The Twitter-sphere this Halloween began another notable trend today: scary stories in 5 words. Not even our spookiest of stories can escape the 150-character limit introduced by Twitter. Users took this trend in a different direction when they came up with the scariest sentences and scenarios they could think of.
Here are my favorite tweets from the trend:
Top 10 Best Scary Stories in 5 Words
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words The wifi has stopped working. — Cherry Wallis (@CherryWallis) October 31, 2014
1. We’ve all been there. You are trying to get work done or you finally have time to sit down to watch that new episode of your favorite TV show online and BAM: the tiny x of death next to your connection signal. Death to your wifi that is.
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words Interacting with other human beings — Buzzkill Squad (@ultrafoetus) October 31, 2014
2. Everyone has those days were all you want to do is to stay in bed for the day, relaxing in solitude. And then life sets in.
Twenty missed calls from mom #ScaryStoriesIn5Words — ♡ kendall nicole ♡ (@zaynskendall) October 31, 2014
3. No matter how old you get, the sight of multiple missed calls from a parent immediately sparks fear. Who got hurt? Who died? What’s the emergency?
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words Just Look At My Grades — K R Y S T A L (@krystalparise) October 31, 2014
4. Specifically scary to those in school, whether it be high school or college, but a poor evaluation at work could also work here.
Username or password is incorrect #scarystoriesin5words — Emma Miller (@emmamilleruk) October 31, 2014
5. We’ve all sat in front of the computer, racking our brains on what we could possibly have made our password. That last ditch effort to sign-in… BAM. Looks like you will need to get a code via email. Now what was that email password again…?
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday — Funny Tweets (@DamnItisFunny) October 31, 2014
6. Face it: we all live for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We need these days to maintain our feeble grasp of sanity!
My shadow twitched, I didn't. #scarystoriesin5words
— Jack Croxall (@JackCroxall) October 31, 2014
7. I don’t care who you are but if this happens: instant terror.
Sorry, you failed maths. #ScaryStoriesIn5Words
— Daryl (@burgerboxxx) October 31, 2014
8. Plural of math? Four words instead of five? Priceless.
Where did that spider go? #scarystoriesin5words — audible.co.uk (@audibleuk) October 31, 2014
9. So maybe this is just for us with acrachnophobia. But these words are not one’s you want to hear, especially before bed after that rumor that people swallow 8 spiders each year while they sleep! Thankfully, Scientific American dispelled these rumors, saying “spider experts concede that a sleeping person could plausibly swallow a spider, but ‘it would be a strictly random event.'” Thank you Spider Experts!
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words -Insidious -Exorcist -Conjuring -Evil Death -Evil Death 2 *These are original scary stories not ur BAE leaving u etc* — Basit. (@BasitSpeaks) October 31, 2014
10. Ok so all funny business aside, these movies are perfect for Halloween and will put the fear in anyone’s bones.
Actors, actresses, characters and even companies are joining the trend, adding their ideas of the scariest scenarios possible.
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words Mycroft naked in the shower.
— James Moriarty (@_JMoriarty) October 31, 2014
“Let’s reboot the Twilight franchise.” #ScaryStoriesin5Words
— Adamantium Steelvera (@AdamSilvera) October 31, 2014
Left my phone at home. #ScaryStoriesIn5Words — T-Mobile (@TMobile) October 31, 2014
#ScaryStoriesIn5Words You-Know-Who is back! — Harry Potter™ (@ThatBravePotter) October 31, 2014
No more Sherlock ever again #ScaryStoriesIn5Words — Benedict Cumberbatch (@CUMBERBATCHSASS) October 31, 2014
