The scariest book I ever read was The Exorcist. I thought The Amittyville Horror would scare me, but it actually didn't. It was a good read, though.

Nothing really scared me but John Saul's "Suffer the Children" was pretty disturbing.

newspapers scare me ..

i can be entertained by a horror novel if written well (something that in itself is rarer than 7 cent coin) but scared .... not a chance.

I've not read a book in years something like 20 odd years... I'm not a book worm and I get easily distracted, even though for some weird reason, I've got a full bookshelf of stuff I intended to read over the years.

but I do remember one book, with a particular scene in it that freaked me out, must have been 10 or 11 years old, it was called Inseminoid, about aliens and a woman was raped by one, she then went on a murder spree around a space ship, thats all I can really remember of it.

A film was made, but I've not seen it.

Hell House by Richard Matheson - pity they screwed up the movie so badly!

I'm gonna' get ripped on for this...but I've read a good majority of Stephen King's works, and the novel "Dreamcatcher" really creeped me out. Now, before the insults begin, keep in mind that I didn't think the movie was scary at all whatsoever, so you can only imput on this if you've read the book, because it's a lot scarier than the movie. It just kinda gave me the creeps.

Hey Urge, what's "The Dune" about?

the dune ??

Yah, is Dune a book? Or an author or what...the one that made you look at water differently.

oh ..

Dune ... just Dune .

by Frank Herbert. arguable one of the best - most famous Sci-Fi novels of all times ..

Highly recommended.

Sweet, thanks. I'll check it out. Is it really weird and shit?

the 1st one isnt weird .. its just really well conceived.

the sequels get weirder as they progress .. Herbert has a very complex and imaginative way of writing .. he sees things that no one else could dream of ...

very detailed .. but that doesnt mean its easy to understand.

The first novel is a creation .. worlds are created in detail ..
and intrigue .. lots of intrigue ...

fighting amung houses .. it has the feel of old england ... barons using espionage against each other ...

kind of hard to explain .. i'd buy it immediately..

mutation by cook

Thumbs up for mentioning Dune.

I'll also agree with an earlier post regarding House of Leaves by Danielewski: a novel that was able to attack parts of my psyche that I never knew could get scared.

Goosebumps

Are you being serious?

I have been thinking about this and I think that probably the book that scared me most was Pet Semetary. I was actually fairly young when I read it and it freaked me out pretty good. I think that is why I remain such a faithful King fan today.

Scariest book i've ever read would have to be 'Naomis Room' by Johnathan Aycliffe. Extremely Spine Chilling ghost story!!

As a 43 year old, lifelong, voracious reader & fan of genre fiction, it takes a LOT to get a shiver out of me. I definitely DON'T scare easily.
But, each of the following gave me a chill:


SALEM'S LOT - My favorite King novel & IMO his scariest.

VAMPYRRHIC - Simon Clark's take on a SALEM'S LOT-esque
plot generates nearly as many chills as the original.

TAP TAP - Author David Martin may not be a household name
in genre circles, but with this novel he certainly wrote
something much more frightening than the vast majority of
horror fiction's household names ever have.

SUMMER OF NIGHT - Hands down, this one has my vote as
the "scariest book ever". Simmons' fine sequel A WINTER'S
HAUNTING had it's hair raising moments as well.

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - Jay Anson's book deserves an
"honorable mention" here even though I was left rather
disappointed upon rereading it last month, because it
absolutely made my skin crawl when I read it as a teen way
back in 1978.

Pet Sematary and The Shining

" Sometimes dead is better.."
" All work and no play makes jack a dull boy"

"Revelations" by Jesus

mine was:

'Storming the Gate, the Horrible Discovery of Professor Sims.'

talk about intense, the thing has teeth.

it used to be 'The Exorcist' until about a month ago though....

Scariest book.
 

Ya, probly the Exorsist. However, It by Steven King was not only epic but, scary as all hell. I also recamend, Floting Dragon by Peter Straub.

Prey by Graham Masterson. A very, very disturbing book.

Book
 

Have to agree with knife fight, the short King story the boogyman got to me. Still hate closets to this day! HA!

the stand made me uncomfortable and no one could calm me down for a week, same with stephen's it.

but scariest? Dracula.

i don't read books about satanism or anything, or books like pet sematary, etc, because they make me very uncomfortable, and i don't like that.