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Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease to someone and/or something. [1] Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others; interest in horror or the macabre might come across as 'creepy', and often people who are perverted or exhibit predatory behavior are called 'creeps'.
Repliee Q2 is a lifelike robot developed at Osaka University, often named as an example of the uncanny valley due to its similarity to humans, even replicating functions like blinking, breathing and speaking.
Hypothesized emotional response of subjects is plotted against anthropomorphism of a robot, according to Masahiro Mori's statements. The uncanny valley is the region of negative emotional response towards robots that seem "almost" human.
Feature creep, the gradual and unmanaged addition of features to software; Instruction creep, the gradual and unmanaged addition of unnecessary instructions; Mission creep, the gradual and unmanaged addition of additional tasks in a mission
Historically, the divination ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backward holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face. [1]
Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror elements with one or other of the standard formulas of fantasy. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Online horror fiction Creepypastas are horror -related legends or images that have been copied and pasted around the Internet. These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare, frighten, or discomfort readers. The term "creepypasta" originates ...
The word creepypasta first appeared on 4chan, an online imageboard, around 2007.It is a variant of copypasta (from "copy and paste"), another 4chan term which refers to blocks of text which become viral by being copied widely around the internet.