Karsa Orlong Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Dracula's castle? The Overlook hotel? A post-apocalyptic world? What's the scariest place an author has ever taken you to? Quote
Kell Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 I think Castle Rock has to be the scariest town to live in - many of Stephen King's novels take place there or make mention of things that have happened there! Quote
Michelle Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Only two books scared me when I was heavily into horror, so it has to be The Overlook Hotel and The Amityville House! Quote
Athena Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 For me it'd be Derry from IT or Fear Street from the Fear Street series (I forgot if the town has a name). Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 2, 2014 Author Posted October 2, 2014 I think it'd have to be the Marston house from Salem's Lot, for me That, or Regan's bedroom in The Exorcist. Every scene set in that room filled me with dread, both in the book and the film. Quote
Athena Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 That, or Regan's bedroom in The Exorcist. Every scene set in that room filled me with dread, both in the book and the film. This might be silly, but I didn't know the film was based on a book . I have an interesting history with the film. One of my bullies at secondary school kept calling me 'De / The Exorcist' when I walked past. I had not seen the film so I wasn't sure what it meant. At some point the film was on TV so I decided to watch it. I saw it once but never again. I find it hard to think about the film without thinking about the guy who bullied me (it didn't help that he was a big strong tall older guy) and feeling my anger towards him. Quote
Anna Begins Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 I don't do scary but .. Room 101 OMG I am so with ya there! Is there room under your chair for me? Quote
muggle not Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 I will have to go with Athena......Derry, Maine, the town in IT by Stephen King. Second choice would be The Overlook Hotel, also in a book by S.K. Quote
bobblybear Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 I don't do scary but .. Room 101 Oh yes! Totally forgot about Room 101. Quote
Lilywhite Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 Definitely The Overlook Hotel for me. And having lived in a hotel some years ago, I found it incredibly uncomfortable when my mind would make links and comparisons. Scary, scary place! Quote
frankie Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I'd probably go for Annie Wilkes's house in the countryside Quote
Raven Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 The hospital at the beginning of The Day of the Triffids is pretty creepy. I remember reading the opening of the book on a dark, quiet winters night a number of years ago and it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Quote
Chrissy Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 I don't do scary but .. Room 101 The hospital at the beginning of The Day of the Triffids is pretty creepy. I remember reading the opening of the book on a dark, quiet winters night a number of years ago and it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Hear hear for both! Quote
ian Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I think possibly Derry, as it appears in the book 11/22/63, which somehow seemed more oppressive and creepy than it did in It Quote
Spooker Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 For me, the scariest place in fiction is probably the attic room in the Witch House, from HP Lovecraft's, "Dreams in the With House". The description of the odd angles of the ceiling and walls, the feverish dreams of the protagonist, the nightly visitations - it all adds up to a location that is seared into my brain. Quote
Kylie Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 Definitely Room 101. And Dracula's castle. Quote
Felidae Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 The creepy places in Stephen King's Talisman. And I mean the Territories places, with the creatures, the worms, just, yuck. Also, anything with huge amounts of flesh eating zombies, the thought of being eaten/torn apart alive is just scary. Quote
nursenblack Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I think the scariest place I've ever been in fiction is the post-apocalyptic world in The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Particularly a certain house the father and son go to, and those who've read it will know exactly which scene I'm talking about. Quote
dtrpath27 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 This might be silly, but I didn't know the film was based on a book . I have an interesting history with the film. One of my bullies at secondary school kept calling me 'De / The Exorcist' when I walked past. I had not seen the film so I wasn't sure what it meant. At some point the film was on TV so I decided to watch it. I saw it once but never again. I find it hard to think about the film without thinking about the guy who bullied me (it didn't help that he was a big strong tall older guy) and feeling my anger towards him. Interestingly, the book is based on a true story. It actually happened to a boy. The hospital where the exorcism really took place was the old Alexian Brothers mental hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. By calling you the exorcist, he was actually calling you the priest tasked with expelling the demon. So really, he didn't think up a a very good insult. You were being called the position of the good guy in the whole thing. Apparently, the bully wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Quote
bobblybear Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Annie Wilkes' house, given that I'm reading Misery at the moment. Quote
woolf woolf Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I don't remember reading many horror books, so I'll play safe and also mention Room 101 from Nineteen Eighty-Four. It would probably be everyone's scariest place in fiction, [spoilers] given that the government knows everyone's worst nightmares and this room is about facing that same nightmare. Room 101 is different for each person. [spoilers end] But I don't know if this place counts, because it's not the place itself that is scary, but what people are forced to face inside it. Perhaps I'd have a different answer if I read more horror literature. Quote
Athena Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I don't remember reading many horror books, so I'll play safe and also mention Room 101 from Nineteen Eighty-Four. It would probably be everyone's scariest place in fiction, [spoilers] [...] If you want to type a spoiler, there are two options. If you use the graphic move, press the third icon on the top bar of the post, the first icon is the lightswitch (toggle between graphic mode and BBcode mode), the second icon looks like an eraser, the third icon looks like a square with some green and blue. Press this third icon and a drop down box will pop up. Choose spoiler out of the available options and that should give you a way to post the spoiler. A second way of doing it (this is how I do it but most use the graphic mode), is to type without the spaces: [ spoiler ]Post your spoiler here.[ / spoiler ] To make it look like: Post your spoiler here. I hope this helps . Interestingly, the book is based on a true story. It actually happened to a boy. The hospital where the exorcism really took place was the old Alexian Brothers mental hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. By calling you the exorcist, he was actually calling you the priest tasked with expelling the demon. So really, he didn't think up a a very good insult. You were being called the position of the good guy in the whole thing. Apparently, the bully wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. I didn't know it was based on a true story! That's very true. After several years I finally got the courage and watched the film when it was on TV and learned that. Thanks, though, for reminding me. Indeed this bully was older than most classmates because he had to repeat several years of school . Thanks for cheering me up there . Quote
woolf woolf Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I hope this helps . Yes it does, thank you. Quote
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