Post by sparrowsong on Jul 28, 2014 20:30:49 GMT -5
As a child - The Dollhouse Murders
It was a young adult book about a girl who moves into a house and upstairs is a gorgeous dollhouse that is an exact replica of the real house. At night the dolls come alive and act out a murder that took place there. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
As an adult - Communion: A True Story
A supposedly true story about alien abduction. Do NOT read books about aliens when you've been smoking pot.
This makes me want to go back and read Fear Street books. Although I doubt they would seem as scary now lol
I love the Watchers. Not sure it is the scariest, but portions of it take place right by my house, and that always lends itself to the fear factor. Plus it was really well written. I am a big fan if Dean Koontz's earlier work - it's almost all great.
This makes me want to go back and read Fear Street books. Although I doubt they would seem as scary now lol
I love the Watchers. Not sure it is the scariest, but portions of it take place right by my house, and that always lends itself to the fear factor. Plus it was really well written. I am a big fan if Dean Koontz's earlier work - it's almost all great.
His early stuff is so much better than what he's writing now.
I also really liked Christopher Pike stuff growing up. So good.
Helter Skelter terrified me. This is the prosecutor's account of the Manson Family murders. I made the mistake of bringing it to read when I was on vacation with my family in a cabin the mountains. I couldn't even look at the windows after dark, none of which had blinds or curtains, because I was so scared I'd see a face looking back at me. I was like 19 at the time.
I loooved his (Stephen King's) short story about the woman that finds out her H is a serial killer. I forgot about that one! It was A Good Marriage in his short story collection Full Dark, No Stars. Apparently they're turning it into a movie (surprise surprise).
ETA I just grabbed it from the shelf and am gonna reread it real quick. But first, I need a beer. BRB.
Yessss. Another story in that one freaked me out also, the woman who is kidnapped when her car breaks down? Things that could really happen like that really stay with me.
This makes me want to go back and read Fear Street books. Although I doubt they would seem as scary now lol
I love the Watchers. Not sure it is the scariest, but portions of it take place right by my house, and that always lends itself to the fear factor. Plus it was really well written. I am a big fan if Dean Koontz's earlier work - it's almost all great.
His early stuff is so much better than what he's writing now.
I also really liked Christopher Pike stuff growing up. So good.
I still own a few Christopher Pike books. Remember Me is amazing.
Also Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark was mostly okay except the illustrations were definitely creepy... and for some reason the story Harold fucking ruined me. No clue why that one got me, but I was scurred.
This makes me want to go back and read Fear Street books. Although I doubt they would seem as scary now lol
I love the Watchers. Not sure it is the scariest, but portions of it take place right by my house, and that always lends itself to the fear factor. Plus it was really well written. I am a big fan if Dean Koontz's earlier work - it's almost all great.
His early stuff is so much better than what he's writing now.
I also really liked Christopher Pike stuff growing up. So good.
Yeah it sucks. I want more good stuff! Intensity was so good - that and Watchers are my favorite.
'Salem's Lot scared the shit out of me when I read it. I was eight, but still. I can't think of anything that has scared me that badly since though, so that's my scariest story.
It was a young adult book about a girl who moves into a house and upstairs is a gorgeous dollhouse that is an exact replica of the real house. At night the dolls come alive and act out a murder that took place there. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
As an adult - Communion: A True Story
A supposedly true story about alien abduction. Do NOT read books about aliens when you've been smoking pot.
Ooh, I loved The Dollhouse Murders. Also a scary kids' book -- Wait Til Helen Comes.
OOH. Wait Til Helen Comes was TERRIFYING as a child. I just put it (along with several other books in this thread) on hold at the library. I cannot wait to see read it as an adult.
I read Helter Skelter in 5th grade (the non-fiction account of the Charles Manson murders) and had to sleep with my mother for a week. I also spent an entire night reading It because I was too scared to turn off the light and go to sleep. But I agree with others, the scariest book I've read recently was We Need to Talk About Kevin.
I made the mistake of reading the exorcist when I was 12 and my father had forbidden me to watch it on tv. Read it in one sitting and spent the rest of the night not sleeping.
It, Pet Semetary and The Shining scared me as a young teen. More recently, Under The Dome was too realistic for comfort.
As a kid, Go Ask Alice gave me nightmares. I woke up hysterical on night. My poor mother.
As an adult, Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen. I was a mess reading it. All anxious and I would wake up in the middle of the night with my heart pounding.
Post by woodenshoes on Jul 29, 2014 6:28:13 GMT -5
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors about the 1972 plane crash where survivors resorted to cannibalism. I slept on my mom's bedroom floor for a week. I blame my 1993 Ethan Hawke crush. I just had to go and read the book after seeing the movie.
I loved We Need To Talk About Kevin. I didn't find it scary so much as unsettling. I loved how it raised the questions of nature vs nurture with regards to sociopaths. I find that such a fascinating topic. Which, lol, is probably scary in itself. nursecramer, you're the one that shares my fear/fascination with sociopaths, yes?
This is how I felt. I wasn't scared as much as I just felt really off after I finished it. I thought it was a great book though!
Also I share the fascination with sociopaths and true crime, murder, and things of that sort. I've been told that with my collection of forensic books, it looks like I'm plotting the ultimate murder, lol. I just find it so interesting to try to understand the mind of someone that works like that and how outside influences and biology play into it.
I loved We Need To Talk About Kevin. I didn't find it scary so much as unsettling. I loved how it raised the questions of nature vs nurture with regards to sociopaths. I find that such a fascinating topic. Which, lol, is probably scary in itself. nursecramer, you're the one that shares my fear/fascination with sociopaths, yes?
This is how I felt. I wasn't scared as much as I just felt really off after I finished it. I thought it was a great book though!
Also I share the fascination with sociopaths and true crime, murder, and things of that sort. I've been told that with my collection of forensic books, it looks like I'm plotting the ultimate murder, lol. I just find it so interesting to try to understand the mind of someone that works like that and how outside influences and biology play into it.
Tell me more about your favorite true crime/forensic books. Please and thank you!
Post by lexxasaurus on Jul 29, 2014 10:13:46 GMT -5
I read a bit of The Sociopath Next Door at the bookstore and HAVE to finish it.
I love The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Several stories inside about unsolved mysteries like the Lindbergh kidnapping, Jonbenet, Black Dahlia.
Ann Rule is good. The Stranger Beside Me, Lust Killer.
I enjoy reading about a variety so books like The World's Most Evil Psychopaths and The Encyclopedia of Women Killers are ones I have.
Shake The Devil Off was one I couldn't put down for some reason. I think I felt the same about Shattered by Kathryn Casey. I'm not at home so these are all ones that stand out from my collection but I could list more later.