Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
The John Fowles novel?
Yeah. And for the same reason as Thompson & Carroll.
Jilli, I probably wouldn't have found House of Leaves as unsettling if I hadn't read 80% of it in a all-night marathon. But be aware it is heavy on mother-issues so... you might not want to give it a try right now.
One of the scariest things I've read was The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. But that's not generally considered horror.
But that's not generally considered horror.
I consider it horror.
I don't find many vampire books scary, really.
Well, yes. What I should have said is that they're not "vampire-delightful."
I'm easily freaked out by suspense and creeping unease and those questions of what is and isn't real.
Yeah, maybe now isn't the time for you to read it.
For me, as much as I loved Salem's Lot and found it scary (it helped that I grew up next to the town that was the model for it and knew the house that the Marsten (?) House was based on), The Shining was the scariest for me. And it's probably the book I've re-read most ever, to the point where if I was going to be a book in Farenheit 451, I've always said I'd be The Shining.
As for Straub, I also love Floating Dragon, but it was Ghost Scary that scared me the most. Shadowland is my favorite of his, though (note to self: reread Shadowland & The Talisman, and finally get around reading the second collabortation of those two).
The Haunting of Hill House is another favorite, though We Have Always Lived in the Castle is right up there. For Jackson though, if you ever see a copy of The Sundial, grab it. It's one strange-ass book. More fantasy than horror, though.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is just one of my favorite books ever, horror or not. I put The Haunting of Hill House in horror, though, and I also love it.
reread Shadowland & The Talisman, and finally get around reading the second collabortation of those two
Yes! I never finished The Talisman, actually.
Richard Matheson's Hell House held up pretty well, and was surprisingly scary in a really disturbing way, too.
I considered "Yellow Wall Paper" horror.
Richard Matheson's Hell House held up pretty well, and was surprisingly scary in a really disturbing way, too.
Ooh, yeah. Another formative horror experience for me.
Now is not the time for moderation, Jilli. Own your crazy! Teppy and ita did.
Dude, when do I NOT own my crazy? I fully admit that JilliLand only shares a border with reality.
But be aware it is heavy on mother-issues so... you might not want to give it a try right now.
Oh. Yeah, then I'm going to wait on it. Thank you for letting me know.
Richard Matheson's Hell House held up pretty well, and was surprisingly scary in a really disturbing way, too.
Oooh, I need to re-read that. But first, Salem's Lot!