Words similar to scary

Example sentences for: scary

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The racial discrepancy of this casting choice doesn't bother me nearly as much as the fact that portraying Edgar Allen Poe as a guy with a high-pitched, breathless voice who has had a ton of plastic surgery would put such a completely different spin on what might have been the psychological issues behind the writing of those scary twisted stories that it just might be impossible to ever really enjoy them again.
The two series share lots of obvious details: broom-riding lessons; animal familiars with minds of their own; scary teachers; potions gone wrong; school uniforms that look like Halloween costumes to us Muggles, as Rowling calls nonmagical folks.
The WP off-lead is a strongly reported effort towards a scary conclusion: the Iraqis are surprisingly close to having A-bombs.
Can you match the scary anachronism with the party calling for its revival?
For Lewis' take on a related subject in Slate , see "Scary Smart."