sk and uber horror

[tillyn]

Salem's Lot , It, Pet Semetary, did it for me.

[adrianmarley]

It's an interesting question. There's no doubt that SK can write a great gory scene, but can he actually scare the reader? The answer is yes, of course, but this is something that's much more difficult to do. More difficult than a gross-out scene. So, what are SK's scariest scenes? Off the top of my head:

The Shining: The woman in the bath in room 217
Pet Semetary: The ending
The Stand: The scene in the Lincoln Tunnel
'Salem's Lot: When Ben enters the Masten House as a boy
Misery: The scene with the axe

Also, I think some of King's short stories are genuinely creepy:

The Reach
Children of the Corn
The Monkey

I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few, but all of the above are good examples.