Writers of the most spine-tingling horror stories and thrillers create a feeling of suspense and of dread, and one online thread proves it only takes a few words to give readers the chills.

Lots of people die with the wipe of a dogs claw in what is basically a horror suspense thriller.

Borrowing from the classic horror tropes that precede it, AHS is comparable to Shirley Jackson's classic supernatural thriller the Haunting of Hill House.