Creepy Books:
- Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows
- Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger’s Malleus Maleficarum
- Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves
- Dan Simmons’ The Song of Kali
Creepy Music:
- Bass Communion’s Ghosts on Magnetic Tape
- Henryck Górecki’s Symphony No. 3
- Leonard Cohen’s A Thousand Kisses Deep
- Sujan Steven’s John Wayne Gacy
Creepy Art:
- Edvard Munch’s The Scream of Nature
- Hieronymus Bosch’s The Last Judgement
- Francisco Goya’s Saturno devorando a su hijo
- William Blake’s The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy
Creepy Cinema:
- F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu
- Satoshi Kon’s Paprika
- David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive
- Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s The City of Lost Children
Not Creepy Creepy:
- Pete Doctor’s Monsters, Inc.
- James Cameron’s Aliens
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away
If ‘creepy’ means ‘mournful’, then Gorecki’s Third Symphony is at the top of my list for deeply moving funeral art. It opens with the soprano singing a medieval text that seems to speak either to or from the grave: “My son, my chosen and beloved, share your hurts with your mother because, dear son, I have always carried you in my heart, and served your purposes. Speak to your mother to make her happy, although you are already leaving me, my Cherished Hope.”