Halloween stories by 7F /October 2025

Halloween stories by 7F

In pairs, write the creepiest (and funniest?) horror or ghost story ever! 

Criteria: Write the story in the past tense (= käytä imperfektiä).

Eg.
- Once upon a time there was /lived a .....
- It was a cold and foggy night. Victoria was walking home from...

WHEN CHOOSING A TITLE, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLASSMATES WON'T HEAR OR FIND OUT WHICH TITLE YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT!
THE AUTHORS OF THESE STORIES ARE TO REMAIN "ANONYMOUS" UP UNTIL THE VOTE HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.


Pick a title from this list OR invent your own title!:

Creepy Cellar/Creepy House /Creepy Forest

Eerie Forest/Eerie Town

The Haunted House on the Hill

Evil Zombie

Wicked Witch

Hairy Spiders

Cruel Vampire

Shadows in the Dark

Screams in the Night

Midnight Visitor

Don't Look Behind You

The Whispers in the Walls

Footsteps Behind Me

The Face Behind the Mask

The Stranger at the Door


At the end of the lesson:

Submit below. Only your teacher will see this submission and will then edit the stories so that the authors' names are not visible and publish them in another folder for everybody to read and vote for the best story.

Useful expressions and vocabulary

  1. Descriptive Vocabulary (Setting and Atmosphere)

Adjectives for Setting:

  • dark / gloomy / eerie / creepy / shadowy / deserted / abandoned
  • misty / foggy / dimly lit / moonlit / haunted / isolated / ruined
  • chilling / sinister / mysterious / silent / ghostly / cursed

Nouns for Setting:

  • graveyard / attic / cellar / forest / mansion / corridor / mirror / candlelight / footsteps / whisper / shadow

Adjectives for Mood:

  • anxious / terrified / uneasy / restless / panicked / frozen with fear / breathless

Verbs for Atmosphere:

  • flicker (the candle flickered)
  • creak (the door creaked open)
  • whisper (the wind whispered through the trees)
  • echo (footsteps echoed in the hall)
  • appear / vanish / tremble / shiver / scream / gasp / moan
  1. Useful Phrases for Building Suspense
  • “The night was cold and silent, except for…”
  • “Something didn’t feel right.”
  • “I could sense that someone — or something — was watching me.”
  • “My heart started to race.”
  • “A chill ran down my spine.”
  • “I held my breath, listening.”
  • “Suddenly, I heard a noise behind me.”
  • “The silence was broken by a scream.”
  • “I froze, unable to move.”
  • “The door opened by itself.”

🕯️ 3. Expressions for Fear and Reactions

  • “I was paralyzed with fear.”
  • “Goosebumps covered my skin.”
  • “My hands were shaking.”
  • “I could barely breathe.”
  • “My voice trembled as I called out.”
  • “Every hair on my neck stood up.”
  • “I didn’t dare to look.”
  1. Time and Movement Phrases (for pacing and tension)
  • “At first, everything seemed normal…”
  • “As the clock struck midnight…”
  • “Slowly, I turned around…”
  • “A moment later…”
  • “All of a sudden…”
  • “Before I could react…”
  • “Then, without warning…”
  • “It felt like hours passed, though it was only seconds.”
  1. Supernatural Vocabulary

Nouns:

  • ghost / spirit / phantom / apparition / demon / curse / coffin / tomb / skeleton / possession / nightmare

Verbs:

  • haunt / appear / disappear / possess / curse / summon / awaken / scream / vanish / drift

Adjectives:

  • undead / cursed / supernatural / invisible / otherworldly / possessed
  1.  Linking and Narrative Expressions

For sequencing:

  • first / then / after that / suddenly / meanwhile / eventually / finally

For contrast or surprise:

  • however / but / unexpectedly / to my horror / to my surprise

For description:

  • there was / it was / I could see / I could hear / I noticed that…