Whats the first book that seriously scared you?

Pico and ME · 09-10-2008, 12:17 PM

For me it was the Omen. Salems Lot did it for my husband.

#2 pencil's book burning thread triggered this memory.

Clodfobble · 09-10-2008, 12:23 PM

Pet Sematary.

glatt · 09-10-2008, 12:24 PM

I don't generally ready scary books. I ready a Stephen King short story collection, and there were a couple scary stories in that. One about a kid having to take care of some old lady relative who was a witch.

Cloud · 09-10-2008, 12:25 PM

I don't remember. But I do remember being seriously creeped out by the evilness in Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was so good at making the bad seem Bad.

Sundae · 09-10-2008, 12:25 PM

The first one I can remember the title for is Stranger With my Face - Lois Duncan (who also wrote I know What You Did Last Summer which I also read). I was 12. There's a part where she looks in the mirror and it's not her face looking back (I think her reflection is smiling) and it terrified me.

Prior to that was a book called something like The House of the Four Winds, but not the one I can see on Amazon. I asked my Mum, "What does severed mean?" and when Mum asked the context replied something like, "Looked up to see the blood dripping from a newly severed head" she took the book away from me. I got it back in the end, but the part that scared me wasn't the decapitation, it was the malevolent servants and the secret twin.

As a teen, The Shining terrified me. I've always been more scared by the dark inside houses rather than outside. The Shining scared me so much I held it away from me to turn the pages because I was physically scared of the book. Fantastic.

ETA (after reading Cloud) LOTR did scare me - but it was a good scariness. Fog on the Barrow Downs was wonderfully creepy.

Pico and ME · 09-10-2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't generally ready scary books. I ready a Stephen King short story collection, and there were a couple scary stories in that. One about a kid having to take care of some old lady relative who was a witch.

Stephen Kings books never really scared me, just like a lot of horror movies dont - even though Alien freaked me out to no end.

lookout123 · 09-10-2008, 12:29 PM

Lasher Part of a series of Anne Rice books. Not really that scary, but living alone in an old apartment, drinking beer and reading all night did the trick.

Shawnee123 · 09-10-2008, 12:34 PM

I love scary books and movies but I can't think of any that physically scared me, especially not those which are quite impossible to be true (hauntings, etc.) I do remember being thrilled with books that grabbed me in a suspenseful way: I knew it was just a book but I could be gripped by the intensity and the mystery. One that comes to mind from my childhood is Mystery of the Witches Bridge.

lookout123 · 09-10-2008, 12:37 PM

Well, I was dating a crazy wiccan bitch* at the time and there was a lot of weird stuff happening... and and and, i'm a wuss.

Not saying there is any connection between those words other than the person they describe. she was wiccan. she was batshit crazy. she was a bitch. she was great in bed so those things were temporarily acceptable.

Number 2 Pencil · 09-10-2008, 12:39 PM

As a little kid I was really scared by the book-form of Alien the movie. Somewhere in the book, maybe as a teaser on the first page or maybe on the back book cover, was a graphic description of how the alien layed an egg in the guy's stomach. It scared me so much that I never read the book, even though I checked it out of the school library at least twice.

First book otherwise that really gave me a chill was The Hot Zone, by Preston. The idea of an outbreak of ebola is very scary.

footfootfoot · 09-10-2008, 12:40 PM

The Exorcist when I was about 13 or 14. I was afraid to go to the basement after dark for about six months.

lookout123 · 09-10-2008, 12:44 PM

The Talisman kept me up for awhile when I read it in the fifth grade, but now I don't really remember anything scary about that book.

Shawnee123 · 09-10-2008, 12:45 PM

Are you sure it wasn't The Penisman? That might keep you up for awhile in fifth grade even if it wasn't scary.

lookout123 · 09-10-2008, 12:47 PM

hmmm, hard to say.

Sundae · 09-10-2008, 12:48 PM

Wow - either I read it years after it was published or you are a lot younger than I thought.

09-10-2008, 12:17 PM	#1
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Whats the first book that seriously scared you? For me it was the Omen. Salems Lot did it for my husband. #2 pencil's book burning thread triggered this memory. Last edited by Pico and ME; 09-10-2008 at 12:32 PM.

09-10-2008, 12:25 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I don't remember. But I do remember being seriously creeped out by the evilness in Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was so good at making the bad seem Bad. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-10-2008, 12:29 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Lasher Part of a series of Anne Rice books. Not really that scary, but living alone in an old apartment, drinking beer and reading all night did the trick. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-10-2008, 12:34 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I love scary books and movies but I can't think of any that physically scared me, especially not those which are quite impossible to be true (hauntings, etc.) I do remember being thrilled with books that grabbed me in a suspenseful way: I knew it was just a book but I could be gripped by the intensity and the mystery. One that comes to mind from my childhood is Mystery of the Witches Bridge. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-10-2008, 12:37 PM	#9
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Well, I was dating a crazy wiccan bitch* at the time and there was a lot of weird stuff happening... and and and, i'm a wuss. Not saying there is any connection between those words other than the person they describe. she was wiccan. she was batshit crazy. she was a bitch. she was great in bed so those things were temporarily acceptable. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-10-2008, 12:23 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Pet Sematary. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-10-2008, 12:24 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't generally ready scary books. I ready a Stephen King short story collection, and there were a couple scary stories in that. One about a kid having to take care of some old lady relative who was a witch.

09-10-2008, 12:25 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The first one I can remember the title for is Stranger With my Face - Lois Duncan (who also wrote I know What You Did Last Summer which I also read). I was 12. There's a part where she looks in the mirror and it's not her face looking back (I think her reflection is smiling) and it terrified me. Prior to that was a book called something like The House of the Four Winds, but not the one I can see on Amazon. I asked my Mum, "What does severed mean?" and when Mum asked the context replied something like, "Looked up to see the blood dripping from a newly severed head" she took the book away from me. I got it back in the end, but the part that scared me wasn't the decapitation, it was the malevolent servants and the secret twin. As a teen, The Shining terrified me. I've always been more scared by the dark inside houses rather than outside. The Shining scared me so much I held it away from me to turn the pages because I was physically scared of the book. Fantastic. ETA (after reading Cloud) LOTR did scare me - but it was a good scariness. Fog on the Barrow Downs was wonderfully creepy.

09-10-2008, 12:39 PM	#10
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	As a little kid I was really scared by the book-form of Alien the movie. Somewhere in the book, maybe as a teaser on the first page or maybe on the back book cover, was a graphic description of how the alien layed an egg in the guy's stomach. It scared me so much that I never read the book, even though I checked it out of the school library at least twice. First book otherwise that really gave me a chill was The Hot Zone, by Preston. The idea of an outbreak of ebola is very scary. __________________ Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? -Poe

09-10-2008, 12:40 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The Exorcist when I was about 13 or 14. I was afraid to go to the basement after dark for about six months. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-10-2008, 12:44 PM	#12
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	The Talisman kept me up for awhile when I read it in the fifth grade, but now I don't really remember anything scary about that book. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-10-2008, 12:45 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Are you sure it wasn't The Penisman? That might keep you up for awhile in fifth grade even if it wasn't scary. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-10-2008, 12:47 PM	#14
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	hmmm, hard to say. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-10-2008, 12:48 PM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Wow - either I read it years after it was published or you are a lot younger than I thought.

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