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Ok, regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, you've been offered a creepy big old house in an isolated location for free. It's full of weird noises, it's dimly lit, and the decor just looks like the set of a horror movie. BTW, you're not allowed to redecorate. Do you take the house? Do you like living there?

Forget it! My imagination is overactive as it is...I don't need a creepy house to make it worse.

I'd say sure, just needs a little fixing and cleaning. Ghosts are usually nice to.

Why can't I redecorate? They going to stop me somehow? Are they going to perform inspections to make sure everything is just as it was?

throw in a set of dishes and whatever’s under your coach and you got a deal

I'm pretty sure that would rapidly become my party house. Or I'd capitalize on the creepiness of it and make up ghost stories and dig up the history of the house and make people pay to take Creepy House Tours.

But if they were to allow me to redecorate, hell yeah I'd live there. I like creepy houses, just not when I can't add my own personality to it.

Can I sell it?

I'm not sure whether or not I believe in ghosts, but I still wouldn't live there. I get paranoid in my own house, and it is as far from creepy looking as you can get, nor do I believe there are any ghosts in it.

I would take it. Then sell it for PROFIT!

I don't believe in ghosts. But at the same time, I do recognize that there is a lot of weird shit in this world.

Why can't I redecorate? They going to stop me somehow? Are they going to perform inspections to make sure everything is just as it was?
Yeah. It's a condition you must agree to in order to get the house for free.

Can I sell it?
I don't think so!

Can I sell it?
No.

I don't believe in ghosts, but I wouldn't live in a crappily decorated, probably structurally unsound house just because it's free. Unless all the ghosts and I get hardhats, that is.

Yes. Then I'd buy a large impressive cape. Because, frankly, if you don't have a large impressive cape then you really shouldn't own a haunted mansion.

I don't believe in ghosts, but I wouldn't live in a crappily decorated, probably structurally unsound house just because it's free. Unless all the ghosts and I get hardhats, that is.
It's structurally sound, and the decor is tastefull but unsettling.

In that case, I would take the house, fence it in, and buy two extremely vicious dogs that kill intruders on sight.

I would then redecorate, and if they managed to make it to my front door (somehow), I would let them do their inspection and find all my redecorations... oh well, too bad, so sad.

the decor is tasteful but unsettling.
Those two descriptions are mutually exclusive in my book.

No.

Maybe I could rent it? No seriously I wouldn't live there. Because that would mean I'd have to move. I hate moving.

And I hate pudding...

Those two descriptions are mutually exclusive in my book.

Think of the house in the Shining.

http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/189227

http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/303832

I have already lived in a a couple haunted houses and never had a problem with it, even the times I got so scared I nearly wet myself. I also enjoy nightmares and waking up in a cold sweat. *shrug*

Three words... Pudding is good.

Maybe I could rent it? No seriously I wouldn't live there. Because that would mean I'd have to move. I hate moving.

And I hate pudding...

BAM!... You now like pudding.

I have already lived in a a couple haunted houses and never had a problem with it, even the times I got so scared I nearly wet myself. I also enjoy nightmares and waking up in a cold sweat. *shrug*
I love nightmares. They're better than any kind of dream IMHO.

I wouldn't mind living there even if there were ghosts, but pudding is delicious.

I wouldn't mind living there even if there were ghosts, but pudding is delicious.

I love you (for the pudding only)...

Pudding is bad.....if it was ghost pudding would you eat it!?

http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/189227

http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/303832

only played the first one and it nearly killed me....guess what I'm doing tonight :D

I love nightmares. They're better than any kind of dream IMHO.


well they are pretty sweet, but I do have dreams that are better than nightmares.

dreams where I can fly, wet dreams, and most of all: dreams where I know I am dreaming!

I dislike some good dreams though... like when I win a buttload of money (e.g. one where I got a refund from teh IRS for like $100,000) then wake up to find that I really didnt!

well they are pretty sweet, but I do have dreams that are better than nightmares.

dreams where I can fly, wet dreams, and most of all: dreams where I know I am dreaming!

I dislike some good dreams though... like when I win a buttload of money (e.g. one where I got a refund from teh IRS for like $100,000) then wake up to find that I really didnt!
I like nightmares better than flying dreams and wet dreams. I seldom have lucid dreams.

