marianne
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Post by marianne on Jul 26, 2015 16:13:00 GMT
Alien did it to me. And when I saw the movie and knew what was going to happen, it still scared the crap out of me!
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Post by paperaddictedpea on Jul 26, 2015 16:14:16 GMT
We Need to Talk About Kevin is probably the most disturbing fictional book I've read.
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Post by uksue on Jul 26, 2015 16:15:16 GMT
The Stand and Rose Madder ( both Stephen king) really disturbed me, and I haven't chosen to read that genre of book since.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 26, 2015 16:17:32 GMT
When I was in middle school I loved John Saul books, Comes the Blind Fury scared me the most. I think later on his books got more ScI-Fi, but his early books were scary. I also was really scared by The Executioner by Jay Bennet. I read all the Lois Duncan books (I Know What You Did Last Summer), but they weren't really scary except for Daughters of Eve, I don't think that one was neccessarily scary, but man, it was creepy!
When I was I was in elementary school I read a book about cats who would lie on people's chests on the middle of the night and breath sparkle air into the teenager and turn them into kind of living zombies. I have looked for that book forever, but can't remember what it was called. Since my brother had a cat that didn't like me during the day but would sometimes be on my chest in the middle of the night that book terrified me.
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Post by my2apps2 on Jul 26, 2015 16:26:08 GMT
I'll have to second The Stand and Rose Madder. But I love this genre and have read both multiple times, I love pretty much everything Stephen King writes. I also really like Dean Koontz, his book Intensity is probably my favorite.
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Bridget in MD
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 26, 2015 16:35:11 GMT
Cujo always stuck with me because it was something that could happen - trapped in a hot car by a rabid dog. Just seemed so mundane it could happen.
WHen I was a kid, I read the "Witch" series by Phyllis Reyolds Naylor and it creeped me out. There was also another kids book about a Dollhouse that came to life at night - I could only play with my dollhouse during the day for a while after that!
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Post by Just T on Jul 26, 2015 16:35:39 GMT
IT and The Stand were always the creepiest books I'd ever read. Then, a few years ago, I read Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill, and that took over the top spot on my "creepiest books ever" list.
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Post by M~ on Jul 26, 2015 16:36:26 GMT
Hands down it has to be Salem's Lot. OMG. I was reading it and the lights went out. For real. I almost pooped in my pants. Followed by IT and then by Pet Cemetary and then by the Shining. OMG. Stephen King's mind is awesome. Insomnia was also scary as shit.
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Post by Just T on Jul 26, 2015 16:38:47 GMT
I just remembered another SK book that scared the daylights out of me--Cell. Totally freaky. Oh, and Needful Things. Pretty much every SK book ever written. LOL
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Post by lucyg on Jul 26, 2015 16:40:37 GMT
I used to read a lot of Stephen King and other horror stories, and Pet Sematary really stands out as being the scariest. The Stand was one of my favorite books ever ... I don't classify it as scary so much as adventure with a bunch of supernatural tossed in, though. I've gotten soft and I don't want to read or watch scary stuff anymore. I blame it on Pet Sematary. ETA I think Stephen King said that Pet Sematary even scared the snot out of HIM and he quit working on it for years.
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Post by M~ on Jul 26, 2015 16:46:31 GMT
Anyone ever read Gerald's Game? OMG. I was laughing hysterically when my boss and a bunch of other women at the office were discussing Fifty Shades. I was like, "Well, BEFORE Fifty Shades, there was Gerald's Game!!" They all thought "oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh, was it kinky?" I was laughing hysterically at their expressions when I explained what Gerald's game was about. SNORT.
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Post by stittsygirl on Jul 26, 2015 16:51:21 GMT
Bag of Bones is another Stephen King book that freaked me out. It's also my favorite SK book.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Jul 26, 2015 16:59:19 GMT
Pet Semetary for fiction. Yikes!! I was pretty young and it scared the crap out of me.
True story- A book called Careless Whispers. It was about the Lake Waco murders- very gruesome killings of three teenagers. It absolutely freaked me out reading it because I live about 30 miles from Waco. It's hard to read so much gore knowing it happened right up the road.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 26, 2015 17:19:08 GMT
I used to read a lot of Stephen King and other horror stories, and Pet Sematary really stands out as being the scariest. The Stand was one of my favorite books ever ... I don't classify it as scary so much as adventure with a bunch of supernatural tossed in, though. I've gotten soft and I don't want to read or watch scary stuff anymore. I blame it on Pet Sematary. ETA I think Stephen King said that Pet Sematary even scared the snot out of HIM and he quit working on it for years. I'm the same way - I no longer read or watch horror stuff. I've turned into a big scaredy cat
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Post by Mystie on Jul 26, 2015 18:00:57 GMT
Book Riot just did a survey of its readers on the scariest book they'd read--the results were interesting. Look at the spreadsheet of total books entered if you'd like some suggestions for future scary reading. Ten Scariest BooksFor me, it's The Shining. Followed by The Haunting of Hill House.
