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Spooky books for Halloween - what would you read?

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StillTryingHard · 28/09/2016 19:19

So December will be all about Christmas books. But as it's October what would you recommend for some seasonal spooky fiction?

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LiveLifeWithPassion · 05/10/2016 12:21

Hoyse is house

LiveLifeWithPassion · 05/10/2016 12:21

The Waiting Room FG Cottam
Naomi's Room Jonathan Aycliffe
This Hoyse is Haunted John Boyne

elQuintoConyo · 05/10/2016 08:36

Thanks lumpy if I could work out how to name change I'm sure i'd win this year's MN Hallowe'en competition Grin

LumpySpacedPrincess · 05/10/2016 06:36

Edgar Allen Pie, that's amazing!

Willow2016 · 04/10/2016 23:20

The Vincent Price film of The masque of the Red Death freaked me out when I was young, fab film, love VP.

elQuintoConyo · 04/10/2016 22:29

Edgar Allen Poe. I read him while eating some Edgar Allen Pie Grin

Any of his stories are bum-clenchingly scary. The Masque of the Red Death scares me rigid!

thedevilinside · 04/10/2016 22:25

I agree about Adam Neville - extremely disturbing, stuff of nightmares and I'm a seasoned horror fan. For well-written, spooky, I'd go for Jonathan Aycliffe. Dark Matter is also good

Teddy1970 · 04/10/2016 21:01

I might read Salems lot, I remember the film and that scared me, I was quite young though! I remember my Dad telling me he'd read the book "Alien" and it really did unnerve him (he doesn't scare easily), he also said that the film was rubbish compared to the book.

DidoTwiteInnit · 04/10/2016 20:54

I second M R James. I always dip into his stories this time of year.

Novel-wise The Loney is a spooky read.

DidoTwiteInnit · 04/10/2016 20:53

I second M R James. I always dip into his stories this time of year.

Novel-wise The Loney is a spooky read.

alrightarekid · 04/10/2016 20:52

Dr Sleep by Stephen King. It's the sequel to The Shining but very different. So, spooky and so readable.

Willow2016 · 04/10/2016 20:49

'The Magic Cottage' James Herbert is pretty good.
'77 Shadow St' Dean Koontz is creepy too.
'Moonlight Bay' Dean Koontz is chilling but not because its old fashioned gothic horror, its new science 'could be in the future' horror!

glenthebattleostrich · 04/10/2016 20:34

I was going to recommend Haunted or The Secrets of Crickley Hall, also by James Herbert. I always read them around Halloween.

I'm currently reading the woman in black, so far it's very atmospheric.

LumpySpacedPrincess · 04/10/2016 20:28

Merrily Watkins is ace and v. spooky, so there! Grin

The girl in the swing by Richard Adams is chilling, I had trouble sleeping afterwards.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/10/2016 19:59

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo to Merrily Stupid Whatshername. I loathed that book.

NotAMammy · 04/10/2016 19:05

Salem's Lot was the first book I read that absolutely terrified me. I think I was about 12 when I read it too, as I'd nicked it off my sister.

It also taught me the word 'sphincter'

Can I recommend Dracula too?

I've just started Birdsong, but I might see if I can get Dark Matter downloaded and try that afterwards.

LooseSeal · 04/10/2016 15:54

Adam Nevil isn't spooky, his stuff is bloody terrifying! End of Days had me genuinely sleeping with the lights on, and I consider myself a seasoned horror fan.

LooseSeal · 04/10/2016 15:51

For classic spooky it's got to be M.R James, if you want something more contemporary I'd go for Phil Rickman and his Merrily Watson series.

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TolpuddleFarterOATB · 04/10/2016 15:41

Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

SashaCattyGarfield · 04/10/2016 15:35

the SO loves Graham Masterton. im not keen but you may like them.

nobodysbabynow · 03/10/2016 21:28

Any Adam Nevill, but especially House of Small Shadows.

MaddyHatter · 03/10/2016 18:17

Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist.. very creepy.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 03/10/2016 18:14

And if we're talking King, I'd suggest 'It'.