Sweet, free house.
You're all invited up to my big creepy house for a house warming. BYOB

Sweet, free house.
You're all invited up to my big creepy house for a house warming. BYOB
Bomb?
Beer?
Beachballs?

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I ikel anillav uddingp. Hist ostp si wot undredh ordsw, asye. I hinkt.

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Bomb?
Beer?
Beachballs?
Bucket O' Blood.

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I ikel anillav uddingp. Hist ostp si wot undredh ordsw, asye. I hinkt.

Ouy nowk hatw? Mi rongw. Tits efinatlyd otn. Utb I on'td arec.

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Yay!

Bucket O' Blood.
I like your style. Lets make it a lift though, I'm a sucker for the classics.

Yes, i take the house Market it as a Haunted House Hotel and rake in the money on Halloween and a few bob the rest of the year.
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I like nightmares better than flying dreams and wet dreams. I seldom have lucid dreams.

I always liked this line from the song "Mad World" - I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying is the best I've ever had.


I had a pretty sweet dream where I robbed a bank, and then shot my partner and comitted suicide afterwards.

Pudding is bad.....if it was ghost pudding would you eat it!?

Actually, I would. Even if it meant giving my soul to some ghost thing...

So long as I can clean up dust and garbage and such I'd take it, oh who am I kidding I don't clean:p

Ok, regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, you've been offered a creepy big old house in an isolated location for free. It's full of weird noises, it's dimly lit, and the decor just looks like the set of a horror movie. BTW, you're not allowed to redecorate. Do you take the house? Do you like living there?

Well, I'd take it, and make sure to get a nice big insurance policy on it, to protect my investment. That way, if I came home one day to find a mysterious electrical fire, I'd be protected. Since this would be my first house, the heartbreak of losing it in such a strange electrical fire would force me to take the insurance money, sell the land, and build a new house in a different location (I wouldn't be able to use the land, because it would remind me of the pain of losing the house).



































:D

I love nightmares. They're better than any kind of dream IMHO.


I agree..I don't tend to like any of my dreams(well unless they contain naked ladies :D),except nightmares. night mares give me something to talk about later. maybe even some inspiration for a short story or soemthing.

Ok, regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, you've been offered a creepy big old house in an isolated location for free. It's full of weird noises, it's dimly lit, and the decor just looks like the set of a horror movie. BTW, you're not allowed to redecorate. Do you take the house? Do you like living there?

This old house doesn't have any electrical problems does it? Despite being free I wouldn't want to get stuck with thousands of dollars fixing the wiring. No other difficulties with the house?

I love nightmares. They're better than any kind of dream IMHO.
The best kind of dreams are when you haven't had any sleep in a couple of days, so you pass out in Philosophy. Then you dream about being in that class, while the proffesor rants about the connection between Locke's theory of Personal Identity and the appearance of vampire snakes in the Atlantic Ocean.

And I voted for every choice except for "I like mods", because mods are t3h 3v1l, fuck the man, ANARCHY 4 LIFE, etc, etc

Sweet, free house.
You're all invited up to my big creepy house for a house warming. BYOB

I'll bring the pie! :)

I would take it and then open it up for raves. Would probably make a mint.

My four cats and I would love it. I'd rent it out to pagan groups for Sabats. I wouldn't redecorate, per se, but I'd definitely add my own touches. I'd put the swords over the fireplace, the poppets would line the windows and my black candles should look just lovely on the dining table.

Ok, regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, you've been offered a creepy big old house in an isolated location for free. It's full of weird noises, it's dimly lit, and the decor just looks like the set of a horror movie. BTW, you're not allowed to redecorate. Do you take the house? Do you like living there?

I've been looking for a house like this for as long as I've lived on my own. Not only would I live there, I would add considerably to the collection of spooks, demons, evil spirits and weird noises (Dinner. Don't ask).

I would redecorate the house to make it look a little less creepy and then try to sell it claiming it has a 'rich and diverse cultural history' or something.

I'd be all for it, but my fiancee (who when I last talked to her was too scared to close the bathroom door due to me showing her a picture of a vampire I made), probably would veto the notion. Oh well.

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Ghosts are bollocks, but I don't like gothic indoor-decoration.

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Not to rain on your parade, but if it's "offered", then I certainly can redecorate it after I've aken the offer, since it's mine. ;)

But to answer the question, I'd sure as hell take it, 'cause I always take free stuff, but I'd probably be creeped out as hell, because even though I like to act otherwise, I scare easy.

