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Old 11-05-2017, 07:19 AM   #1
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Haunted House Stories
This is a sub-genre of Horror and is filled with some wonderful novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories, and flash fiction works.

I'm currently reading (along with another Mobileread member) "Charnel House," by Graham Masterton. (42% read.) I find this to be an easy and engaging story, and VERY creepy.

What are some of the memorable (or not) haunted house stories that you've read?
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Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Great suspense, no silly blood and gore, just a growing sense of horror. "Whose hand was I holding?"
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Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Great suspense, no silly blood and gore, just a growing sense of horror. "Whose hand was I holding?"
THE classic! A great novel, in my opinion - as horror and as literature.
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I just saw "The House on Haunted Hill" on TCM (Vincent Price). Is there any relation to "The Haunting of Hill House" book other than kind of sharing all of the same words?
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I just saw "The House on Haunted Hill" on TCM (Vincent Price). Is there any relation to "The Haunting of Hill House" book other than kind of sharing all of the same words?
No, the movie version of The Haunting of Hill House is called simply The Haunting. It's a terrific movie starring Julie Harris and Claire Bloom, made in the 1960s. There was also a remake about 20 years ago, but I've never seen that version and wouldn't want to.
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I just finished The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle a couple of weeks ago. It's good though the horror is pretty mild. It was made into a 1944 movie with Ray Milland.
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I just finished The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle a couple of weeks ago. It's good though the horror is pretty mild. It was made into a 1944 movie with Ray Milland.
I'm not familiar with that one.

I'll have to check it out and get more information on it - like right now!

-- Thank you!
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^ YIKES!

That's an expensive title from Amazon.

But it looks GREAT!
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Thanks Catlady -- I'll keep an eye out for that movie. Just noticed that Netflix will have a new 10-part series on The Haunting of Hill House:

http://deadline.com/2017/11/the-haun...on-1202200854/
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Haunted house stories are my favourite (sub) genre. Or rather, haunted somethings. I really don't care if the haunted thing is a house, an asylum, ship,etc.

The House on Haunted Hill is one of my all time favourites. One of the few books that scared me. So I'm glad that Netflix has picked it up.

The other book that creeped me out is The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. Though it's technically more a haunted area, with the house and moors it stands on are most haunted. I first saw the play, bought the book at the theater and read it in one sitting that night whilst my classmates were experiencing the London nightlife.

On the I've enjoyed books by Sarah Rayne, Darcy Coates and Amy Cross, who ogten write about hauntings. The latter writing the grittiest stories.
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Thanks Catlady -- I'll keep an eye out for that movie. Just noticed that Netflix will have a new 10-part series on The Haunting of Hill House:

http://deadline.com/2017/11/the-haun...on-1202200854/
Thanks for the info; I don't think anything tops the original movie, though.
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^ YIKES!

That's an expensive title from Amazon.

But it looks GREAT!
I haven't read it yet, but a cheaper alternative would be Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan. It's only a dollar at Amazon. It was the basis for the 1949 movie with Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.
https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Jenn...rait+of+Jennie

Also there is Otto Penzler's The Big Book of Ghost Stories. It's expensive but it's BIG (850 pages, 86 stories).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009UAO1T2
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I haven't read it yet, but a cheaper alternative would be Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan. It's only a dollar at Amazon. It was the basis for the 1949 movie with Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.
https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Jenn...rait+of+Jennie

Also there is Otto Penzler's The Big Book of Ghost Stories. It's expensive but it's BIG (850 pages, 86 stories).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009UAO1T2

I have the Otto Penzler title, which is a very enjoyable book of ghost stories.

I'm familiar with Robert Nathan (and, in fact, I've seen the movie), but I have yet to read the book. I'll check it out.

Thank you.
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Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Great suspense, no silly blood and gore, just a growing sense of horror. "Whose hand was I holding?"
Just checked with Amazon, and the Audible audiobook is $2 cheaper than the Kindle ebook. Go figure.
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But if you buy the kindle book first you can get the Audible edition for $7.49.
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