I don't mean a book made into a scary film, it has to be just the book!
2006-11-06 00:51:29 · 42 answers · asked by Redhead 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Couldn't sleep for three days while reading House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski - although the end is less effective than the setup.
The Eye Killers by A A Carr is a genuinely disturbing vampire novel, insidiously scary rather than obvious freak-out.
What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles by Elliot Weinberger scared the crap out of me, as did George Monbiot's book Heat (on global warming).
2006-11-06 01:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amitivile Horror was so scary not the book made into film, but the true accounts and interviews with the son that killed his family Ronald Defoe jnr, he tells all about the voices in is head and why he caried out the crimes. Some of the wierd stuff that was goin on in that house was very spooky. I couldnt sleep at all after reading it. God i am such a wimp lol
2006-11-06 00:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i read a book that scared me called 'the ultimate evil' by Maury Terry. Its all the more scary because its true. Its about the Son of sam killings in New york in the late 1970's. David berkowitz, who was convicted of the crimes, began writing to Maury Terry saying that he was part of a satanic cult which carried out the murders, aswell as many others across the U.S.A Terry presents strong eveidence of a cult carrying out murders. He links the cult to charles manson and his family. The book is a bit long but quite scary.
2006-11-06 07:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by billwhizz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scariest book I have read is "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. It's about a governess who comes to believe that the two children she is looking after are possessed by the ghosts of two former servants. Scared me witless but it's an old book and the language is a bit difficult at times.
2006-11-06 01:05:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the Ladybird version of The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. It scared the sh*t out of me as a kid, and still gives me chills even now! But I guess that's not quite what you meant - adult books - not really. Last Horror I read was Stephen King's Cell - more "nightmarish" than outright scary.
2006-11-06 00:54:30 · answer #5 · answered by edsephiroth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 10:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that The Shining was a peeerdy scary book.
2006-11-06 00:53:16 · answer #7 · answered by tombomber27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amityville Horror bu Jay Anson.
It's a very scary story.
2006-11-06 01:06:52 · answer #8 · answered by Jim F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of Patricia Cornwell books are scary, bit weird not like made up stuff these are based on real crimes makes you look over your shoulder on a dark night coz these criminals are really freeky. So real that they could happen to you
2006-11-06 01:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by if its got a face dont eat it! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a child, I remember being read the story 'the shadow cage' by Philippa Pearce.
That story really affected me - to the point of giving me nightmares and sleeping with my light on etc...
As an adult though, I have not read anything that scary.
2006-11-06 00:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by HP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