Ghosts are bollock. Of course you will say that like I did until you actually have something happen that you cannot not explain otherwise. I had lived in Leeds with a girlfriend when I was younger. Was the Saddler Hall guest house if any of you know Leeds at all. Anyway whenever we were doing our thing at nighttime the damn bedroom lights would come on. I thought that it was the wiring in the house. But it kept happening at night when her and I were busy not sleeping. So one time I yelled out shut the fucking light off. Damn thing went out. All the other times it had to be turned off by us. Anyway this crap went on for nearly 6 months. We just got used to it.

Think of the house in the Shining.
That was a hotel. Ugh! Those hideous carpets! No way am I taking this dump unless I can redecorate. Free ain't free enough to put up with the carpets from the Shining.

Pick a different movie.

Of course you will say that like I did until you actually have something happen that you cannot not explain otherwise. I had lived in Leeds with a girlfriend when I was younger. Was the Saddler Hall guest house if any of you know Leeds at all. Anyway whenever we were doing our thing at nighttime the damn bedroom lights would come on. I thought that it was the wiring in the house. But it kept happening at night when her and I were busy not sleeping. So one time I yelled out shut the fucking light off. Damn thing went out. All the other times it had to be turned off by us. Anyway this crap went on for nearly 6 months. We just got used to it.
This reminds me of the time there was this cockroach in my bathroom. This was when I was a kid in high school. I'd get home about half an hour before my mom, and every day I'd come into the apartment, put my stuff down, and immediately go to the bathroom because I'd had a pretty long subway commute (this was NYC; school in Manhattan, home in Queens). So one day, I flip on the bathroom light and this roach the size of goddam -- I don't know -- something bigger than a roach should be -- runs around in a circle and dives under the laundry hamper. And I screamed (I have a thing about roaches) and ran and hid until mom got home, and I told her all about it, and she went in and there was no roach and she told me I was nuts and to quit my shrieking. This happened, exactly the same, three days in a row, until I came home and DID NOT go into the bathroom. Then when my mom came home, she put down her stuff, went into the bathroom, flipped on the light, screamed blue murder and came running out shrieking about this giant cockroach that ran in circles and dove under the laundry hamper. "HA! NUTS AM I? WELL, NUTS TO YOU, OLD LADY!", cried I in triumph. :)

That was a hotel. Ugh! Those hideous carpets! No way am I taking this dump unless I can redecorate. Free ain't free enough to put up with the carpets from the Shining.

Pick a different movie.

The house in "The Haunting" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171363/)?

I would detonate a 1 megaton nuclear device in it, to see if it would have any affects on the ghosts living there. :D

Sounds almost like the house my parents bought when I was 2. They still live there. It's still old, creaky and mostly badly decorated. (The former owners like the color green altogether too much. All the trim was green. All the wallpaper was green. All the appliances were green. The only things NOT green were the pale yellow peeling paint bathroom, and the 50s orange and brown bathroom.) The tower room had water stains on the wall from old roof leaks, green floors, brown area carpet and shreddy blinds. The basement had bare lightbulbs that didn't come close to lighting all the corners. At first my big brother made me walk him to the bathroom. He made me walk about two feet in front of him so the dark mosters would get me, and give him time to run.

Yeah, I'd go live there.

Does a wrecking ball count as a cozy accent? If not, I won't have to "redecorate".

The house in "The Haunting" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171363/)?
GAAH! Are you insane? The remake!!!! With all those ugly giant tchotchkes, who would even notice ghosts? You'd be screaming from the frigging decor.

Let me think...

The orginal The Haunting -- but that place was falling apart.

Suspiria was in a funky dance academy -- but they had bug problems.

Thirteen Ghosts, but I can't pick between the over-done remake or the under-done original. I kind of like the glass walls in the remake, but I think the big doomsday clock would be noisy.

How about The Legend of Hell House? Yeah, Hell House -- that place had a sauna, an indoor pool, a satanic orgy room, and a professional kitchen. Its ghost(s) were major pains in the ass, but they had fragile egos. I think an average NSer could handle them easy. If you're giving me Hell House for free, I'm in.

Oh, but wait, I forgot about the swamp.... Ah, screw it, I'll put in some gators. Done. I'll take it. :)