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The scariest book you have ever read!
Started by amlmf, Thursday, May 1 2008. Last post Saturday, May 31 2008.

Hi i love reading really scary books but have run out of them no books seem to scare me anymore and are looking for suggestions..so please help!
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diamondgirl - Thursday, May 1 2008
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The Haunting by Ed and Lorraine Warren
Come Closer by Sara Gran
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Dorothea - Thursday, May 1 2008
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Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
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Sybian - Thursday, May 1 2008
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The Shining when I was younger because one can't imagine your father going berserk. Also Salem's Lot....I thought vampires were outside my window. Oh and Gerald's Game because oh my god being tied up with scary noises all around. Later I read Intensity by Dean Koontz and it scared the bedoozles out of me. I still shudder with dread when I see an old camper shell on a truck.
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Linda T - Thursday, May 1 2008
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Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill was pretty scary. Also, I just re-read Skeleton Crew and Everything's Eventual by Stephen King and I felt that there were many scary short stories in those books. Different things scare different people. For me, things that have a ring of truth in every day life that suddenly go wrong in a story are the most scary. I think that is why Stephen King is so scary for me. I find that many of his stories could actually happen (eg, The Body, the movie "Stand by Me" was based on it). I should also say, much of SK's earlier writing was also very scary for me specifically, Salem's Lot and IT. I still can't stand clowns.
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jenlaw77 - Friday, May 2 2008
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I agree...the Heart Shaped Box was pretty scary!
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BeckyL - Friday, May 2 2008
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Heart Shaped Box was fantastic as was his collection 20th Century Ghosts, there are some pretty creepy stories in that one.
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Scarlett - Friday, May 2 2008
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There were some scary ones in Skeleton Crew Linda, I agree! I also loved It.

And I'll second Intensity. It was another very scary one!

Jurassic Park (the book) gave me nightmares!
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kristen r - Saturday, May 10 2008
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I listened to Heart-Shaped box on CD and the delivery that the reader used was...it was killingly creepy. I don't know if it was the scariest book I've ever laid hands on, but it definitely did all it set out to do.
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Ladyslott - Thursday, May 1 2008
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The Shining and Pet Sematary. the Shining scared me every time I picked it up, and i always think of Joey in friends putting the book in the freezer-- I so got that!

Pet Semetary I was reading and then my cat died. Not good, I had nightmares for weeks on end.
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stepteps b - Thursday, May 1 2008
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misery by stephen king. black creek crossing and the right hand of evil by john saul.
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diamondgirl - Monday, May 5 2008
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Here here...I just finished Misery. creepy
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londonpenguin - Saturday, May 3 2008