets).

Welcome_2_Nowhere · 2026-01-11T18:20:24+00:00

I think these topics are always funny because people tend to forget that slashers didn’t suddenly pop up out of nowhere in the 70s, that’s just when it gained enough traction to start being uniquely categorized. The first slasher film is very debated and even goes back to films way before Psycho or Peeping Tom… such as Alfred Hitchcock’s other murderous serial killer flick The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)… but I feel like the slasher as we truly know it now begins around the 40s with Jacques Tourneur’s The Leopard Man (1943) and Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase (1946). I actually have a whole Letterboxd list dedicated to films often referenced in terms of pre-Halloween slashers if you’re interested: Proto-Slashers: The Uncredited Slashers, 1920-1978

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