1. Before: Dolls are adorable, cuddly, and make you feel pleasantly nostalgic.
After: They're possessed items that WATCH YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP AND DEFINITELY COME TO LIFE when you're not looking.
2. Before: Precious, innocent children are adorable and can truly do no wrong.
After: Every single kid is a ghost whisperer and may not ACTUALLY BE HUMAN.
3. Before: Your neighbors take out their massive amounts of garbage, but it's totally normal. Definitely nothing sketchy in those bags.
After: Your neighbor is most likely a serial killer AND EVERY GARBAGE BAG IS A BODY BAG.
4. Before: Your kitchen knives are purposeful utensils that fill up your drawers.
After: Every knife is a potential weapon that you will definitely need to defend yourself.
5. Before: Unknown numbers are a mere annoyance.
After: Every blocked number is proof that someone can sense your vulnerability and YOU. ARE. NOT. SAFE.
6. Before: TV static is irritating, but usually just means you need to switch the input on your TV.
After: Your TV is DEFINITELY a portal for spirits, and you should probably throw the whole thing away.
7. Before: The laundry you left on the floor is a nuisance that you kicked to the side.
After: You swear it's a MOVING CREATURE WAITING TO POUNCE.
8. Before: Mirrors are just a reflective decoration you use to help make yourself pretty.
After: They're a place where you can conjure Bloody Mary and see sides of yourself you may not believe.
9. Before: An open window is simply a beautiful way to enjoy the outside while staying in.
After: It's a portal to the outside world where anyone can watch you when you least expect.
10. Before: An open door is harmless, even when it's dark.
After: You understand an open door is just a thin, weak piece of material separating you from true peril.
11. Before: An empty hallway is just a long corridor lined with rooms. Absolutely nothing to fear here.
After: It's actually a never-ending tunnel where terrifying ghosts and memories lurk beyond each turn.
12. Before: An empty house usually means a relaxing day all to yourself.
After: Your empty house is actually a terrifying, hollow shelter where you are COMPLETELY vulnerable.
13. Before: Shadows are fun to watch outside when the sun is setting.
After: Even your own shadow is a being from another realm, waiting to grab you at your weakest and take you away.
14. Before: Your clock is just a clock. It's meant to tell time.
After: It's a messenger, sent to alert you of the hour when the demons will arrive.
15. Before: The roads are simply a means for traveling and getting from place to place.
After: They're a terrifying, horrible outdoor track where your worst nightmares can definitely happen.
16. Before: Seeing people on a nighttime stroll is totally normal.
After: Everyone on the street looks like THE scariest person you've ever seen in your life.
17. Before: Your pet is a sweet little creature that lives with you, cuddles with you, and loves you.
After: It's another being that lives with you that could potentially be possessed and YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.
Good luck sleeping tonight.
