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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 11:34:15 AM

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The Cobra Event is one of my personal favorites. Or anything by Richard Preston, for that matter. He's lovely if you're into more of a medical type of "scary story".

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 6:50:00 PM

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"The Girls He Adored" by Jonathan Nasaw
http://www.amazon.com/Girls-He-Adored-Jonathan-Nasaw/dp/0671787454/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248918498&sr=1-1

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"Desert Places" by Blake Crouch
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anything by Robert R. McCammon or Richard Matheson....simply delicious

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 7:09:22 PM

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I have never encountered a book or movie that scared me.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 7:11:40 PM

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carrie at the end of the movie

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 7:30:08 PM

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No love here for H.P Lovecraft? Some of his stuff was overblown and melodramatic, but then again some of it scared the living bejeesus out of me. Definitely worth a look.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 7:31:41 PM

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I have never really gotten scared from Lovecraft. Its a little too out there for me to take seriously enough to find scary.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/29/2009 7:45:50 PM

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I think he's definitely hit or miss. Like you say, some of his stuff was so overblown, it was more embarassing than scary. But i do remember a few of his stories that just plain scared the hell out of me.

Trouble is, I can't remember which ones.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 6:04:17 AM

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pet cemetary, stephen king.
can't believe i kept getting pet cats after that

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 6:13:08 AM

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stephen king's the shining

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 6:16:28 AM

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It" by Stephen King reigns as the only book that has ever scared me so much I couldnt sleep.
I adore anything by Clive Barker, early stuff and the later
Brian Lumley "Necroscope" series is still a favourite of all time
Robert MCGammon, "Swan Song" and "Baal" specially
Michael Slade Im re reading "Hangman" at the moment, but lots of his books are gruesome specially "Ghoul" and "Cuthroat"
Now I have a need to go down to the bookshop and get something new :)
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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 7:54:23 PM

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How could I forget Michael Slade? I loved "Headhunter" and "Ghoul" especially......luci

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 8:49:07 PM

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Surprisingly enough, books don't scare me...I've read all of SK's horror stuff, many times over, I adore medical mysteries, Robin Cook and Michael Patterson ( I think) are two of my favorites. I've read the Exorcist, didn't scare me a bit. I have a very active imagination, and can actually picture the book happening in my mind's eye.
The Amityville Horror just bored me......the movie wasn't much better, IMHO.

Now MOVIES, on the other hand.......to this day, I can't watch the Exorcist in one sitting, the lights have to be on, and/or it's gotta be broad daylight. And that was long before CGI special effects. And if you want to be scared a bit, watch the Exorcism of Emily Rose......keep in mind that she did ALL of the scenes herself, there was no CGI, no special effect gear. That alone kept me up after watching the movie. And it's based on a true story.

Vampires are the big draw for me, both in books and movies....don't know why, the original Dracula w/Bela scared the living sh&* outta me when I saw it as a kid...slept with a scarf around my neck in the middle of summer, in a house w/no A/C. Now, I just love the movies. I've read the Twilight series 3 times, The Sookie Stackhouse novels 3 x's, and have started on the House of Night books, watched the first season on True Blood on dvd 3x's, have the Blade series, The Underworld series, Van Helsing, Dracula, the good one w/ Gary Oldman and Wynona Rider, all on dvd. Each holds it's own draw for me. Werewolves are good too.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 8:50:09 PM

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pet cemetary, stephen king.
can't believe i kept getting pet cats after that

Cats? Plural? Be thankful. If you kept getting the same one back over and over, you would definitely regret having read that book.

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RE: Scary stories - 7/30/2009 8:52:02 PM

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stephen king's the shining

The only book I've ever read that I would not read when i was home alone at night. And I don't care how silly that sounds.

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