Squick.

And another thing...

I'm about a third of the way through Guillermo Del Toro's "The Strain" (loaned to me by Adrian). The villain is described as a sort of ghost-vampire that sires zombies. I think. It's early in the book. Well anywho, the main bad guy is described as sort of a moving inblot, with long toe/talons that scrape along the floor as he walks, and a long tapered head with leech-like skin, glowing eyes & a slash of a mouth, which opens to lots and lots of teeth. Basically, it's a childhood scared-of-the-dark-thing-behind-the-wardrobe description.

My brain showed it as a combination of Inque, a shapeshifting villain from Batman Beyond, and Candle Jack (don't say his name) from Freakazoid. While Inque is not portrayed as scary, just a dangerous mercenary, and Candle Jack is played for comedy (he even sponsered a meme), the combination hit the "Scary" button in my head that hasn't happened since Stephen King's IT when I was 14.

Think of a Candlejack head on top of a sinuous, Inque-type body, and that it attacks you hen you're asleep, and feeds upon you, so you're found dead with a tiny bloodless superthin cut on your neck (and maybe rise up as a horrific zombie thing 3 days later).

Brr.

See also Squick, Body Horror, and Orifice Invasion.