One of the Scariest

[teejay17]

This was definitely one of King's scariest.
I'm not 100 % sure, but I think this novel ties into The Dark Tower universe.

[Churchill502]

Pet Semetary is One of the scariest books I have ever read. I remember many sleepless nights thanks to that book. But it was worth every check under the bed and inside every closet.

[teejay17]

Along the lines of being Dark Tower related, I also think that it's connected to "The Mist."
...it's in the details.

[Abbie]

King says in the prefaces of one of his other novels (not sure which one but I think it's in "The Dark Half" where he says to the effect, reading horror fiction can be what one needs to confront ones fears and overcome nightmares (though reading horror can give you nightmares you can easily edit them.....they're not real.) I read Pet Sematary in 1984, about a year after the death of our 18 month old son. He had died due to complications of a congenital heart defect. Don't ask me what 'made' me read Pet Sematary. King could explain it though. However what I want to say here is that when I got to the page where the father is approaching the cemeatary with the intent of digging up his son, to rebury him in the Pet Sematary- I had to force myself to read those two paraghaphs. Just two paragraphs on a page where he describes so vividly opening the coffin.... I had broken out in cold sweat. Talk about 'moving your reader'... King knows.

He knows the human psyche so well, as he knows himself. I'm almost finished with his "On Wriging' and he talks about that. How when you write a scene- if it doesn't move you- it won't move your reader either.

I think - why he wrote Pet Semeatary at all is because quite possibly the idea had occured to him... the 'what if'.... that haunts us all. He does it for us.

--Abbie

[Abbie]

Pet Semetary is One of the scariest books I have ever read. I remember many sleepless nights thanks to that book. But it was worth every check under the bed and inside every closet.

Hi. I should go over and post into the "IT" forum ... you got me thinking of it mentioning 'checking ... ' well hey how many of you who have read "IT" never hang your foot over your bed. heh! (King warns about this in the preface of that book ! <G> ) Pet Sematary was more , I think... about confronting a ... buried.... fear all of us have.. that morbid curiosity... oh you know... He just digs it right out of you (the horror of it all) and... it goes away. --Abbie

PS: can we edit our posts? I try to proof read but you know how it is? A typo slips by now and then?

Sorry, no, we don't allow editing because I'd have no way to moderate and someone less scrupulous might try to slip something in that wouldn't have been allowed with the first posting.

[michal]

Pet Semetary is a fantastic book and the first of Mr King's stories I've ever read. And hey - what a way to start off! I never did see it as connected to the DT, it was always a vert Stand Alone story for me. But hey, maybe it was just too long before I had a chance to read the first DT series. I'll reread it with fresh eyes and see.

Oh, and not being able to edit is somewhat of an embarrassment. I should know, I;m a very know mis-speller and it led to some funny discussions in other threads. :laugh: But on the plus side - it keep our posts creative.

[teejay17]

Pet Semetary is a fantastic book and the first of Mr King's stories I've ever read. And hey - what a way to start off! I never did see it as connected to the DT, it was always a vert Stand Alone story for me. But hey, maybe it was just too long before I had a chance to read the first DT series. I'll reread it with fresh eyes and see.

Oh, and not being able to edit is somewhat of an embarrassment. I should know, I;m a very know mis-speller and it led to some funny discussions in other threads. :laugh: But on the plus side - it keep our posts creative.
Well, with respect to the DT tie-in, I think that the journey into the deep forest, with the mist and all the rest that's described, is a thinny of sorts. The description of the more monstrous aspects of this area also remind me of The Mist (movie and book).

[Manxkitti]

I just got done reading this book for the 3rd time. It never fails to scare me. I couldn't keep it down tho.

[Luvcorndogs]

I remember back about 18-20 years ago (gosh that sounds like an eternity) I was laying in bed reading this book, I should have been sleeping because I had school in the morning, but I couldn't put it down... I finished the last (scary!) line of the book, and happened to look up at my (basement) bedroom window - my parents had forgotten to let the dog in, and she was standing outside my window, and the light from my reading lamp was making her eyes glow - what a startling thing to have happen JUST as I finished! It just added to the terror the book inspired, and makes a fond memory now that I'm all grown up :wink2:

[GNTLGNT]

ALL things serve the Tower, so yeah-Pet Sematary is tied to the linch-pin of all worlds, even though it may not specifically refer to it in the pages....

[Maoster]

Without a doubt the scariest of all SK's book and one of the scariest ever full stop. I have two boys myself and guess that the book focuses on every parents deepest fears. I think SK himself feels its one his most chilling reads......................

[Pucker]

To me, what you get with Pet Sematary is not just every parent's worst nightmare, but you also get Louis losing in his mind in a very reasonable manner. That Louis manages to remain so coldly calculating -- particularly when he plans and executes Gage's exhumation -- as he's slowly losing his grip on reality is what's most frightening about this story to me.

[Silhouette86]

Pet Sematary gives you that chilling question: if you could, would you? And that to me is what makes this book scary. It is my favorite movie of all the Stephen King movies and is definitely one of my favorite books.
Scary, scary read.

[Ela]

maybe one day Mr. King will write something totally not scary, maybe one day he'll change his genre to another. I wonder how people would feel about such a change in direction?

[sarar]

Scariest book i've read so far!
Think it would take something horrendously scary to even come close to beating it!

[JellybeanJay]

I have read this story a few times and can see the possible Mist tie in with all the fog on the way to the sematary but can't really see the DT tie ins. I will admit that I haven't read the DT series but I can't say like I felt I missed something in parts of Pet Sematary. I will admit though it still makes me nervous to put my feet on the floor when I get out of bed. I have perfected the lunging jump off the bed :grinning: