One of the Scariest

**teejay17** · September 8th, 2009

This was definitely one of King's scariest.
I'm not 100 % sure, but I think this novel

**Churchill502** · September 8th, 2009

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** · September 8th, 2009

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

**Abbie** · September 16th, 2009

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** · September 16th, 2009

Originally Posted by 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.

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?

Moderator's Reply:
	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** · September 17th, 2009

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.

But on the plus side - it keep our posts creative.

**teejay17** · September 17th, 2009

Originally Posted by 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.

But on the plus side - it keep our posts creative.

Well, with respect to the DT tie-in,

**Manxkitti** · September 28th, 2009

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** · June 8th, 2010

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

**GNTLGNT** · June 9th, 2010

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....