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* In [[H.P. Lovecraft|HP Lovecraft]]'s ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'' the plot is kicked in by the discovery of the eponymous protagonist's ancestor's portrait that's almost identical in appearance to him. It often appears to be watching on young Charles as he works, but although it loses its menace for awhile, it later gets worse, surrounded by a miasma of undefinable dread. {{spoiler|As it turns out, the latter is due to the fact that the said ancestor is resurrected, and he kills Charles and stuffs his body behind the painting, presumably after first destroying it with acid, resulting in unpleasant smell that people interpret subconsciously as evil presence.}}
** Lovecraft also had the stories ''The Picture In The House'' and ''Medusa's Coil'' [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medusa%27s_Coil\]. In the latter, an artist ends up painting a picture of a strange woman, and the picture happens to capture such horrors that another character immediately makes it his mission to kill her. It doesn't help that she flees the scene after seeing it herself, and that {{spoiler|she attacks him in a rage so he is forced to kill her anyways. In a maddened rant afterwards - and after her severed ''hair'' has coiled up and murdered the artist in front of him, her killer tries to explain:}}
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** When the protagonist ends up seeing the picture himself, after having being told the story behind it, he describes it as a gruesome imagery of witchcraft and decaying nature. He {{spoiler|draws his gun and shots it asunder, only to have the man that showed it to him freak out. Apparently the painting had talked to him and forced him to keep it safe. A few minutes later, the house is on fire and an undead witch drags the poor guy to his doom. The protagonist high-tails it out of there.}}
* Everything Laurent does after the murder in ''[[Therese Raquin]]''.
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** ''Come on in heeere...''
** Of course, Homestar actually managed to walk ''into'' the painting, where it turned out that the goblin just wanted someone to come in so he could entertain them. For eternity.
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