Scary books/Wait Til Helen Comes

[krystee]

Has anyone read this book? It scared the crap out of me in grade school, but I absolutely loved it. I still think it's one of the scariest books I've ever read.

Apparently I like being scared. What is a book that seriously freaked you out? I will add it to my list.

[angnshaun]

Hannibal - i actually felt nauseous reading it

[lemondrop]

I stayed up at night to read The Exorcist, Hannibal and Silence of the Lambs as a young teenager.

[mdgirl]

I read American Psycho a couple years ago, but I skipped the really gory bits. So basically lists of skin care products, clothes, and menu items at silly restaurants.

[BlackCanary]

Growing up the Dollhouse Murders was really scary to me.

[specka]

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill made me sleep with the lights on. I gave it to a friend and he said it terrified him. It's a ghost story so I don't know if it would be as scary if you weren't a little creeped out by ghosts.

[sparrowsong]

May 16, 2012 22:01:47 GMT -5 BlackCanary said:

Growing up the Dollhouse Murders was really scary to me.

Ditto. That book freaked me out.

City of Masks - Daniel Hecht There were a couple scenes that freaked me out a bit.

Communion: A True Story - I just recommend you don't read this book while smoking pot. No reason. I didn't freak out at all over it.... ummm... no further comment.

ETA: Oh and Helter Skelter. If you feel like going a little crazy. Yikes.

[angnshaun]

May 16, 2012 22:29:35 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

May 16, 2012 22:01:47 GMT -5 BlackCanary said:

ETA: Oh and Helter Skelter. If you feel like going a little crazy. Yikes.

I wasnt scared by the book itself. But living and working in NYC as you can imagine there are a lot of bums here and a lot with long hair and beards... i still think every one of them looks like Manson lol

[mollymoe]

The Doll House Murders! I remember wanting to read that book as a kid. I'll have to read it now. I've been reading books that I never read growing up but always wanted to. I just finished The Headless Cupid and The Egypt Game. I think I would have liked them better as a kid but I was always curious about the stories.

I like ghost stories. City of Masks is on my Kindle. I'll have to add Heart Shaped Box too.

[angnshaun]

Run - Blake Crouch

[jm1982]

lurker delurking here.

Wait till Helen Comes was one of my favorite books when I was younger, and is (I think) why Helen became one of my favorite names.

But scariest book ever for me has been Helter Skelter. I made the mistake of bringing it on a family vacation to a cabin in the mountains. I finished it in the first two days, and then was terrified to even look at the windows at night for the entire rest of the week. Such a bad decision on my part.

[whitepicketfence]

There are SO many books in this thread that I'm going to have to add to my GR...

I haven't really read anything too scary, but SK's It really freaked me the heck out.

[doxies]

I just added Heart-Shaped Box to my list (hopefully it isn't too bad - sometimes I am better at reading scary things than watching them in movies). They have it available at the Philly library for ebooks.

Then I discovered that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. Interesting!

[chicacocodrilo]

World War Z, Max Brooks. I love zombies, but it caused some creepy dreams.

Pet Sematary, Stephen King. Scariest part for me is the everyday horror of that highway.

[BlackCanary]

I forgot one! Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. Scared the crap out of me when I was younger!

[bookwormjen]

Wait Til Helen Comes! I loved that book, too. I might have been a little overprotective of my younger sister for a while after reading that book... I read it again a couple of years ago and I thought it held up pretty well for what it is.

But I don't really read scary books. I can't even remember the last scary book I read (which isn't saying much, because I barely remember yesterday most of the time).

Oddly, I like spooky movies, especially ones from childhood. My sister and I will sit down and watch The Watcher in the Woods in its entirety to this day.

[briedrew]

I loved Wait til Helen Comes. I was freaked out for weeks after I read it. Books don't usually freak me out like that, but I do tend to avoid anything that's really considered horror. Scary movies on the other hand- can't get enough. I tend to sleep with my rosary under my pillow.

[2curlydogs]

Oh, I LOVED Wait til Helen Comes. Creepy, but good.

[harmony11]

I read Wait Til Helen Comes late one night on a pier while my parents were fishing. Not the brightest thing I have ever done. Freaked me out!