cliaz Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 William Shatner ... an autobiography Okay seriously ... The Necroscope by Brian Lumley ( it's roughly a 12 book series ... good stuff if you like the vampire genre ) Snap! Dude I didn't think anyone else ever read that book. I didn't know it was a series. Is the rest of the series as good as the first book? Man I loved that book. The whole sitting on graves and talking to the dead was sick. And that dude who could get the secrets out of corpses by ripping them apart. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roller Coasters Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Now, was Straub's "Ghost Story" the same as the movie that came out in the early 80's, the one with the four old farts called the Chowder Society? Because I thought that movie was really scary, so I might want to check out the book too. Yes, the book was 10 times scarier. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I have never really found any book actually scary, but for truly amazing and creative horror/fantasy fiction, nothing compares to House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Very strange and difficult read though. Not to be undertaken lightly. This is a good review. Amazon page. Excerpts from reader reviews I found amusing: Some of you have doubted whether this is horror. If horror to you is simply a loon running around Texas wearing his mom's underwear, then don't bother reading this book - it will do nothing for you. If, on the other hand, it is about taking the norm and making it alien, disturbing, messing with your head until you have to take an aspirin to get through another chapter, then read it. _______ An astute reader can come to gauge a writer through what he produces. And if this is so for "House of Leaves, then Mark Danielewski is a swirling mixture of the mad and the magnificent. This book is unlike any other that I have ever read -- hard and surreal, strange and magnificent...... The kind of terror and horror in "House of Leaves" are not the kind you read in hack horror books, where something transforms or a nasty thing leaps out of the shadows and eviscerates screaming extras. It's a creeping, subtle thing, like oil dripping over the surface of a pond. It's like a hallucination, surreal and continually shifting, where the laws of physics don't apply. You have to work at this book, though. I really liked it. Edit to add: Bret Easton Ellis' blurb on it was pretty good: "A great novel, it renders most other fiction meaningless. One can imagine Thomas Pynchon, J.G. Ballard, Stephen King and David Foster Wallace bowing at Danielewski's feet, choking with astonishment, surprise, laughter, awe." Have it but haven't put forth the effort to read it yet. For those who don't have it, check it out in the bookstore sometime. The way the text is put together is really odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Amityville Horror - hands down. Particularly since they claimed it was true. yeah would have to throw that one in too. The part with the flies had me flinching for days Which also reminds me of Poltergeist. Cheesey movie pretty scary darn book. Again because of the "true story" aspect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bill Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Snap! Dude I didn't think anyone else ever read that book. I didn't know it was a series. Is the rest of the series as good as the first book? Man I loved that book. The whole sitting on graves and talking to the dead was sick. And that dude who could get the secrets out of corpses by ripping them apart. Awesome. Yep, I read'em all. And IMO each book gets better. Once the series switches to a different lead character, my interest waned. But there are many books to sift through before you'll get to that point. Just check out Amazon.com for a list of books in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Salem's Lot was the scariest of King's books. Chriton's Jurassic Park also kept me on edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbmcdonald Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Salem's Lot was the scariest of King's books. Chriton's Jurassic Park also kept me on edge. Pet Cemetery & Salem's Lot. I was staying at a friends house when I was reading Salem's Lot. I had just read the part where he talks about the fact that he (the vampire) can't come in unless he is invited, and this branch starts knocking against the bedroom window. To this day I can't tell you how long I froze. King is an absolute magician as an author. I would love to spend the day talking with him, the things that go on inside his mind have to be fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 A lot of Stephen King on here. One of the best horror books i've read was Misery. The movie was great but the book is 10 times better and you really do get scared of annie. Also Cujo is a strong #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I haven't read any Stephen King as of yet (although I'd love to) and I'm sure one of his books would take my top spot, but the scariest book I've ever read (or at least started reading) was Communion I read about 30-40 pages when I was about 16 or so. I got so scared that I had to put the book down. I didn't sleep all that night (or the next) and I couldn't stop staring at my closet door. I returned it to the library the next day. It's about the author's (and his family's/friends') alien abduction experiences at his summer cabin in the woods. I don't recall ever being so scared at anything. Not even when I first saw Linda Blair's head do a 360 in the Excercist when I was 5. Here's a link to movie (IMDB) staring Christopher Walken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 i read most of stephen king's books back when i was a teenager. and i'd have to say, the one that scared me the most was "thinner". well, that and "pet semetary". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm a big Lovecraft guy as well - "The Lurking Fear" was the first Lovecraft I read and it was pretty crazy; other good ones are "The Rats in the Walls" and "The Colour Out of Space", but his best is probably the novella "At the Mountains of Madness" which is sort of a sequel to a Poe story. The colour out of space was crazy. Lovecraft is awesome. I cant help thinking how people reacted to that kind of fiction back when it was written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selly Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 At the time I read it (7 years old) Dracula was the scariest book I had read, during my teenage years it was a tie between several of the Lovecraft tales, now it's probably Pet Cemetary (My younger son is just past Gage's age). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Okay - I have had it. The book is Pet Sematary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 American Psycho - Not necessarily scary but f'd up, damn book gave me nightmares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 "Put Me In The Zoo." Everytime my kids want me to read that to them *again* I scream out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 American Psycho - Not necessarily scary but f'd up, damn book gave me nightmares Good call - it wasn't the violence and blood that got to me, it was the utter emptiness of the lives of the characters. "Reservations.....I need reservations....." :shudder: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung-fu Midgets Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Agree with a few other posters above... Salem's Lot and Pet Semetary by King were both up there at the top of the scary list for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherDave Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Okay - I have had it. The book is Pet Sematary. I know-I butchered the chit outta that one....it's what we have you for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm a little ashamed to admit it and I can't remember the name of the book but it was about alien abductions. I would read it late at night and it was so creepy I only got half way thru it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Here's a link to movie (IMDB) staring Christopher Walken. That gets my vote for "favorite unintentional comedy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Are you there God, It's Me, Margaret Scariest sh!t ever The Game by King. Not as much scary but gave me the willies. No handcuffs for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I spent my early teen years on Stephen King's books. I finished the Shining one night around 2am. I can vividly recall deciding to watch a 3 stooges marathon that night rather than try to go to sleep. Nobody creates a creepy scene like King. The "batteries" in Tommyknockers, the clown in It...I think I gave up on King for a long time once Firestarter came out. Too many books coming out too fast at that point. With a nod to Squeege...nobody's mentioned Carrie yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 i'm a bed wetter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 The Game by King. Not as much scary but gave me the willies. No handcuffs for me. Gerald's Game, right? That one was pretty creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Good call - it wasn't the violence and blood that got to me, it was the utter emptiness of the lives of the characters. "Reservations.....I need reservations....." :shudder: Is it bad that everytime I see a nail gun I want to drive it through my assistants head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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