The adjective creepy is used to describe that which spooks : that is, that shocks, horrifies or causes fear . Creepy creates chills and makes your skin crawl.
For example: “Islamist terrorists released a horrifying video in which you can see how they behead three men they had kidnapped,” “The Nigerian soccer player suffered a horrifying injury in last night's match,” “A horrifying earthquake caused thousands of deaths in the Central American country.”
Therefore, they are synonyms of the word creepy from terrifying to horrifying through terrifying, terrifying, shocking, chilling, horrible or overwhelming, for example. On the contrary, among its antonyms we can highlight comforting, kind, reassuring, hopeful...
Something is creepy when it causes fear or confusion . In general, situations or images that terrify are classified in this way. Many horror films, to name one example, present scenes that are mentioned as creepy by viewers or critics due to their characteristics (since they are extremely bloody, morbid, etc.).
In horror movies there are many scenes that are creepy. However, experts in this type of film have determined that among the most important in history are some like these:
-Carrie's bloody presence at the high school party in the film that bears the title of the protagonist and is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Stephen King. Film directed by Brian de Palma and released in 1975.
-The scene in which the character played by Belén Rueda plays with the supernatural beings “One, two, three, touch the wall” in the film “El orfanato” (2007), directed by JA Bayona.
-The anguishing wait of José Luis López Vázquez's character in “The Cabin” (1972), by Antonio Mercero.
There are natural phenomena that are also noted as scary because people cannot do much to protect themselves. An earthquake or hurricane becomes terrifying when it destroys homes and infrastructure and leaves fatalities.
In the media the use of this adjective is frequent. Certain crimes receive this classification when those responsible are especially cruel or when the victims were defenseless. The murder of a newborn baby undoubtedly constitutes a horrifying event, as does the gang rape of a 90-year-old woman.
“The creepy doctor Bíchez” , finally, is the title of a comic that is part of the “Mortadelo y Filemón” series. Created by the Spanish Francisco Ibáñez , this comic was published in 1998 .
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of works that have the word that concerns us now in their titles. This would be the case of the book “The Strange and the Creepy”, which is written by Mark Fisher and is framed within the category of contemporary philosophy since what its author pursues is to try to know the original sources of terror as well as determine the difference between weird and creepy, among other things.