Monster Mondays: Possessed Objects

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There is something very strange and scary about an inanimate object that takes on evil anthropomorphic qualities: I don't know about you, but I'd be freaked out if I thought my wardrobe hated me. So that's my subject for Monster Monday this week - no not wardrobes, possessed objects. The reason I picked this is that I just saw Oculus this week, the movie starring Karen Gillan, in which a grand old mirror starts controlling the minds of a young family, pulling them into madness and death at each other's hands. It's a pretty creepy movie and the design of the mirror is just right for it, large, with a dark, carved wood frame, you can really believe that mirror hates everything and wants to twist it all up.

Of course, inanimate objects aren't limited to furniture. Anyone remember that clown doll in Poltergeist? I don't like clowns at the best of times, but in doll form, possessed by unseen forces, then you have my very creeped out attention!

Clown Before is Creepy Enough

Clown After Sealed My Opinion of Clowns for LIFE!

 Possessed dolls, the sign of innocence corrupted, is probably the creepiest form of possession for me. I find old-fashioned dolls a bit creepy anyway, so much so that when I wrote one of my first out and out horror stories, BFF for the Myriad Imaginings Anthology, that was my subject. Those fixed smiles, those unblinking eyes, and some of the antique dolls even have little pointed teeth that make them look devilish even before ghosts and demons are brought into the mix. They are the perfect target for a little possession ;P.

There are so many possibilities with turning objects into the epicentre of horror: Stephen King possessed a car in Christine; the puzzle box in Hellraiser can be considered a spooky thing in its own right; whole houses turned into monsters in Rose Red and Monster House. The terrifying list goes on.

What innocent little object would really freak you out if it turned out to be possessed?

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