Natalie_R 10 Posted March 1, 2010 What horrifies you? Makes you shiver? Keeps you up at night? Freaks you out? And absolutely fascinates you, when it comes to horror stories?:eek: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Technik 10 Posted March 1, 2010 My Income Tax Return Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asha Craft 34 Posted March 1, 2010 Blatant disregard for human life, murder, suspence, getting into the killer's mind, getting into the victim's mind, twisted plots and unpredictable endings. With that said, anything involving monsters or unrealistic beings is a turnoff. Keep it as real as possible and I'm hooked until the last page! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voldermort 11 Posted March 1, 2010 Fiction: Without hesitation.....The Shining by Stephen King, I have read it more times then I care to remember, have watched the DVD countless times and it still scares the wits out of me Non Fiction: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (Ted Bundy) all that predetermined planning & scheming........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilythepink 11 Posted March 1, 2010 Blatant disregard for human life, murder, suspence, getting into the killer's mind, getting into the victim's mind, twisted plots and unpredictable endings. With that said, anything involving monsters or unrealistic beings is a turnoff. Keep it as real as possible and I'm hooked until the last page! I seem to have similar favourites to voldermort and Asha Craft! No wonder we're all so scatty on this Forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad about Jack 10 Posted March 1, 2010 Malema's income and expenditure sheet........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qball 12 Posted March 1, 2010 Working for bidorbuy.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mellowred 10 Posted March 1, 2010 Like Asha Craft I like real life psychos. I do read Dean Koontz as he writes a believable type of "science fiction". The more psychological nastiness the better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mellowred 10 Posted March 1, 2010 Oh, and let me not forget Wayjen's daily life sagas! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asha Craft 34 Posted March 1, 2010 It seems we are a bunch of twisted bobbers... I love it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilythepink 11 Posted March 1, 2010 Oh, and let me not forget Wayjen's daily life sagas! Absolutely agree. Voldermort also gives us some "nightmare" reading at times!! And so does JPBon (although we seem to have been neglecting him lately!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alloway65 10 Posted March 1, 2010 Buying "Gemstones" on BoB!!!!!!!!:confused::rolleyes: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qball 12 Posted March 1, 2010 Hi All Please stay on topic... I know mine was off topic Thanks. Cuan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windrider 10 Posted March 1, 2010 "The silence of the lambs" by Thomas Harris. The book chilled me more than watching the movie ever did. "Needful things" by Stephen King is not exactly a horror, but it is absolutely worth reading to be spooked by human nature. I'm a fan of the science fiction and fantasy, but good horror stories are rare to find in those genres. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayjen 10 Posted March 1, 2010 knowing Admin is watching my every move gives me the heebie jeebies. ok on topic now, I read a book many years ago called Michelle Remembers (i think thats the title) about a girl growing up in a satanic coven and the things that went on there, which included her parents, was frightening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinyl Lady Decals 11 Posted March 1, 2010 "The silence of the lambs" by Thomas Harris. The book chilled me more than watching the movie ever did. "Needful things" by Stephen King is not exactly a horror, but it is absolutely worth reading to be spooked by human nature. I'm a fan of the science fiction and fantasy, but good horror stories are rare to find in those genres. Love these and a good gothic horror. Any story that makes you imagination take over. All of Thomas Harris' books are brilliant and much better than the movies. I was curious to see how the movies would interpret some of the scenes though, such as the ones books (don't remember which one) where the victim's brains were being cooked and served to him. Absolutely gruesome. I'm freaking out just recalling it.:o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mellowred 10 Posted March 1, 2010 Love these and a good gothic horror. Any story that makes you imagination take over. All of Thomas Harris' books are brilliant and much better than the movies. I was curious to see how the movies would interpret some of the scenes though, such as the ones books (don't remember which one) where the victim's brains were being cooked and served to him. Absolutely gruesome. I'm freaking out just recalling it.:o That scene was in Silence of the Lambs 2 (wasn't called that, but memory is shot). Can't think of the name of the actor who played the victims, but with Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal it was very entertaining. But I can just imagine reading it - our own imagination is sometimes more gruesome than the director's LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voldermort 11 Posted March 2, 2010 "The silence of the lambs" by Thomas Harris. The book chilled me more than watching the movie ever did. "Needful things" by Stephen King is not exactly a horror, but it is absolutely worth reading to be spooked by human nature. I'm a fan of the science fiction and fantasy, but good horror stories are rare to find in those genres. The Day Of The Triffids, can't remember the author, classed as a SF and yet very much of a horror story. I think that a lot of the 1950's SF especially is actually pretty scary stuff. The problem though is getting hold of books from so way back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
booksallsizes 10 Posted March 2, 2010 I agree, Voldermort, The Day of the Triffids is scary stuff. John Wyndham's the author - am not much into SF but he's a great writer! A book I read lately that gave me chills was 'Let the Right One In' by a Swedish writer, Lindvist. Vampire book, but not the awful brooding romantic vampire-that-sparkles-in-the-sunlight stuff - rather a chilling little girl vampire whose motives are never clear... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilythepink 11 Posted March 2, 2010 We have a pile of Terry Prachett's books (hubby loves reading them!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voldermort 11 Posted March 2, 2010 I agree, Voldermort, The Day of the Triffids is scary stuff. John Wyndham's the author - am not much into SF but he's a great writer! A book I read lately that gave me chills was 'Let the Right One In' by a Swedish writer, Lindvist. Vampire book, but not the awful brooding romantic vampire-that-sparkles-in-the-sunlight stuff - rather a chilling little girl vampire whose motives are never clear... Thank you......bn trying to remember his name all day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites