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LadyCrow · 08-22-2004, 10:11 AM

In relation to the creepy movie thread, have any books creeped you out?

For me, it was Salem's Lot by Stephen King (one of my all-time favorite authors). The book scared the crap out of me (& I can usually handle scary books). After I read it, I saw commercials for the movie on tv, & refused to watch it.

Although I suppose that if the movie sequel sucked, the first flick probably isn't as creepy as I thought.

Pax,
LC

Avalon · 08-22-2004, 12:26 PM

I have read everything by Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Between the books and the Exorcist, it is no wonder I don't sleep well

The scariest book for me is Stephen King's "The Stand" because it seems plausible. And with all the talk of chemical weapons these days, it scares me even more

Willow Sylph · 08-22-2004, 02:28 PM

I've read dern near everything by Stephen King as well. The scariest book for me was "It."

daverbee · 08-22-2004, 03:48 PM

Read Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates.
Seriously deranged book.
A friend loaned it to me a couple years ago. When I was finished and tried to return it she said to keep it because she didn't want "that thing" in her house.

Zaftig · 08-22-2004, 04:12 PM

I read a ton but surprisingly enough I don't think I have ever read a single scarey book. I recently took out a couple of them from the library though:

The Girl Who Loved Tim Gordon By Stephen King
Night Shift By Stephen King

I'll come back when I have read them.

madasacutsnake · 08-22-2004, 10:37 PM

Devil on the Road by Robert Westall

trisherina · 08-22-2004, 11:32 PM

Scariest book I ever read was American Psycho, and not just for the overdone style. That book has the honour of having the only pages in a book that I have been unable to make myself read.

Klynne · 08-22-2004, 11:37 PM

Audrey Rose

Audreyvgs · 08-23-2004, 12:20 AM

Being and Nothingness.

Simage · 08-23-2004, 04:58 AM

honestly... never really read a creepy book... if it starts feeling a little creepy I just start visuallizing it as a cartoon...kinda like the road runner ones... pretty hard to have a cartoon creep you out...

I find movies are always easier to get creeped out by because its imposing someone elses visualization of a story on you, you can't sugar coat it to protect yourself...

Aphrodite · 08-24-2004, 10:22 AM

I've read most of the Stephen King books.
Skeleton Crew has some wicked short stories that I still think of occasionally. The Mist was one of them.

My room-mate when I was first on my own loved Stephen King and one story in particular freaked her out. It was called Flexible Bullet and revolved around this author who had little 'Fornits' living in his typewriter. They'd leave him messages. Well one day after I had moved out. Another friend and I went to her house when she wasn't there. I used my finger to write "Fornits some Fornus" on her bathroom mirror. (The oil on your finger will not show up right then, but if you add steam, the writing will not fog up and is clearly visible.) She called me later to say that she freaked out when she got out of the shower the next morning.

Clytie · 08-24-2004, 10:51 AM

i cant read scary books. my imagination is too good - i end up scring myself

Avalon · 08-24-2004, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by Clytie
i cant read scary books. my imagination is too good - i end up scring myself

I think this is exactly the reason that many of King's books do not translate well to film. You can scare yourself so much better than someone else can!

Clytie · 08-24-2004, 11:42 AM

*shivers* that is for sure...then again i dun go to scary movies either.

Aphrodite · 08-24-2004, 12:00 PM

Dean Koontz and Stephen King write similar books and kind of look alike. Well, they both have that creepy look in their eyes.

