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Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

MoJoV — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:27:49 GMT

I've read most of Stephen King and authors like that. Anyone have any obscure reads like that? Not slasher bloody stuff,just good old spooky. I remember a shory story by Roald Dahl about children ghosts. Can't think of the title.

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

GingerPeach — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:35:07 GMT

If you haven't read them yet, @MoJoV , I highly recommend Dean Koontz's series about a new character, Jane Hawk.

The first one is called The Silent Corner.

It's not strict horror if you are used to thinking of Dean Koontz in this genre, but a scary and chilling first novel of the saga of an exceptionally strong woman to find the truth about why respected, happy, and “normal” people are committing suicide.

It can be read alone (but I’ve already pre-ordered #5 in the series).

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

4kitties — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 17:43:44 GMT

An oldie but goodie, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

The old black and white movie, The Haunting of Hill House is still the scariest movie I have ever watched! Have the DVD and watch it every October.

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

Sooner — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 17:49:06 GMT

@4kitties wrote:
An oldie but goodie, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

The old black and white movie, The Haunting of Hill House is still the scariest movie I have ever watched! Have the DVD and watch it every October.

@4kitties I was about to post that! I agree with you 100 percent!

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

4kitties — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:23:25 GMT

@Sooner

Great minds think alike!🤣

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

MoJoV — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:34:55 GMT

@GingerPeach I'll look for those. Thank you for the rec.

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

MoJoV — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:38:04 GMT

@4kitties I agree about "The Haunting" not the remake but the first one. Terrifying. Netflix did a series of it,too. That was scary also.

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alicedee — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:44:36 GMT

The Exorcist was a scary book. There was another I read years ago..lI think the name was Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon...it was quite scary!

Re: Asking recs for scary books for the season👻

teganslaw — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:55:16 GMT

Edgar Allen Poe's stories. They fit in with the Halloween season.

Re: Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

Dusty1 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 01:26:13 GMT

@MoJoV Ezekial Boone The Hatching

Re: Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

insomniac2 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 20:46:23 GMT

4kitties, I am totally in your corner with my love of "The Haunting" (1963). Over the years, I have read the book about three dozen times, and have seen the movie possibly even more than that. It's a brilliant story, and the cast is impeccable!

(Warning: do not watch the updated version. It's sheer trash.)

Re: Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

insomniac2 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 20:49:39 GMT

I found Chris Bohjahlian's Night Journey to be quite scary, without going overboard.

I also think The Shining (both the movie and the book) is tremendously scary. (The book and the movie are not identical, but they work together brilliantly.)

Re: Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

4kitties — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:54:12 GMT

Glad to hear from other Shirley Jackson fans! I just love the book and the old, black and white movie version of The Haunting. I just got both out to read and watch!

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spiritoo — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:10:49 GMT

I'm a big Shirley Jackson fan! There are several collections of her short fiction available, and she really shines in that genre. Her famous short story The Lottery is an example of how great she was in that area. Many of her stories are dark and strange.

Re: Asking recs for scarry books for the season👻

MoJoV — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:05:26 GMT

@spiritoo wrote:
I'm a big Shirley Jackson fan! There are several collections of her short fiction available, and she really shines in that genre. Her famous short story The Lottery is an example of how great she was in that area. Many of her stories are dark and strange.

I've read her biography hirley Jackson, A rather Haunted Life. Very interesting read.