Scariest Stephen King book?

[SnowriderJ]

I think an honorable mention should go out to "Survivor Type" from Skeleton Crew. Highly disturbing and flat-out gross. It's the one besides Pet Cemetary that's stuck with me the most.

[Manxkitti]

So far, for me anyway, has to be Pet Sematary. I just finished reading that one (for the third time) and still scares me. But I still love it.

[Sugar Marie]

"Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" (EE) did a bit of a number on me. Doesn't seem to be that far of a stretch either, I've seen a maitre d' or two who seemed so tightly wound, that it wouldn't take much prompting to pop a couple of those strings.

Creepy.

[glyde69]

Desperation, IT, Pet Sematary, and Salem's Lot come to mind when I think of books that creeped me out.

[brandon]

Thanks to all of you for posting the scary books, I know now which ones to stay away from. I can watch scary movies all day and night, but you won't catch me reading a scary book. It gets in your head way more that a movie could. I remember in Jr. high our English teacher read something( I can't recall the name), and someone wished for a parent or loved one to come back from the dead, they came back alright, with baggage. I still remember that and it has been many years ago.

Man ,now that is bugging the crap out of me. I read that story too and it was pretty interesting. If you can think of what it was called please reply

[Smikes]

For me it was Gerald's Game. Short of death itself, there's nothing scarier than what the human imagination can come up with. I was so tense reading that book. I'm not saying it was his best— and there were moments in It that came close for me, but on a personal level it was the most scared I've been reading one of his books.

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[Sony02]

Desperation and The Shining! WOW

[Chelle71]

I am so with JohnDalgish...Pet Sematary was very scary and Tom Gordon....not at all, loved the book though.

[Maddie]

I think Rose Madder

[JohnDalglish]

Man ,now that is bugging the crap out of me. I read that story too and it was pretty interesting. If you can think of what it was called please reply

Hi,

Just rediscovered this thread.

I think the story you're both thinking of is 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs, discussed at length in Danse Macabre and obviously a huge influence on Pet Semetary (IMO).

The Monkey's Paw

W.W. Jacobs

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