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Point Horror

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LucilleBluth · 29/05/2020 21:24

Just ordered some from ebay. I absolutely loved them when I was a teenager. I was telling my teen boys about them, they googled the titles a laughed at me...little shits.

I'm going to burst into their rooms and make them listen to an excerpt from Trick or Treat at 3am, then we'll see who's scared.

They used to scare me shitless.
Did anyone else used to love them?

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IAmReportingYouForBBQing · 29/05/2020 23:19

I found my people!

I used to spend my post time wages in whs smiths every weekend on point horror and then Christopher pike. I still have quite a few of the Pikes. Die Softly where a cheerleader kills the school photographer with a load of force fed cocaine while he set it up to be photographed. Monster and Witch I absolutely adored. Sati was one of my favourite adult books by Pike, not scary but remarkably deep. I cried at the end. Poor Sati.

The listeners was AMAZING. I still read it every few years. I loved the idea of genetic regression, the big mind, and thought it was brilliant how much you learned about the FBI dude and his past. The idea of containing enough anger and hate to burn a man's penis off with a bic lighter still keeps me awake at night.

Spongeface · 29/05/2020 23:26

Loved these!!! After goosebumps of course with withe bumpy covers!
Soooo @mcdog has mentioned to point horror and point crime.... and I loved them!!! Did anyone else try the bitter disappointment that was point romance?! Vague memory but I just remember loving point horror so much!

Gammeldragz · 29/05/2020 23:32

[quote Talisin]@Gammeldragz Snow Blind by P. J. Tracy?[/quote]
No...
I wish I could remember but it was several weeks ago and you only get 10 books at a time on Kindle Unlimited (I read a Lot!).

indemMUND · 29/05/2020 23:33

Ah what was the one with twins called Bird and Wing (IIRC). Poison pops up in my head but I'm not sure. I loved going to the library to pick them out, it was such a level up from Goosebumps in over in the kids section.

Glitterkitten24 · 29/05/2020 23:36

I loved these! There was one that I remember being particularly chilling, about a group of teens on an island for a weekend, getting bumped off teen by teen. Turns out it was the narrator with a paring knife, who sounded terrified the whole book through- it was such a plot twist that I remember it 25 years later!
Wish I knew the title and I’d read it again, I did live Point Horror!

Lima45 · 29/05/2020 23:37

I loved these books so much!
Started rereading earlier this year in Kindle Unlimited.

Also bought the forbidden game trilogy on kindle. Julian was my first fictional crush (I still would!)

LBOCS2 · 29/05/2020 23:38

Oh yes, point horror, point crime, point romance and point fantasy.

Did anyone else read the series by Christopher Pike about the last and oldest vampire? I'm off to wiki it now because I don't remember the specifics.

Also, the Nightworld Series by LJ Smith (she never wrote the last book and I'm still a bit bitter).

Lima45 · 29/05/2020 23:39

@indemMUND you're right it was Poison. I still have that one In Paperback...

winewolfhowls · 29/05/2020 23:39

Agree that the stein ones were best.

I had loads, like over fifteen and I gave them away to a family friend, whatever was I thinking?!

For some reason the babysitter was the one that held the most kudos with friendship at school.

Now I'm thinking of other series I had like. Judy blume and the four? Investigators.

winewolfhowls · 29/05/2020 23:41

All the cool girls read the babysitters club and I was a freak because I loved point horror.

LBOCS2 · 29/05/2020 23:41

Well obviously everyone read Forever by Judy Blume. I'm fairly sure my whole generation's sexual awakening came from that book and more specifically, a penis called Ralph.

Crispsnatcher · 29/05/2020 23:41

@Daisychainsandglitter yes that was the Hitchhiker. Turns out the two girls were the crazy people all along.

winewolfhowls · 29/05/2020 23:43

I have never read a penis called Ralph! But are you there god and blubber, along with goggle eyes are the ones I remember.

Lima45 · 29/05/2020 23:44

@indemMUND sorry I stand corrected. Just scoured my bookshelves and it's not Poison. It's The Perfume!

Totally remembered that wrong. It's also in Kindle unlimited. Not that I checked...

Gammeldragz · 29/05/2020 23:46

@LBOCS2

Well obviously everyone read Forever by Judy Blume. I'm fairly sure my whole generation's sexual awakening came from that book and more specifically, a penis called Ralph.
I feel like I've massively missed out on something here...
Torvean · 29/05/2020 23:49

I loved The Cheerleader.

I sadly also read most of The Point Romance Blush

Crispsnatcher · 29/05/2020 23:52

The RL Stein books were always rather predictable. The protagonist, usually a young female always lusted after the hot, mysterious boy. Her best friend was always flirty and outgoing, and there was always infidelity going on. And within about 6 chapters you could usually figure out who the stalker psycho-murderer was.

I think I overthink these books 😂

BookSkark · 29/05/2020 23:56

Ooh, blast from the past! I've got a few Christopher Pikes, but I think DSis has our joint Point Horror collection. Seems like a perfect time to take advantage of the relaxing of lockdown.

We had LOADS. I have no idea how many still remain. But I remember Funhouse and something about a train as being particular favourites - I think R.L.Stine and Caroline B. Coronet were the best authors.

LBOCS2 · 30/05/2020 00:06

"I feel like I've massively missed out on something here..."

😂

Forever by Judy Blume was about two teenagers and their first 'proper' relationship. He makes his penis Ralph. I don't remember anything else about the books (including the protagonists names) but i do remember that. And also that it was probably the best read book in the whole school library.

LBOCS2 · 30/05/2020 00:07

Names. Not makes!

BookSkark · 30/05/2020 00:16

WTF did Coronet come from? Coronet! Anyway, you've inspired be to abandon The Great Gatsby (which was my bedtime reading) and go for this shelf instead. The frustrating thing is that it was much bigger when I was a teenager. But at least I've still got some of them, and I might contemplate an eBay raid for some more...

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bee222 · 30/05/2020 01:20

The Perfume was the first point horror book I read. I still think it was pretty fucked up and weird to this day!

There is actually a really fun podcast called “don’t point that horror at me” where the hosts reread and discuss all the books, plus lots of other 90s nostalgia.

As for Judy Blume - I still can’t keep a straight face when I meet someone called Ralph.

BookSkark · 30/05/2020 06:31

Just seen that autocorrect did me no favours in my attempt to correct my original post. Third time lucky - Caroline B Cooney.

SatsumaZoom · 30/05/2020 08:11

Christopher Pike was awesome but what about Lois Duncan - I know what you did last summer, Stranger with my Face, Summer of Fear, Locked in Time (my all time favourite)?

MarieQueenofScots · 30/05/2020 08:17

Ah what was the one with twins called Bird and Wing (IIRC). Poison pops up in my head but I'm not sure. I loved going to the library to pick them out, it was such a level up from Goosebumps in over in the kids section

Dove and Wing were The Perfume. The actual perfume in the story was called Venom.