Its ages since I have read a really scary book!!
Thanks.
2007-01-06 08:38:19 · 38 answers · asked by Carrie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's a bit old now, but have you tried 'IT' by Steven King?
2007-01-06 08:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dracula - the original novel by Bram Stoker. You need to forget all the rubbish movies you have seen.
No one has ever made a decent movie of Dracula because they just don't get it. They all miss the point that the book is so disturbing because it is subtle. The films go way over the top, and take it all much too fast.
The story is told in the form of letters and diaries written by the various characters, which is a good way to get inside their heads. You need to imagine that you are a well-brought up, innocent Victorian, and forget that you have ever heard of vampires. It takes the characters most of the book to understand what is going on because it goes against their conception of the world. If you read it with fresh eyes you will really enjoy it.
2007-01-09 09:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by A man called Max 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Mistral's Kiss: A Meredith Gentry Novel by Laurell K. Hamilton
Valley of Silence (The Circle Trilogy, Book 3) by Nora Roberts The Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley
Greywalker by Kat Richardson
Mona Lisa Awakening by Sunny
Mona Lisa Blossoming by Sunny
2007-01-06 09:56:41 · answer #3 · answered by BO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite a couple of recommendations...IT will make you scared but not for the reasons suggested.
IT is so bad you will wonder why you read it in the first place and question your sanity. I'm sure Mr King is a lovely man but come on.....there are plenty out there that are scary. Try Susan Hill's The Woman in Black...or just go see the play.
Mind you, it also depends on what you define as being scary and whether you scare very easily...
N.B I have not read IT but I have read another SK novel whilst young and naive and not really understanding that there was a whole world of books out there that were 100000000000x better.
2007-01-06 09:47:59 · answer #4 · answered by violet_vomit 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ancient images by Ramsey Campbell. Salems Lot by Stephen King. Ghost Story by peter Straub. Haunted by James Herbert. The Portrait by Graham Masterton.The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. The Haunting of Tobey Jugg by Dennis Wheatley to name a few...
2007-01-06 09:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
It by Stephen King
The Rats In The Walls by H. P. Lovecraft
The Hound by H. P. Lovecraft
Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft
Lori by Robert Bloch
2007-01-06 09:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by blizz_1133 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interview with the vampire
The vampire Lestat
Taltos Lives of the Mayfair Witches
The Witching Hour
Memnoch the Devil
Lasher
all by Anne Rice
2007-01-06 11:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by richard06091957 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert has some really eerie moments in it.
The Rats also by James Herbert is also pretty scary.
2007-01-08 00:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by Mona 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have your read the book ' The Mirror' by Stephen King. That is one book you will not be able to put down. It takes you right into the story.
2007-01-06 12:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by twentyeight7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Richard Laymon,
Graham Masterton,
Shaun Hudson, (Slugs)
All very good horror writers, some books as with all authors are better than others, but I do find these 3 authors are better than Stephen King as some of his books get a little bit deep for my liking.
(save buying any pop to your local library then at least if you don't like them you haven't wasted any money.)
2007-01-11 07:57:22 · answer #10 · answered by RED 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka. It's a short story describing how prisoners were executed on a French Island. Not 'scary' as such, but deeply disturbing. I loved it.
2007-01-08 22:55:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