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the rats
the fog (and the film)
something wicked this way comes
rosemarys baby
Harvest Home
books are way scarier than films as its all about the imagination |
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I think the extended version of 'The Stand' by Stephen King as it was written so realistically about the breakdown of society after the escape of Captain Trips. Although the second half was shite. |
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Salem's Lot & Pet Sematary.
Gerald's Game had its moments too. Especially the scene with the broken glass 
The Secret Of Crickley Hall by James Herbert has some brrrr moments too. |
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"Off the back of the films thread.
The rats triology scared the living shit out of me"
The worst ones for me were the big heavy ones my brother used to put on top of a half opened door...scared the shit out of me when they feel on my head |
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Susan Hill's Woman in Black for sure. And an encyclopedia of witchcraft I bought as a teen which terrified me so much I had my mum lock it in her wardrobe for several years so it couldn't 'get' me  |
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"Susan Hill's Woman in Black for sure. And an encyclopedia of witchcraft I bought as a teen which terrified me so much I had my mum lock it in her wardrobe for several years so it couldn't 'get' me "
Woman in Black is a-maz-ing. And scary as heck. |
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"Susan Hill's Woman in Black for sure. And an encyclopedia of witchcraft I bought as a teen which terrified me so much I had my mum lock it in her wardrobe for several years so it couldn't 'get' me
Woman in Black is a-maz-ing. And scary as heck. "
I liked the book, the film spooked me, but Jesus Christ the stage play took it to another level  |
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Any huge hardback tomes that I can't put down. I read laying on my back and when you fall asleep and they smash you in the nose you wish you enjoyed comics more. |
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American Psycho. I had to read it for uni and it's possibly the most disgusting book I've ever read.
Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory was pretty disturbing, yet also funny.
When I was a child I was afraid of the Elves and the Shoemaker, creepy little elves crawling around your house whilst you're asleep |
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"Susan Hill's Woman in Black for sure. And an encyclopedia of witchcraft I bought as a teen which terrified me so much I had my mum lock it in her wardrobe for several years so it couldn't 'get' me "
I loved The Woman in Black! Just the right amount of scary. |
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"American Psycho. I had to read it for uni and it's possibly the most disgusting book I've ever read. "
I read that for pleasure a few years ago and I thought it was tame... to begin with.
I became cautious of any chapter titled Girl or The Girls. And I've NEVER forgotten the scene with the rat. The only novel I almost stopped reading out of disgust. |
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"American Psycho. I had to read it for uni and it's possibly the most disgusting book I've ever read.
Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory was pretty disturbing, yet also funny.
When I was a child I was afraid of the Elves and the Shoemaker, creepy little elves crawling around your house whilst you're asleep "
I loved the wasp factory, been pissing on my sacrifice poles ever since.
Can you believe they did it as a play at Leeds playhouse, wish I had gone to see how they portrayed it. |
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"American Psycho. I had to read it for uni and it's possibly the most disgusting book I've ever read.
Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory was pretty disturbing, yet also funny.
When I was a child I was afraid of the Elves and the Shoemaker, creepy little elves crawling around your house whilst you're asleep
I loved the wasp factory, been pissing on my sacrifice poles ever since.
Can you believe they did it as a play at Leeds playhouse, wish I had gone to see how they portrayed it."
I loved it too, but it was very disturbing and stayed with me for days. A play sounds very intriguing. I can't imagine how they'd pull it off really. |
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"I remember the Rats books. They were quite scary.
A book called Enoch scared me too, when I was a teenager. "
James Herbert weren't they....I remember reading them and they were scary. Then he came out with fluke which was hilarious  |
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"I remember the Rats books. They were quite scary.
A book called Enoch scared me too, when I was a teenager.
James Herbert weren't they....I remember reading them and they were scary. Then he came out with fluke which was hilarious "
I remember reading Fluke on a train, and laughing out loud. I can't remember what it's about now though. I think it was Fluke, I'm going to Google |
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"I remember the Rats books. They were quite scary.
A book called Enoch scared me too, when I was a teenager.
James Herbert weren't they....I remember reading them and they were scary. Then he came out with fluke which was hilarious
I remember reading Fluke on a train, and laughing out loud. I can't remember what it's about now though. I think it was Fluke, I'm going to Google "
They made a film of it but the book was far better |
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"I remember the Rats books. They were quite scary.
A book called Enoch scared me too, when I was a teenager.
James Herbert weren't they....I remember reading them and they were scary. Then he came out with fluke which was hilarious
I remember reading Fluke on a train, and laughing out loud. I can't remember what it's about now though. I think it was Fluke, I'm going to Google
They made a film of it but the book was far better "
It was Wilt I read on the train. I have read Fluke though. I just have a terrible memory |
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"Not particularly scary but I felt rather uncomfortable reading Dead Boys by Richard Calder. I still shudder at the thought of being slink-riven and I don't even have a foof!"
Loved Rats, Lair and Domain! I went through a phase of devouring James Herbert books and was surprised by the Magic Cottage and Fluke, nice changes of pace
Scary books...maybe the Necroscope and Vampire World books by Brian Lumley. Very good and a brilliant twist on vampires |
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"I remember the Rats books. They were quite scary.
A book called Enoch scared me too, when I was a teenager.
James Herbert weren't they....I remember reading them and they were scary. Then he came out with fluke which was hilarious
I remember reading Fluke on a train, and laughing out loud. I can't remember what it's about now though. I think it was Fluke, I'm going to Google
They made a film of it but the book was far better
It was Wilt I read on the train. I have read Fluke though. I just have a terrible memory "
Same here....fluke was about the reincarnated dog....but the book had far more humour in it then the film  |
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"Susan Hill's Woman in Black for sure. And an encyclopedia of witchcraft I bought as a teen which terrified me so much I had my mum lock it in her wardrobe for several years so it couldn't 'get' me
Woman in Black is a-maz-ing. And scary as heck.
I liked the book, the film spooked me, but Jesus Christ the stage play took it to another level "
Completely agree. |
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