Scariest horror novel? - Page 2

meeera · 05-25-2015, 05:55 AM

Hah, I was just coming to say that the scaredest I've ever been whilst reading is while reading It. Snap!

In short fiction, Kaaron Warren can press my buttons.

crich70 · 05-25-2015, 07:20 AM

H. P. Lovecraft was the master of scary stories. Cool Air, Herbert West:Re-animator, etc.

caleb72 · 05-25-2015, 07:58 AM

It's not quite a horror, but Peter Straub's Koko tops my list of scares. It's the only book that's made me think someone was outside my bedroom window - even though I was two stories up and there was no balcony.

I also thought very highly of Straub's Ghost Story. From a horror (rather than scare) point of view, The Long Walk by Stephen King had me disturbed for a couple of weeks.

It's pretty hard to scare me in a book though. In a movie, I'm an easy mark. The right atmospheric music and drawn out scene culminating in a sudden shock will do it every time - even though I know it's coming.

kacir · 05-25-2015, 08:12 AM

Erik Axl Sund took Europe by storm with his book Crow girl.
Have a look at his page http://www.erikaxlsund.com/books/crow-girl-1
Not yet published in English, I think, but already translated to 30 languages. In UK the rights were bought by Harvill Secker.

The book was recommended to me by a [quite badly shaken-up]

friend who read a translation published here in my country.

I will be back with the news as soon as the book is published in English. I am not sure I will dare to read the book and I have read some pretty disturbing stuff without a problem.
(the only book in recent memory I abandoned because it was way too disturbing (AND ugly AND very badly written (IMHO, of course)) was The Road by Cormac McCarthy)

wwefan · 05-25-2015, 10:43 AM

Hell House by Richard Matheson very scary novel give it a try.

JoelArnold · 05-29-2015, 12:51 PM

I'm a big horror fan, but don't scare easily. That being said, M.R. James short story The Mezzotint from his collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary really creeped me out. Not a novel, I know, but still...

Rizla · 05-29-2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wwefan

Hell House by Richard Matheson very scary novel give it a try.

I didn't find it scary, but it was fun. I think it's supposed to be "based" on the Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I read the start of it. That was pretty creepy.

wwefan · 05-29-2015, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

I didn't find it scary, but it was fun. I think it's supposed to be "based" on the Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I read the start of it. That was pretty creepy.

Yeah but still fun to read i mainly like to read action/mystery/scifi novels so i guess i have not gone through more scary novels.

kacir · 04-18-2016, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Erik Axl Sund took Europe by storm with his book Crow girl.
Have a look at his page http://www.erikaxlsund.com/books/crow-girl-1
Not yet published in English, I think, but already translated to 30 languages. In UK the rights were bought by Harvill Secker.

The book was recommended to me by a [quite badly shaken-up]

friend who read a translation published here in my country.

I will be back with the news as soon as the book is published in English. I am not sure I will dare to read the book and I have read some pretty disturbing stuff without a problem.
(the only book in recent memory I abandoned because it was way too disturbing (AND ugly AND very badly written (IMHO, of course)) was The Road by Cormac McCarthy)

Preorder page at Amazon at the moment.
I think I saw the Kindle e-book available yesterday but I can't find it now.

orlok · 04-19-2016, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Preorder page at Amazon at the moment.
I think I saw the Kindle e-book available yesterday but I can't find it now.

Thanks for the update. Am interested to give it a go.

crich70 · 04-27-2016, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Nothingness

The scariest book I've read is It by Stephen King. It has children dealing with weird noises, creepy basements, creepy alleys, creepy sewers, children being taken away and never seen again, a creepy evil clown, etc.

"It" is even scarier in the movie incarnation I think.

Nothingness · 05-10-2016, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

"It" is even scarier in the movie incarnation I think.

I saw the movie and I did not find it scary. The book in the other hand...

poohbear_nc · 05-10-2016, 11:58 AM

Stephen King's Pet Sematary - the first time I read it I was alone in the house, reading it in bed with the rest of the house in darkness. Every time a board creaked or the frig cycled on I froze -- waiting for 'something' to appear in the doorway.

issybird · 05-10-2016, 12:04 PM

The scariest book I ever read is James Dickey's Deliverance; it was made into an even scarier film.

HarryT · 05-10-2016, 12:04 PM

I gave up reading horror books when I was a teenager. They gave me nightmares.

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05-25-2015, 05:55 AM	#16
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,862 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Hah, I was just coming to say that the scaredest I've ever been whilst reading is while reading It. Snap! In short fiction, Kaaron Warren can press my buttons.

05-25-2015, 07:20 AM	#17
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	H. P. Lovecraft was the master of scary stories. Cool Air, Herbert West:Re-animator, etc.

05-25-2015, 07:58 AM	#18
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	It's not quite a horror, but Peter Straub's Koko tops my list of scares. It's the only book that's made me think someone was outside my bedroom window - even though I was two stories up and there was no balcony. I also thought very highly of Straub's Ghost Story. From a horror (rather than scare) point of view, The Long Walk by Stephen King had me disturbed for a couple of weeks. It's pretty hard to scare me in a book though. In a movie, I'm an easy mark. The right atmospheric music and drawn out scene culminating in a sudden shock will do it every time - even though I know it's coming.

05-25-2015, 08:12 AM	#19
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,466 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Erik Axl Sund took Europe by storm with his book Crow girl. Have a look at his page http://www.erikaxlsund.com/books/crow-girl-1 Not yet published in English, I think, but already translated to 30 languages. In UK the rights were bought by Harvill Secker. The book was recommended to me by a [quite badly shaken-up] friend who read a translation published here in my country. I will be back with the news as soon as the book is published in English. I am not sure I will dare to read the book and I have read some pretty disturbing stuff without a problem. (the only book in recent memory I abandoned because it was way too disturbing (AND ugly AND very badly written (IMHO, of course)) was The Road by Cormac McCarthy)

05-25-2015, 10:43 AM	#20
wwefan Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Ipad	Hell House by Richard Matheson very scary novel give it a try.

05-29-2015, 12:51 PM	#21
JoelArnold Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1036914 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Savage, MN Device: Kindle 3	I'm a big horror fan, but don't scare easily. That being said, M.R. James short story The Mezzotint from his collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary really creeped me out. Not a novel, I know, but still...

05-10-2016, 11:58 AM	#28
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,239 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Stephen King's *Pet Sematary* - the first time I read it I was alone in the house, reading it in bed with the rest of the house in darkness. Every time a board creaked or the frig cycled on I froze -- waiting for 'something' to appear in the doorway.

05-10-2016, 12:04 PM	#29
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,522 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	The scariest book I ever read is James Dickey's Deliverance; it was made into an even scarier film.

05-10-2016, 12:04 PM	#30
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I gave up reading horror books when I was a teenager. They gave me nightmares.