scariest book you've ever read?

[nageov3t]

last week, I would have said The Shining, but I started reading Amityville Horror this week and wtf! I know the whole thing is like totally fake, but I almost had to sleep with the lights on last night. lol.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

When I was much younger Ghost Story by Peter Straub scared the hell out of me (around 1980). More recently would have been It, by Stephen King. Lately, not too many books scare me, creep me out good, but not outright scare.

 

[krunchykrome]

Wow, I just read the title of this thread and I came in here to mention Amittyville Horror. That is the one book I could not read the whole way through because it scared ths sh!t outta me.

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Wow, I just read the title of this thread and I came in here to mention Amittyville Horror. That is the one book I could not read the whole way through because it scared ths sh!t outta me.

I need to get this book, I am a horror fan.

 

[ondarkness]

i wish i could handle reading a book without falling asleep =/
hehe, but if i could, i wouldn't read something scary on purpose!

 

[pontifex]

i'm not a horror fan, especially not movies so i don't tend to read or watch much scary stuff.

I love H.P. Lovecraft though and his stuff is really good. I can't say that I've been scared by it though. I used to read some Dean Koontz when was in HS too.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Battle Royale. Not "scary" but the entire concept scares me.

 

[Reel]

Harry Potter 7. Everybody freaking dies!

 

[Patt]

Stephen King's It ... read it as a 6th grader and haven't stepped on or near a storm drain since

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Reel
Harry Potter 7. Everybody freaking dies!

OMG SPOILERS!!

 

[Deadtrees]

Bible.
Because, based on this book.....

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
Bible.
Because, based on this book.....

Everyone dies a horrible and painful death.

 

[JEDI]

Britney Spears autobiography of how she's a great wife, mother, and role model

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: JEDI
Richard Simmons' autobiography of how he's a great wife, mother, and role model

:laugh:

 

[alchemize]

The Shining...

 

[LegendKiller]

Blackwater

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If you want to get totally creeped out, read "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston. 10,000 times scarier than anything King ever did because it was true.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
If you want to get totally creeped out, read "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston. 10,000 times scarier than anything King ever did because it was true.

What's it about?

 

[Fritzo]

My wedding album is the scariest book I've read.

 

[Kwaipie]

Originally posted by: loki8481
last week, I would have said The Shining, but I started reading Amityville Horror this week and wtf! I know the whole thing is like totally fake, but I almost had to sleep with the lights on last night. lol.

Amityville Horror has always been the scariest book I've read. I was 12 yrs old at the time and the movie hadn't been made yet. I didn't sleep that night. Adding Misery by King. Cockadoodie Dirty Birds.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Not horror, and more creepy-omg-gross than scary:

"American Psycho" - Brett Easton Ellis

 

[EGGO]

I'll answer for my girlfriend. House of Leaves.

 

[purbeast0]

Scary Stories, More Scary Stories, Scary Stories 3.

 

[CKent]

Definitely The Shining, although as another poster said, It and Ghost Story were frightening when I read them as a kid. I'll have to check out the Amityville Horror some time.

 

[azazyel]

Wait till Helen comes. I was very young when I read it but I still remember that creapy feeling that I got when I read it.