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Horror Story Fairy Tale?

RhinoRhino TheRhinLOLRegistered User regular
edited August 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Anyone know of a fairy tale that is particularly scary or horrific? Optimally something that is a fairly short story, has a good plot and is in the public domain.

I'm writing a small demo for my game engine so don't want anything to elaborate; but still something that has a good scary plot to it. :)

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Look into Struwwelpeter or the original versions of Grimm's fairy tales.

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  • xeviqxeviq Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Rumplestiltskin always freaked me the fuck out when I was little.

    Edit: I don't know if it's public domain or not.

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  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The first thing that came to my mind was the story of Bluebeard.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    There's always the classic Baba Yaga.

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  • JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Jimmy King wrote: »
    Look into Struwwelpeter or the original versions of Grimm's fairy tales.
    Seconded. Modern watered down fairy tales aren't scary at all, but the stories they were originally based off? Yikes.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2009
    Ooh, Baba Yaga..

    Also, Pinoccio (the actual story, not the movie) is surprisingly freaky, and you can find it on Gutenberg. I loved it, but it will further illustrate for you the difference between what people tell their kids today and what they did a hundred years ago.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    There's always the classic Baba Yaga.

    Yes, and by yes I mean nooo nooo NOT BABA YAGA!

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  • SaddlerSaddler Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Maybe La llorona.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Get a copy of the original Grimm Fairy Tales. They are all pretty fucked up a creepy compared to the Disney-fied modern version. Also, old as shit so public domain.

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  • KingthlayerKingthlayer Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Public domain is right. Some of then are hosted on National Geographic's website. Not sure if they're the original translation, but from what I've read they're definitely a lot darker than the disney-fied crap.

    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html

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