52 Scary Quotes That Will Make It Hard for You to Fall Asleep
Creepy sayings that would be perfect for your Halloween Instagram caption.
Part of the fun of Halloween is the thrill of getting a good scare. Some may opt to watch a bone-chilling movie, put up spooky decor or even visit a haunted house to get their creepy thrills. But oftentimes, the scariest things that will really stick with you, come in the form of words. You know what we mean, it's the feeling you get when you think about the last words uttered by the villian in your favorite Halloween movie or a deeply disturbing phrase pulled from the pages of a creepy novel that you just can’t seem to shake. Of all of the truly hair-raising things out there that are sure to keep you up at night, our list of the best scary quotes levels with the best of them.
You can use these short and creepy sayings to come up with a super chilling Halloween Instagram caption or just let it inspire you to find the perfect horrifying saying to scare your friends. And if after you’re done reading, you find it hard to turn out the lights and fall asleep, lighten the mood with a few of these Halloween jokes.
Justin Alcala
Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?
The Fly
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Jean Lorrain
The charm of horror only tempts the strong.
Edgar Allan Poe
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
Bret Easton Ellis
I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest – expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there’s nothing there, not even a beat.
Emily Dickinson
One need not be a chamber to be haunted. One need not be a house. The brain has corridors surpassing material place.
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Stephen King, 'The Shining'
Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
Catherine Fisher
Walls have ears.
Doors have eyes.
Trees have voices.
Beasts tell lies.
Beware the rain.
Beware the snow.
Beware the man
You think you know.
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Stephen King, 'The Shining'
This inhuman place makes human monsters.
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Unknown
Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there.
Bram Stoker, 'Dracula'
Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!
H.P. Lovecraft
There are horrors beyond life’s edge that we do not suspect, and once in a while man’s evil prying calls them just within our range.
T.S. Eliot
We ask only to be reassured about the noises in the cellar and the window that should not have been open.
Mark Twain
Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody.
Alice Cooper
Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're gonna like it.
Marisha Pessl, 'Night Film'
Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.
Unknown
When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts. When I grew up, I realized people are more scary.
Joe Hill
Maybe all the schemes of the devil were nothing compared to what man could think up.
Michel Houellebecq
The world outside had its own rules and those rules were not human.
Mike Carey and Peter Gross
We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.
As an Editorial Fellow for Good Housekeeping, Katie covers health, beauty, home, and pop culture. Outside of the office, you can find her killing it on the karaoke machine or listening to true crime podcasts.
Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
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