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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. 

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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 ā€œnormalā€ people are committing suicide. 
It can be read alone (but Iā€™ve already pre-ordered #5 in the series).
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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.  

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@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!  

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@Sooner 

 

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

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@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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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!

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

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