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Scariest Books You've Read - jimbow8 - 07-27-2004 ripper_bd Wrote:Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie at this so bear with me! I totally agree, Matheson is an amazing author. I first read this about 4 years ago and I think I've re-read it 5 times since, its gotta be the best alternative vampire novel ever written... 'cept the Keep. This is gonna sound weird but which movie version of I AM LEGEND did you prefer? Vincent Price or Charlton Heston? I'm a huge Vincent Price fan so you can gues where my vote goes!Ahhh....We've had this discussion before. I think the Vincent Price is much truer to the original novel, but I like the atmosphere of the Heston movie better. I don't know if I like either one 'better' than the other; they both have their goods and bads. Scariest Books You've Read - Scott Miller - 07-28-2004 While I've only read the first three chapters, Arslan by M.J. Engh already qualifies as a terrifying reading experience. A thoroughly heinous villian combined with distinctly plausibile scenario are giving me a severe case of cramps. I am almost afraid to push forward. Scariest Books You've Read - ripper_bd - 07-30-2004 The one book that always gives me the creeps is 'Vamphyrric' by Simon Clark, I tend to read horror/thriller stuff at night for the atmosphere but even when reading this in broad daylight it still make me shiver... Especially the lift scene in the basement of the hotel. I urge everyone to read this book! :p -BD Scariest Books You've Read - Kenji - 07-30-2004 ripper_bd Wrote:The one book that always gives me the creeps is 'Vamphyrric' by Simon Clark, I tend to read horror/thriller stuff at night for the atmosphere but even when reading this in broad daylight it still make me shiver... Simon Clark? A few months ago, I bought his "Blood Crazy". This book is his first translated novel.... But I haven't read yet. Now I'm reading The daVinci Code. I know, I know,this is not horror stuff, but this is really awesome. Scariest Books You've Read - jimbow8 - 07-30-2004 ripper_bd Wrote:The one book that always gives me the creeps is 'Vamphyrric' by Simon Clark, I tend to read horror/thriller stuff at night for the atmosphere but even when reading this in broad daylight it still make me shiver...I have this book on my bookshelf waiting to be read (along with many others). I had been reading A Lower Deep by Tom Piccirilli but couldn't even get through it. I found the writing style to be horrible. I was about halfway through it and had no real concept of what was happening or why. I finally just had to give up. I just bought a couple used books while on vacation up here in Canada: The Deep by Peter Benchley and The Mummy by Anne Rice - $0.50ea Canadian. Scariest Books You've Read - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 08-01-2004 Kenji Asakura Wrote:This sentence is from Japanese newspaper. Thanks, Kenji. I didn't think much could surprise me anymore. I was wrong. Scariest Books You've Read - cyber-jack - 08-02-2004 Most of these have already been listed, but here are the scariest books I've read (in no particular order): The Exorcist 'Salem's Lot I am Legend (and all of Matheson's shorter work) I think alot of books were scary when I was younger (It for instance), but re-reading them later in life, I've found them to be less than terrifying. The three above however, are as scary to me today, as when I first read them. What I have been able to digest of Lovecraft's work has not been as terrifying as it is unsettling. I have the strangest dreams after reading Lovecraft, as if his work is trying to burrow into my soul and take over, so to that extent I guess it's scary, but still hard to get through... Anne Rice is not at all scary (unless you're looking at a picture of her, that is) and I think she has been mis-categorized as horror when she should be in the romance isle. Whenever I see a clip from the film version of Interview with a Vampire where one of Rice's Fabio like Vampire says "I haven't been human for a thousand years..." I think of Dr. Smith from that old Lost in Space show (Ohhhhhh...the pain). Since when are vampires so winey and petulant? Scariest Books You've Read - jimbow8 - 08-02-2004 cyber-jack Wrote:What I have been able to digest of Lovecraft's work has not been as terrifying as it is unsettling. I have the strangest dreams after reading Lovecraft, as if his work is trying to burrow into my soul and take over, so to that extent I guess it's scary, but still hard to get through...I really need to read some HPL. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Speaking of Anne Rice, I just picked up a used copy of The Mummy for about $0.40. Has anyone read this/Is it any good? I read and was very disappointed in Interview with the Vampire, but I figured I would pick up th Mummy merely because of the cost. I also got Peter Benchley's The Deep. Scariest Books You've Read - cyber-jack - 08-02-2004 jimbow8 Wrote:I really need to read some HPL. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Sorry, haven't read the Mummy. I somehow got through Interview and half way through The Vampire Lestat before I realized that I would rather piss a stream of barbed wire than read another word Anne Rice put to paper. 40 cents is a good buy, though... Scariest Books You've Read - dkline - 08-05-2004 The scariest book I've ever read is Desperation by Stephen King. It came out in 1996, so it is fairly new. I truly enjoyed it not only because it was scary - which I think it was - but I found this to be among his books so well written that I can actually visualize the settings and the characters. |