Read anything really scary ??

[j d worthington]

Ye gods - I've just found out that there is an old folk's home in York called Red Lodge!

Could be worse, I suppose. It could be in Wakefield.

LOL! Well, there is, after all, a Cold Harbour, too... and after reading Young's novel of that name, I'm not sure I'd want to visit there, either!...

 

[Sathai]

The Shining and Salem's Lot by Stephen King kept me awake for many nights. I first read them back when I was a teenager. I also thought Ghost Story by Peter Straub was eerie.

 

[Critical Matt]

I thought the Rising by Brian Keane was pretty creepy. My brother read it and said he had to put it in the freezer at night.

 

[tangaloomababe]

Hi Tarl , well you got me thinking here, I seldom read really scary books (I like a peaceful nights sleep)
I have a book on order, am expecting it this week. Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark, said to be the scariest and goriest vampire book ever written (apparently one where you sleep with the lights on afterwards) I shall get back to you once I have read it.(if I am able to read it that is.) I might get to scared.

 

[Sathai]

Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark, said to be the scariest and goriest vampire book ever written (apparently one where you sleep with the lights on afterwards) I shall get back to you once I have read it.(if I am able to read it that is.) I might get to scared.

Sounds good. I'm curious now to how scary it is.

 

[Tarl_Cabot]

I think I may have read Vampyrrhic, or possibly a sequel, but I cannot find the book now to check. I think the vampires lived in a lake !! One thing I do remember is that I enjoyed it.

 

[suupaabaka]

Try Clive Barker's The Books of Blood. There are a couple of stories there that are homoerotic in nature, which may upset some people, but almost all of them are incredibly disturbing.

 

[Sathai]

Try Clive Barker's The Books of Blood. There are a couple of stories there that are homoerotic in nature, which may upset some people, but almost all of them are incredibly disturbing.

Some of the stories are quite graphic, but I liked them nonetheless. I first read them in the early nineties, and they were the most original horror I had read.

 

[stinking_dylan]

Lovecraft for me, very uneasy reading... Particularly the lurker at the threshold and the thing on the doorstep. Try listening to them on audio whilst lying in bed with the lights out.

Something that hasn't been mentioned, and I still swear that it's the creepiest story I've yet to read, is a short by Stephen King, 'The Boogeyman'. Not sure what collection it comes from (perhaps Skeleton Crew).

 

[j d worthington]

S.D.: Just looked it up, as it's been a while since I've read much King... It's in Night Shift, which I've not read in about 25 years (hence my not remembering which collection).....

 

[HoopyFrood]

Hmm...I have that book...why can't I remember reading that story?

*Flicks through book*

Oh...oh, yeah, vague memories coming back to me now...Methinks I might need to give Night Shift another perusal some day...

I can't say I've read anything that has particularly scared me, but The Shining certainly brought out the goosebumps. A very eerie book, that one. And it was the smaller moments that caused it...the sound of running feet and something trying to turn the door handle in room 217, or the rather sinister hose of the fire extinguisher...

 

[Lobolover]

"The curse of Yig"

dont read no summaries,just read it and see.

 

[dlsevern]

If you are looking for a nice long read with some great creepy parts, then I would suggest Stephen King's "It". If you want short stories, definitely go with Lovecraft. Ramsey Campbell is great too as well as Robert Bloch who each contributed to Lovecraft's mythos. I hear tell that Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Aickman, M.R. James, Oliver Onions, and Ambrose Bierce are all great too, I personally haven't had the chance to read them yet but they are definitely on my list of authors to read.