eerie vs hair-raising

eerie

adj
  • Frightened, timid. 

  • Strange, weird, fear-inspiring, especially in a shadowy or mysterious way. 

noun
  • An eerie creature or thing. 

hair-raising

adj
  • Causing fear or anxiety; scary. 

How often have the words eerie and hair-raising occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )