Michelle Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 Now or when you were younger.. are there any books that have really scared you.. to the extent of not wanting to switch the light off, or lying there thinking about it? For me, the only 2 were The Amityville Horror and The Shining. Quote
Stuart Posted August 25, 2005 Posted August 25, 2005 I guess the only book that scared me that much was Stephen King's IT. I read that when I was quite young and it got to me in a way that few books have since. I suppose it was because it was about kids my age. Quote
Andibody Posted August 30, 2005 Posted August 30, 2005 The Silence of the Lambs did it for me. Not much for the scary books, films etc. :scared: Quote
Debbie Posted August 30, 2005 Posted August 30, 2005 Anything by Edgar Allen Poe does it for me! Debbie Quote
DaveG Posted August 31, 2005 Posted August 31, 2005 Funny that, i've never yet found a book to scare me, enthral yes, but never scare, i used to have as bedtime reading the Pan series of short horror shories as a junior school kid Quote
Kell Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 I feel I'm missing something here. I don't think I remember ever being scared by something I read in a book. And here's me a big horror fan too. I get engaged in the plot & involved with the characters - i even worry about what's going to happen to them, but I've never been frightened. Same with films. There must be something wrong with me - I think it's down to watching Hammer Horror films at an early age & having it drummed into me that it's not real - it's only ketpchup, not blood - & I think I must have applied the same rationale to books. Quote
Mamacita Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 The one book I read that scared the snot out of me was Stephen King's "Thinner". He wrote it under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman (I think that was the name.) It creeped me out so bad that I've never picked up another of his books except his non-fiction "On Writing". Then I tried my hand at writing some not so warm and fuzzy stuff. He has an exercise in the back of the book where he sets up a premise and asks the reader to finish it. I actually enjoyed letting my darker side out to play for a bit. Quote
Angel Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 For me it was always James Herbert - especially The Fog, and (I forget it's title) the one about spiders! Having an inborne absolute fear of these nasty creatures, it scared the c**p out of me, I could never read that one again Quote
Karen1 Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 I don't think I've ever been scared by a book or at least I can't remember ever having been scared by something that I've read. I would love to read a book that had the power to scare me though. Quote
Janet Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 I've never read a scary book - I don't do horror. Sometimes talk of blood makes me queasy - or even feel faint so I have to read it slowly (imagination is a powerful thing!) but it doesn't actually scare me. Quote
Mia Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 The Shining is the only book I've read that made me nervous about turning out the light. Quote
happyanddandy Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 'Cujo' by Stephen King and 'Misery' both had me wide awake for a long time after reading them Quote
JudyB Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Most recently Eleven Terrible Months left me sleeping with the light on:lol: Quote
Echo Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 There have been two, that I can remember: Monster by Jonathan Kellerman...scary and completely insane people. Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist...that Shining Man scares the hell out of me, and I still read it every Halloween! Quote
Guest fireball Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Echo wrote: Monster by Jonathan Kellerman...scary and completely insane people. Good call there Echo. Well in all honesty I HAVE to say that the book that sacred me shi never mind witless, thoroughly, was of all people A Canadian.! It was his FIRST published work and it was and STILL is.. A STONKER.! and it's this... : http://www.specialx.net/gallery/album01 A thriller and and half, a grand piece of Canadian history thrown in for good measure, and rollicking damn brillo read...Then Michael Slade IS your man. Someone is lobing the heads of people and sticking them on Canadian's icon, yes you guessed it...Totem Poles, for ALL to see, and doesn't look like stoping soon. Can Robert DeClercq and his team stop this horror before it strikes again?.....YOU WONT BELIEVE THE ENDING, It REALLY W I L L SCARE YOU SHIless . ps Sorry the cover's not in great shape it's my own copy which I photo copied on my printer and put onto image shack. Quote
Laramie Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 I don't really get scared, just involved and worried about the characters, but there are 2 (well, a book and a trilogy) that scared me. My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick is the first. I was reading it in the bath and I literally could not put it down (that doesn't happen to me often!) and I was sat in the cold water til about 11 o'clock And then when I was getting out, I was actually sorta scared to open the door The other is Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorson, the Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix, which I've read loads of times and still creeps me out. And it's weird; whenever I read it, if I go to sleep before I've finished it I see this dark shape looming over me when I close my eyes :s freepy. Then it goes away as soon as I've finished the book. Quote
The Green Fairy Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 A few (well, very many, actually) years ago I read a few Dennis Wheatley books including 'The Devil Rides Out' and 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg' and I recall being too terrified to move from my chair! Quote
Louiseog Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 This, this and this. Two are from childhood and still haunt me, the third just pushed all my fear buttons! Quote
Michelle Posted January 13, 2008 Author Posted January 13, 2008 Laura, it's not scary in the traditional way, it's just rather creepy because it's realistic, and you feel it could happen to anyone. It seems to get to you without you realising.. until you go to turn out the light, or walk into the bathroom! I like this thread, I'm adding to my wishlist! Quote
JudyB Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Laura, it's not scary in the traditional way, it's just rather creepy I agree Michelle - you're fine reading it but then remember things like the man on all fours on the ceiling and then you're spooked. Plus something fell on its own in my daughter's room while reading it and that spooked me a bit. Quote
Nici Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 it's just rather creepy because it's realistic, and you feel it could happen to anyone. Plus something fell on its own in my daughter's room while reading it and that spooked me a bit. I sooooo have to read this book! Quote
Renniemist Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 A few (well, very many, actually) years ago I read a few Dennis Wheatley books including 'The Devil Rides Out' and 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg' and I recall being too terrified to move from my chair! I remember reading those. Very scary! 'The Shining' is another that scared me. Quote
Guest fireball Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 judy, pray, what was Spiderman doing in on the ceiling in the first place anyway.!!? Hate bl**dy spiders me. Quote
Icecream Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Fireball is that pic really necessary? I have ben scared by a few books, but I am not sure I can remember the titles, apart form one or two Harry potter books the first time I read them. I am just far too sensitive, as you can see. Quote
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