They can be quite thrilling. For some, it gives a sense of excitement as they experience the fear in a controlled way. It can also make the audience more aware of the darker aspects of human nature or society that these stories often depict.
One example is 'Corpse Bride'. It tells a rather dark story of a man who accidentally marries a corpse. The animation style and the overall atmosphere are both spooky and twisted. Another one could be 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. It features Jack Skellington from Halloween Town who discovers Christmas and tries to take it over in his own, somewhat dark and chaotic way.
Stephen King has many 'dark and twisted horror stories' too. For example, 'Pet Sematary' where a burial ground has the power to bring the dead back to life, but they come back wrong. It shows how tampering with death can lead to terrifying and unforeseen consequences.
The thrill. People like the adrenaline rush that comes from being scared. Dark and twisted horror stories provide that sense of danger without real - life harm.
One is 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. It's about a woman who is slowly driven mad by the patterns on the wallpaper in her room. Another is 'The Tell - Tale Heart', where the narrator's obsession with an old man's eye leads to a gruesome murder. And 'The Cask of Amontillado' is also a great one, which tells of a man's revenge by walling up his enemy alive in a catacomb.
Supernatural elements are everywhere. It could be ghosts, demons or some otherworldly forces that are drawn to the rapper's lyrics or the act of rapping itself. For example, a rapper's words might accidentally summon a malevolent spirit.
They usually deal with themes that are disturbing or uncomfortable like death, insanity, and the dark side of human nature. Take 'American Psycho' for example. It delves deep into the mind of a serial killer and his warped view of the world. Also, dark twisted stories may have a sense of foreboding atmosphere. In 'The Shining', the isolated hotel setting and the strange events that keep happening create a really eerie and foreboding mood.
The stories usually play with fear of the unknown. They might introduce a mystery that the characters have to solve, like in some stories where there is an unexplained phenomenon in a small town. The animation enhances this fear as it can show things in a more vivid and sometimes distorted way. Also, they can use sound effects in the animation very effectively to create a spooky atmosphere, like creaking doors or howling winds.
The 'Rap from the Abyss' is also a good one. A rapper is lured into an underground rap battle in a derelict building. The opponents seem inhuman, with their lyrics bringing to life dark entities that start to hunt him down as the battle progresses.