Keep the Lights on With One of the Best Scary Books of All Time
If you’re one of those people who likes to be scared and will stay up ’til all hours of the night just to read something that will keep you awake for a few more nights just thinking about it, there are a lot of books out there for you. Some of the best, though, are those that are classic and have been around for a while.
The most popular of the scary books is still Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s quality and the fear that it brings to the reader haven’t faded with time like some books will, and new generations are discovering it when they are required to read the classics. A more modern classic that still keeps people awake is Stephen King’s The Shining. Other fear-inducing, hide-under-the-covers, what-was-that-noise books include The Haunting of Hill House, The Exorcist, and pretty much anything ever written by Edgar Allan Poe.
There are plenty of scary stories out there, but these classics are some of the best in the genre. They have the power to frighten across race, class, social status, age, and time.
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June 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Excellent list, simple & sweet. I really feel, however, that Stephen King deserves a double-billing. Many of his stories are quite frightening, and they’re all perfectly crafted, but only 1 other truly deserves to be placed on this list: IT …both IT and the Shining gave me screaming nightmares (literally) like nothing ever before or since.
September 11th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I agree with Kate,but only the Shining is worthy.The ending of IT was completely stupied….The clown’s a giant spider … COMMON!It was dumb.Almost all of King’s stories end and make no darn sence.
June 30th, 2010 at 12:11 am
The Shining is a truly frightening movie that works symbolically on many levels, but is basically about human shortcomings and the way they can be exploited by unconscious forces combined with weakness of will. This film scares the most just by using suggestion to turn your own imagination against you.
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