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Post by rumplesnat on Jul 26, 2015 18:11:49 GMT
Silence of the Lambs because I read it after seeing the movie and I dreaded upcoming parts. The Old Testament
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Post by birukitty on Jul 26, 2015 18:36:51 GMT
Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Scared the crap out of me as a teen. I recently reread it at 55 and it was just as scary!
Debbie in MD.
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Post by tallgirl on Jul 26, 2015 18:43:15 GMT
We Need to Talk About Kevin wins for me, too. That book really got inside my head.
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 26, 2015 18:46:42 GMT
No book has scared the crap out of me more than Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 26, 2015 18:52:18 GMT
The Ruins! Totally freaked me out. It would keep me from vising Cancun and going to the ruins.
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Post by happymomma on Jul 26, 2015 19:03:09 GMT
Creepiest that I can remember is one I read on my Kindle recently. No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The total suspense kept me on edge throughout.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 26, 2015 19:06:33 GMT
Creepiest that I can remember is one I read on my Kindle recently. No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The total suspense kept me on edge throughout. I love his books but don't find them to be the scariest/creepiest. I think of them more as in the thriller genre.
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Post by scrappymum on Jul 26, 2015 19:07:46 GMT
Pet Sematary for me too! I wasn't young...mid twenties...scared the daylights out of me.It's been 30 years and I still can't pat a cat.
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Post by vpohlman on Jul 26, 2015 19:19:24 GMT
The first scariest book I ever read was The Amityville Horror, then I read Needful Things and it was much worse! I love Stephen King books as well as Dean Koontz and Anne Rice. The Mayfield Witch books made me scared to ever go to New Orleans! Ha! But to this day if I wake up at 3:15 to use the bathroom I'll try to go back to sleep at lay there for at least 5 more minutes so I don't have to get up at that time!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 26, 2015 19:21:57 GMT
There was a book a while back about a bachelor's party where the groomsmen buried the groom in a coffin and were all killed on the ride home. I couldn't finish it because the premise freaked me out so much.
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Post by freeatlast on Jul 26, 2015 19:47:01 GMT
IT!!!
I was indifferent to clowns before that book but developed a huge fear of them after reading IT. I used to work with a woman that loved clowns and had her entire office decorated with them. I hated having to go to her for something.
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Post by happymomma on Jul 26, 2015 19:50:48 GMT
Creepiest that I can remember is one I read on my Kindle recently. No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. The total suspense kept me on edge throughout. I love his books but don't find them to be the scariest/creepiest. I think of them more as in the thriller genre. Oh pardon me. I thought you were asking what "I" thought was creepy. I didn't realize I could give a wrong answer to what I thought was creepy. It wasn't asked regarding a specific genre. It scared me and creeped me out. Sigh, only here do we get told what our own minds think. Disregard my answer and carry on.
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Post by Nink on Jul 26, 2015 19:57:18 GMT
Amityville Horror scared the shit outta me forever. To this day I won't keep my blinds open at night for the fear of red eyes staring in at me.
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 26, 2015 19:59:38 GMT
Cujo always stuck with me because it was something that could happen - trapped in a hot car by a rabid dog. Just seemed so mundane it could happen. WHen I was a kid, I read the "Witch" series by Phyllis Reyolds Naylor and it creeped me out. There was also another kids book about a Dollhouse that came to life at night - I could only play with my dollhouse during the day for a while after that! Was it The Dollhouse Murders? I read that book when I was a teenager and absolutely loved the idea that the dolls and the house came alive every night to try and tell someone about the way the family actually died the night they were killed. The dolls and house were exact replicas of the family that lived there at the time. I wonder if I still have that book.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jul 26, 2015 20:12:42 GMT
The Stand is my favorite book. I love post apocalyptic themes where people have to survive with no technology. RE: Amitville Horror. My house has the 1/4 circle windows in the attic AND a red room in the basement (used to be the coal storage room)!!! Attachments:
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