Either one during a dark and stormy night can be scarry. You just don’t know what is lurking in the dark! Movies have certainly played into the fear in each.
As a kid it was my job to make sure the basement bulkhead door was closed. It was often used during the day, so it was always unlocked. To get to it, I had to descend a long flight of narrow stairs, turn left and take about 10 steps to a narrow hallway in the middle of the basement. Then turn left again and proceed about 20 steps down that narrow hallway that had doors on both right and left into my Fathers workshop. The workshop was filled with plenty of tools that could kill or mame me. Then open a door to the bulkhead and climb a few steps to close it and lock it. Then run as fast as i can back while shutting off all lights that I thought would help my adolescent fears.
This was usually after watching a Horror movie on the weekends. I still have dreams about it.
I recently bought an old Victorian house that has a large walkup attic on the 3rd level. The anxiety is around what animals may have made their way in.