08-22-2004, 10:11 AM	#1
LadyCrow WhY sO SiRiUs? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ta uoy erehw Posts: 1,120	How about creepy books? In relation to the creepy movie thread, have any books creeped you out? For me, it was Salem's Lot by Stephen King (one of my all-time favorite authors). The book scared the crap out of me (& I can usually handle scary books). After I read it, I saw commercials for the movie on tv, & refused to watch it. Although I suppose that if the movie sequel sucked, the first flick probably isn't as creepy as I thought. Pax, LC __________________ "If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." -- Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Texas vs. Johnson, 1989 ************ Illegitimi non carborundum... ************ Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. - Heath Ledger

08-22-2004, 12:26 PM	#2
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	I have read everything by Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Between the books and the Exorcist, it is no wonder I don't sleep well The scariest book for me is Stephen King's "The Stand" because it seems plausible. And with all the talk of chemical weapons these days, it scares me even more __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

08-22-2004, 02:28 PM	#3
Willow Sylph monkey Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,608	I've read dern near everything by Stephen King as well. The scariest book for me was "It." __________________ Knight 1: We are now no longer the Knights who say "Ni". Knight 2: NI! Other Knights: Shh.... Knight 1: We are now the Knights who say.... "Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG! Zoom-Boing! Z'nourrwringmm!"

08-22-2004, 04:12 PM	#5
Zaftig monkey Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 1,951	I read a ton but surprisingly enough I don't think I have ever read a single scarey book. I recently took out a couple of them from the library though: The Girl Who Loved Tim Gordon By Stephen King Night Shift By Stephen King I'll come back when I have read them. __________________ Build a bridge and get over it.

08-22-2004, 10:37 PM	#6
madasacutsnake no more nice girl Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,054	Devil on the Road by Robert Westall __________________ He really shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

08-22-2004, 03:48 PM	#4
daverbee Key Lime Pie rocks!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oh, yeah! Posts: 7,695	Read Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates. Seriously deranged book. A friend loaned it to me a couple years ago. When I was finished and tried to return it she said to keep it because she didn't want "that thing" in her house.

08-22-2004, 11:32 PM	#7
trisherina meretricious dilettante Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,068	Scariest book I ever read was American Psycho, and not just for the overdone style. That book has the honour of having the only pages in a book that I have been unable to make myself read. __________________ Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard

08-22-2004, 11:37 PM	#8
Klynne monkey Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 4,543	Audrey Rose

08-23-2004, 12:20 AM	#9
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412	Being and Nothingness.

08-23-2004, 04:58 AM	#10
Simage monkey Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 289	honestly... never really read a creepy book... if it starts feeling a little creepy I just start visuallizing it as a cartoon...kinda like the road runner ones... pretty hard to have a cartoon creep you out... I find movies are always easier to get creeped out by because its imposing someone elses visualization of a story on you, you can't sugar coat it to protect yourself...

08-24-2004, 10:22 AM	#11
Aphrodite Myth Demeanour Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My tent Posts: 3,041	I've read most of the Stephen King books. Skeleton Crew has some wicked short stories that I still think of occasionally. The Mist was one of them. My room-mate when I was first on my own loved Stephen King and one story in particular freaked her out. It was called Flexible Bullet and revolved around this author who had little 'Fornits' living in his typewriter. They'd leave him messages. Well one day after I had moved out. Another friend and I went to her house when she wasn't there. I used my finger to write "Fornits some Fornus" on her bathroom mirror. (The oil on your finger will not show up right then, but if you add steam, the writing will not fog up and is clearly visible.) She called me later to say that she freaked out when she got out of the shower the next morning. __________________ Monkey on the Halfshell

08-24-2004, 10:51 AM	#12
Clytie thundering is my favorite Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: motivated to be all i can be Posts: 3,827	i cant read scary books. my imagination is too good - i end up scring myself __________________ your star shaped heart has reached out to me and together our hearts beat as one bound by the rich red that runs coarsing united we stand stronger than before able to face the dark with hands entwined

08-24-2004, 11:42 AM	#14
Clytie thundering is my favorite Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: motivated to be all i can be Posts: 3,827	shivers that is for sure...then again i dun go to scary movies either. __________________ your star shaped heart has reached out to me and together our hearts beat as one bound by the rich red that runs coarsing united we stand stronger than before able to face the dark with hands entwined

08-24-2004, 12:00 PM	#15
Aphrodite Myth Demeanour Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My tent Posts: 3,041	Dean Koontz and Stephen King write similar books and kind of look alike. Well, they both have that creepy look in their eyes. __________________ Monkey on the Halfshell

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