@fright
I’d choose Floor 3 first. Silence can be more dangerous than crying or hearing my name. I’d keep the flashlight off unless necessary, stay close to the walls, and listen carefully before moving. My goal isn’t just to find the exit… it’s to survive.
Howdy Fright friends , here’s another activity that might tickle your fancy… a survival story mode.
YOU HAVE ONE NIGHT TO SURVIVE
You’re trapped inside an abandoned hotel.
You have:
🔦 A flashlight
📱 23% phone battery
🔪 A small pocket knife
🕯️ One candle
There are three floors.
Floor 1: You hear crying.
Floor 2: You hear someone calling your name.
Floor 3: Completely silent.
The exit is somewhere on one of the floors.
Which floor are you searching first?
And what’s your strategy?
Share with us in the comments, let’s see who has the potential to actually survive!
@fright I'd definitely start with the first or second floor because if I can hear crying and someone calling my name ,I'll make sure to not go in that direction. Choosing the 3 floor would be a bad idea cuz I'd probably die of a heart attack when something comes out of nowhere and jump scares me.🤣 The candle is useless, can't illuminate that far and makes things creepier.
I would probably choose the first floor, stay away from the crying and look for a window I can open or break.
@fright Call me crazy, but I'd right ahead pick Floor 2. I have a knife, a candle (since I already have a flashlight, I can always use fire as a defense as well) Not sure if I need to use the phone so I'd turn it off for emergency only. Whoever is calling my name won't scare me ... I'll be brave and speak to it too. Speaking to the enemy or ghost or what have u can make that person or soul intrigued, that they'll show up. Hermana y Hermana ... face me already... I won't play games! And it's possible when the person is destroyed, the exit will show up! Explanations on why I didn't select other floors: Floor 3 is silent... anyone who knows horror stories can assume it's not safe. Silence bribes you. They want you to select it because ... well I don't have an exact answer but picture this ... u see no one and its terribly quiet ... but just one "achoo" makes them come! I'm thinking of that movie "A quiet place". Floor 1 ... the crying game lures you in ... a wailing lady ... or perhaps a tape recorder of someone crying ... leading you to a trap.
Hello, Fright Fiends!
Here is the Question Of The Week:
Question: You’re staying in a cabin in the woods, and every night at exactly 3 a.m., you hear footsteps on the roof. Do you investigate, or ignore it and hope it goes away?
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@fright Ignore it. It's 3 am in the morning! I need some beauty sleep! But I'd make sure doors are locked. For safety, I always include a dead bolt as well or a chain on the door.Make sure all windows are closed as well.
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Ready for a game of ~This or That~? If you’re new to it or have never played before, here’s a quick explanation:
Below, you’ll find a series of questions with two choices. Pick one of the two options! You can answer all the questions, or just the ones you find the most fun.
At the end, you can tell us why you chose each option. Or, if you’d like, you can create a short story in the comments using your answers as inspiration. Sounds fun? Let’s get started!
1. Escape from a zombie in a car that only goes 3 km/h, or escape on foot but have to stop for 30 seconds every 10 meters?
2. Be trapped inside Jurassic Park with the person you dislike the most, or find out that the person you like the most is the villain in your story?
3. Enter your favorite horror movie as an extra, or enter a movie you hate as the protagonist?
4. Try to survive in a world where you have to stay blindfolded, like Bird Box, or in a place where you can’t make any noise, like A Quiet Place?
5. Be constantly hunted by a real monster, or defeat the villain only to find out that you were paranoid and the “villain” was actually an innocent person?
6. Be in a cheesy jump-scare movie where the villain is truly dangerous, or in a high-quality movie with a not-so-great villain?
7. Be the protagonist in a movie that is terrible but has an incredible plot twist at the end, or in a movie with great development but a disappointing plot twist?
Leave your answers/short stories in the comments, we can't wait to see them!
@fright 1 - in the car. I'd probably be dead either way, but at least the car offers some protection and is constantly moving 2. Person I like most is the Villain. Plot twistt. 3. Enter a movie I hate as a protagonist. And hopefully improve the movie 4. Place where I can't make any noise. Although I have hayfever, so maybe the blindfold would be more sensible... 5. Constantly hunted by a real monster. If I 'defeated' an innocent person, I'd be eaten up with guilt. 6. High quality movie with a not-so-great villain. I'd hope there's a morally grey character instead. 7. Incredible plot twist at the end - I'd rather be pleasantly surprised, not let down at the last moment.
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Here is the Question Of The Week:
Question: If you were trapped in a haunted house overnight, what one item would you want to have with you for protection?
