" I put that book in a freezer in my garage until I could donate it . I did n’t require it anywhere near me . "
I love a scary book, so recently, IaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityto share the most terrifying books they’ve ever read.
Here are 17 of their top answers:
1.“Phantomsby Dean Koontz. The book scared me so badly that I only took baths for over a year after I read it, and I had to stuff a washcloth in the faucet as soon as I shut the water off.”
" I still avoid manhole covers to this day . And it provide a worrisome and terrific possibility to a series of still unsolved diachronic events . "
— michaelashannonsank
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2.“The Hungerby Alma Katsu. It’s a retelling of the Donner Party but with the Indigenous legend of the Windigo, so basically, because of cannibalism, people become horrific monsters.”
" A combo of listening to the audiobook , food poisoning , dark commonwealth roadstead , and my headlight enamor a cervid just chilling nearby made me literally shit myself from fear , and if that is n’t high extolment for a horror novel , I do n’t know what is . "
— kaykayhere
3.“What Moves the Deadby T. Kingfisher was sooo interesting but also FREAKED me out. Most horror doesn’t bother me, but that was rough!”
" I do n’t regret take it , though . It was really , really dependable . "
— caitlyn2617
4.“Beastsby Joyce Carol Oates. It put me in such a depressive mood I had to give it away. Brilliant, though.”
— bambola02
" That ’s a WONDERFUL and VERY disconcerting novelette . "
— jaimeweida
5.“1984by George Orwell. I still haven’t finished it. I got so freaked out making real-world comparisons that I had to put it down.”
— mo2758
6.“Neal Shusterman’sUnwindseries continues to live rent-free in my head a decade after I read it. I was an adult when I read it and was so disturbed by the premise. It is, ostensibly, a YA series. Sometime in the near future, the compromise to the abortion debate will be to ban abortion but allow adolescents to be ‘unwound’ or signed over by their guardians for full-body organ donation. It’s a procedure you are fully conscious for, and it’s described in hideous detail.”
" The chief characters are an unruly male child whose parents could n’t dole out with him anymore , a girl whose group dwelling demand to be culled due to a deficiency of funding , and — most disturbingly — a shaver whose religion has made ' unwinding ' a holy matter , and was signed over as a ' tithe ' by his mob . Again , this is a YA serial publication . "
— lobsterlemonlime
7.“Sharp Objectsby Gillian Flynn gripped me so hard. I was depressed the entire time I was reading it. I haven’t watched the limited series yet, and I’m unsure if I will.”
— j458091739
8.“The Ratsby James Herbert. We had rats in our attic at the time, and I used to have nightmares where I’d open the trap door and rats would fall on me and eat my face.”
— sushigal007
9.“Heart-Shaped Boxby Joe Hill. I love horror, and this book messed with me. It was a psychological terror and left me upset for weeks.”
" I reread books all the time , but I wo n’t ever reread this book . "
— tlk2megoose
10.“John Dollarby Marianne Wiggins. It may not be a traditional horror book, but it’s scary because of the traumatic events and character changes. It deeply affected me for months.”
" It ’s basicallyLord of the Fliesbut with little daughter and way , fashion more disturbing . "
— cdgbuitron
11.“I know it’s not exactly traditional horror, butNever Let Me Goby Kazuo Ishiguro. That book BROKE ME. With the ‘donors’…and the ‘carers’…I CAN’T. After I talked about this book to my mom (I had to talk to SOMEONE about it!), she seriously cut back on eating meat. Because no matter how well the meat is treated, it’s still meat and destined to die.”
" IYKYK . "
12.“Interview with the Vampireby Anne Rice. You think it’s about fantasy creatures being spooky and sexy, but no, it’s about mortality and what it means to be alive — or dead. Claudia’s immortal condition made me feel claustrophobic; it was horrifying for her.”
" I ’ve read hatful of haunting books in every writing style , but never have I ever been in the eye of translate a book and had such terrifying nightmares nighttime after night until I read this novel . "
— rebapeawii
13.“The Exorcistby William Peter Blatty. I was home from college on Christmas break and had to put it outside in the car each night before I fell asleep. I didn’t want it in the room while I slept.”
" I ’m not a peculiarly superstitious or religious person ( I was raise Catholic , so there ’s that ) , but that story felt well and truly malevolent . "
— s42bb9c35d
" It ’s so much scarier than the movie because you may stop a motion-picture show , but you may not silence that genial dialog echoing in your mentation . 😱 "
— crafty_gm
14.“The Shiningby Stephen King. So much scarier than the movie. I made the mistake of reading it alone…at night…in an almost empty Army barracks. I was too afraid to leave my room to pee.”
" I end up yeeting it down the hallway and locking my room access until morning . "
— kasibranham
15.“Pet SematarybyStephen King. An oldie. I was still living at my parents' home during the summer in college. Their house had a large sliding glass door facing the woods and a large hill (how appropriate). I was downstairs reading at night, and I had to close the heavy curtain over it because I was scared of whatever might be out there watching me, although I was terrified to do it.”
" And that ’s not even what happens in the book , but I was very scared in a oecumenical direction . "
— ginnyjensen
16.“The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonbyStephen King. It starts with a simple premise of a girl getting separated from her family on a day hike and getting lost in the woods. After several days, the girl begins to hallucinate, and you don’t know if the evil entity following her is real or a figment of her imagination.”
" I love going on walk in the Wood , but to this day , 20 yr after reading that book , I still get a sudden eerie feeling when I ’m alone in the woods , and I ’m afraid I ’m being watched . "
— cosmicmelon
17.And finally: “Salem’s Lotby Stephen King hands down. It was just so upsetting. I put that book in a freezer in my garage until I could donate it. I didn’t want it anywhere near me.”
— katherinewins3
take down : Some reception have been edited for length / clarity .
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