Scariest Stephen King book?

[randallFlaggfan1]

Wow. Well said, Robert Gray, couldn't have said it better! And I completely agree: Pet Semetary does leave the reader with that unclean, tainted feeling.

[Snaggletooth]

Cujo scared the crap out of me, mostly because I could visualize such a scenario occuring in "real life". It's the most tragic of the SK novels that I've read, IMO. And not just because of what happens to Cujo. Pet Sematary would come in second, but it's pure fantasy/horror, and therefore easier to shake off...at least for me. Cujo literally gave me nightmares, and I'm an animal lover.

[91rewoT]

Oh yeah, Pet Sematary scared the bejeesus out of me. But a close second is The Shining...a specific incident, which I won't spoil for you. (and it's NOT an incident I've heard other people talk about being the scariest part of the story either.)

[jcasey]

Low men in yellow coats didnt scare you?!?! for some reason, that whole thing creeped me out...

[Craig Zadow]

My top five gotta be....

1. It
2. Salems Lot
3. Pet Semetary
4. Bag of Bones
5. The Shining

With honerable mention to Duma Key. I didn't find it all that scary throughout but it deserves mention for that damn Lawn Jockey! One of the single most creepy things he has ever put in a book. Also I wanna add that of all of his short stories Gramma is the scariest.

[Bryan James]

Did not read the whole thread.

King's scariest book to me is On Writing.

~BJS

[riklegaree]

Least scary by my frightmeter[there were a few]soulgotha stated Doloris Claiborne and I have to agree; Most scary is brittrockus choice the Stand and for his reasons/2nd to this [TV Mini-series}is Langoliers for me [time standing deathly still while any life around you is consumed by something thats only purpose is to consume everything alive] time tampering is a very scary concept to indulge and throw in a few creatures features; I just wanna climb into Jules Vernes "Time machine" and go be safe anywhere here or there.

[Suzana]

Pet Sematary... and The Shining. I felt really scared with the Shining. To the point of wanting to sleep with the lights on. And I was already a grown up when I read it LOL

[xkittyx]

Gerald's Game scared me the most out of what I've read recently (which hasn't included Pet Semetary or the Shining, it's been at least 10 years since I read those ones). But the part in Gerald's Game with the man in the shadows. Shudder! Creep me out. I'm pretty much scared of the dark as it is....

[Pucker]

I couldnt sleep when I was reading misery for the first time. Kept thinking that Anne would marching in and do some godawful things to me..

I've told this story in a couple of places on the forum but I'll repeat it here, as the context seems perfect. Misery was the first Stephen King book I ever read. It was given to me by my best friend who read it while laid up in bed with two broken legs. I couldn't imagine what it must have been like reading about dear, demented Annie while lying helpless in bed. It makes me shiver just thinking about it now . . . perfectly healthy . . . 23 years later . . . in broad daylight.