Got an answer? Share it in the comments. Just don’t leave us hanging in the shadows.
@fright salt cz most spirits or ghosts cant pass through it
@fright my teddy bear that glows in the dark and plays music. Some ghosts can't stand music. If it wouldn't be that, I would need my phone for emergency.
@ fright
I'd rather find a book of dark spells. At least I'd have a choice about whether to open it.
Hello, Fright Fiends!
Let’s play a round of ‘Would You Rather!’
1. Would you rather be stuck in a time loop of a Halloween carnival with a serial killer on the loose OR be stuck in a haunted house with a real zombie mixed in with the actors?
2. Would you rather be trapped in the movie ‘The Forever Purge’ OR ‘ the movie ‘The Nun?’
3. Would you rather fight a banshee OR a newly turned Vampire in a duel?
4. Would you rather go on a quest with a group of dead pirates OR a coven of dark witches?
5. Would you rather be stuck on a planet with flesh eating animals who love and treat you like family OR be stuck on a planet with headless humans?
6. Would you rather be cursed and banished to live at sea for a lifetime of unimaginable wealth OR be betrothed to the ruler of hell in order to save mankind?
7. Would you rather stumble upon a book of dark spells that unleash horrors beyond your imagination once opened OR be sucked into a book page that takes you straight to hell?
Drop your answers in the comments and don’t forget to share the reasonings behind them!
We can’t wait to see what frightful decisions you make!
@fright Thanks for the recommendation but I am afraid it's not my type of horrors ;)
1. I could do real zombie mixed in with the actors. I mean, a zombie won't move or act like normal people. Right?
2. Uh... I've not watched 'forever purge' so, The nun. Preferably side characters that are completely unimportant to the demons and what not.
3. Newly turned vampire. It's new to it's powers, stealth and all. so it should be a little better than fighting a banshee. A little.
4. Dark witches. I feel like witchcraft is an interesting fantasy that's too underrated. I'd hope to learn good stuff and also hope to not be a sacrifice on one faithful day.
5. Definitely Flesh eating animals. We'd be one big family while I make sure we remain so until I'm out. Ain't no way I'd be stuck with headless people wondering when I just might be without a head.
6. Wealth or not I'd just be all alone at sea?
Pluto's basically the god of wealth as he is the ruler of the underworld (hell included). I'd getting hellish romance for sure. No alone time.
7. I want my imagination to be controlled by me. I'll choose getting sucked into hell besides I'm gon' be betrothed to pluto.
@fright 1. Be stuck in a haunted house with a real zombie mixed in with the actors. At least I'll know some of these people are actors ... will some of them be dressed as the zombies? I hope not. I don't like carrying tools with me just to find out. 2. Have to say The Nun ... truth be told have not seen any of these ... but as I saw the trailers of each movie ... I'd rather solve the mystery of the NUN like Sister Irene rather than end up in a maze full of vigilantes/ the purge lasts until one gets to the other side of the border. And that movie sounds a lot like the reality immigrants have to go through today. 3. I'm gonna say a Banshee ... as I wonder what it would be like. Bet there will be a lot of screaming going on! 4. Going against the crowd here, and saying dead pirates. Reminds me of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" = sailing the high seas - seeking for adventure (even though it might be eerie knowing your fellow travelers are dead.) 5. stuck on a planet with flesh eating animals ... already wrote a story about that although its flesh-eating carnivorous plants just like the movie "Little Shop of Horrors". 6. Hard choice, as I like the ocean. However, not the wealth ... Have you heard that money is the root of all evil? LOL! So, I'll take my chances to be like Persephone and save all mankind. 7. The Book with dark spells, sounds a lot like the movie "Jumanji" ...LOL.
Hello, Fright Fiends!
Here is the Question Of The Week:
Question: You wake up to find your reflection in the mirror behaving differently than you, as if it's trying to warn you. How do you react?
Got an answer? Share it in the comments. Just don’t leave us hanging in the shadows.
@fright i will got freeze
@fright fainting would be an option but I've never fainted so, my first bodily reaction is: I'd be so frightened, my heart will beat a hundred times faster than usual. Still won't run though. Just... Stuck in place, looking at the mirror.
@fright I believe that if unreal things suddenly happen, then it is for something important. And if such unreal things suddenly happen to me, then that's something important for me. It gives a gateway to our mind to discover that there is something far beyond what we have experienced. I will take this question as one of my serious experiences, and if it happens to me, I would surely listen to the warning rather than being frightened, because I have always wished to experience the supernatural situation in this scientific world.