What’s the scariest, creepiest, book that freaked you out or gave you nightmares?
What’s the scariest, creepiest, book that freaked you out or gave you nightmares?
105 Answers
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Loading Please wait
What’s the scariest, creepiest, book that freaked you out or gave you nightmares?
Carrie – Stephen King – especially the ending
Misery…jeeze
The Exorcist.
I read that too. Haunts me when I am in the house by myself.
Saw the movie as a kid. Never got over it!
That’s the only movie that actually scares me. ?
That movie is the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life – I would never be able to read the book!
The Shining
Me too! We had a power outage when I read it and I had to go in the cellar in complete darkness to fix it. ? since that night I always have a candle and matches in my nightstand.
@Una – you’re a braver woman than me!
Flowers in the attic series
I loved those books! Started them my senior year in high school.
I read and re-read those so often as a kid! It was once my favorite book! Brings back memories and definitely creepy.
I’m reading Ghost Story right now and I have to say, it’s already given me nightmares!!! Haha!!
Otherwise Nos4A2
NOS4A2 was pretty creepy and one of my favorites!
The Stand
Mother mother
Author??
The Hot Zone
Yes..I felt I knew far too much about Ebola than was wise due to reading that book when the last outbreak happened.
I’ll agree to that.
When I first read Dracula.. I was about 13years old
Stephen King, Salems Lot xx
Pet Cemetery, Stephen King. Read it about thirty five years ago. These days I prefer something lighter
I remember being in middle school, home alone reading this. I was so scared! One of his scariest I think! The little kid ?
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates and Son of Rosemary were both very creepy. And not in a good way.
I have read quite a few Joyce Carol Oates, but not that one. Will have to look it up.
Don’t look too hard. One of the worst I’ve ever read.
Typical but IT. To this day I am petrified of clowns. I stupidly watched the film too and I couldn’t sleep for weeks!!!
Omg!!! This is the only older King book I have not read and I just started it last week!
Between this book and the Poltergeist movies as a kid, I have been traumatized! I am not a fan of clowns ??
The Survivor by James Herbert
I don’t get freaked out easily but if you want a scary-ish book, I suggest the series written by Chris Carter. One By One is a good one to start with of his, but they’re all great. Tania Carver’s books are good too, and not too dissimilar.
Send me no flowers but for different reasons. Had awful nightmares from that!
Me too fantastically horrible book
Me too!! X
Haunted by Chuck Palahnuik – unputdownable but terrifying too!!
Omg this book! Guts had me completely sick to my stomach.
I’ll never read another of his!
The rats .. first read when I was 13 gave me nightmares but still my all time favourite
Same here!
Must have read it about then too, but read The Fog first
Love that one as well, saying that not read any bad books by him
same here read all 3 of the rats series
Flesh house is great
Suffer the children John Saul , always read his books on holidays to Cornwall age about 13
oh wow i rem that too
Into the Darkest Corner – Elizabeth Haynes. Scared the eebie jeebies out of me!
” ‘Salem’s Lot” – Stephen King (After one particular chapter I never read it again after dark!)
I was so young and hiding under my covers hearing tapping at my windows….scary one! All of these books are bringing me back ?
Agree!
Amy cross the coven
Most James Hebert
American Psycho.
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver ?
2666 Roberto Bolano. *shudder*
Some stuff by Lovecraft really creeped me out. “Rats in the Walls” was pretty unsettling with its ending and all the implications.
Into the darkest corner?
The Rats trilogy by James Herbert and pet sematary by Stephen king
Blindness
Tagging myself
The Other by Thomas Tryon and Salem’s Lot. I slept with a rosary over my bed for two years.
The Exorcist and In Cold Blood.
Ice twins
‘The Survivor’ James Herbert
Yep I agree totally creeped me out
There is a story by Chuck PALAHNIUK called Guts. Freaks me out soooo much
I read that, and it’s the last book of his I read. CREEPY.
It gives me shivers how weird it is
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn… I had to put this one down….
Carrie.
Pet Cemetary by Stephen King, or more recently, short story ‘Children of the dark’ by Stephen Leather which scared me so much that I couldn’t sleep and ended up being up until 3am jumping at every noise!
Bag of bones
Pet semetary by Stephen king.
Heart Shaped Box, by Joe Hill.
Intensity dean koonz.
Such a good book!
I read that one cover to cover in one sitting, couldn’t stop
Helter Skelter (back in the day)
I remember this one!…Charles Manson…
I’m left very disturbed by books that include child abuse/rape: Bastard Out of Carolina, Prince of Tides, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Gerald’s Game and Pet Sematary both by Stephen King. Never again. I won’t have them in my house.
Recently read Behind Closed Doors. Most disturbing book that I couldn’t put down.
Birdbox by Josh Malerman.
It…Stephen king ….very creepy!
@Kristin ?
Amityville
As a child was v disturbed by children of the dust – was about a nuclear fallout ?
Loved that one!!
One of my all time classics. One of the few books I’ve read more then once
Lullaby
Barbara Erskine, some of her books gave me the creeps
It by Stephen King. Also not a book but The Pit and the Pendulum by E. A. Poe.
The only King book to ever give me nightmares was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, probably because my daughter was the same age as the character, but It is one of favorites, along with The Stand
Pig Island by Mo Hayder
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Cell by Stephen King
Flowers in the Attic!
American Psycho by Bret easton Ellis. What sort of imagination do you need to come up with that sort of graphic imagery?
Heart shaped box by Joe hill
Edgar Allen Poe The Black Cat. Slugs by Shaun Hutson.
Noddy
Alice in Wonderland scared me as a kid.
The Lair Stephen King.
Following