by CuriousInkling

Halloween looms ahead this month and so my mind has been on things that creep me out. I am not normally afraid of much of anything but I do have a few things that fill me with dread. I’m not a big fan of spiders, I don’t know if you could say I’m afraid of them. I mean, I’m not afraid to kill one if I see it but if one is on me and I can’t find it I will shriek like a little girl until I know it’s off me.
One other thing creeps me out about as much as spiders and that’s dolls. Not every doll bothers me, mind you. It’s those dolls with eyes that look like they could be real that freak me out the most. You know, those old dolls who’s eyelids would open and close when some evil cousin would happily wave it in your face to hear you shriek like a little girl.
My grandmother had a doll collection. They were all very old, probably antique dolls with those freaky eyes. She displayed them all together like some sort of evil doll posse on a set of shelves in her living room. I couldn’t help but feel every one of those soulless eyes staring at me, watching my every move. ((shudders)) I looked it up, the fear of dolls is clinically called, pediophobia.
In the spirit of Halloween I’ve collected a number of scary doll images I thought were interesting. I’ve never seen dolls like this before. They are apparently created to give one the creeps and in my opinion, the artist of these wicked creations hit the nail on the head.

Yeah, there you go with the eye action and the scratches and dirty face adds to the creepy in my opinion. Antique dolls, especially distressed ones, are the worst!

Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this thing in a nightmare before. Long black hair with eyes blacked out is just not right, man. It’s not right!

This one is obviously one of those scary dolls made to creep you out. The blank stare gets me even more than the dead patina on the skin and skeletal teeth.

Clowns don’t bother me. They are neither funny nor scary. Well, that is until you make a doll into a clown with zombie eyes and hell teeth.

Make fun of me all you want but I can’t look at this image for more than a few seconds without feeling all wigged out. Go away, evil doll head!

Aww, isn’t this little tyke just adorable? I’m pretty sure that Satan must have a special room in hell for the sick freak that came up with this nightmare.

Really? I mean, did you have to go there with the horrifically reconstructed mouth and oh, the white eyeball in one socket is a nice touch as well. I mean, come on! What little girl is going to play with this thing? No, don’t tell me. I don’t even wanna know!

Well isn’t that sweet? It’s a nightmarish dollepede. I should get one for my niece for Christmas. “Here, little Chrissy, something from Uncle Tommy to keep you awake for the rest of your precious life.” I don’t think so.

Yeah, see how the soulless black eyes are just haunting? I means there’s nothing super scary about this doll except that some sick freak painted the eyes black and now it’s an icon from some kind of horror movie.

Last but not least is sweet little baby Jezzie, zombie vampire of the undead.
I hope you enjoyed this examination of my fear of dolls. Check out my Halloween tee shirts if you have more time.