Response #5: Film/(story?) Analysis

***I rarely ever watch horror films (I've probably only seen three) but when I do they normally turn out to be not scary, so I'm writing about a story I read

      The scariest story I have read is probably a creepypasta (internet horror story) called "Squidward's Suicide." This story strikes to me as interesting because there are no jump-scares and there are a little bit of elements that go into normal horror films. "Squidward's Suicide" tells of an unreleased Spongebob Squarepants tape that has a lot of subliminal and dark messages within. The story is written in unflinching realism, like this can actually happen (I actually thought it was real at first!). The fact that it was written in the first person point of view makes it a lot more intimate, like the author is actually telling you what happened. The suspense the author put into this story is like a hook, it grabs you and makes you want to know more about the messed up intentions of the maker of the tape. The author also describes some scenes in a very gory way, like in one part where embedded in the tape there are single frames that contain pictures of dead children. He describes one of the children as being "mangled and bloodied, one eye dangling over his upturned face, popped. He was naked down to his underwear, his stomach crudely cut open and his entrails laying beside him. He was laying on some pavement that was probably a road." The title of this story comes from the "unreleased" episode itself, which shows one of the characters, Squidward, as being fed up with all the hate for his clarinet playing and decides to commit suicide. Squidward then"puts the gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Realistic blood and brain matter splatters the wall behind him, and his bed, and he flies back with the force. The last 5 seconds of this episode show his body on the bed, on his side, one eye dangling on what's left of his head above the floor, staring blankly at it." The imagery in this story is the main part that makes it scary. The author also describes the reactions of his colleagues watching the film in the Nickelodeon Studios as vomiting and having horrible nightmares. This story surely did make me feel scared.