Top Ten Books/Movies that Scare You
Just let me know the top ten book or movie, or combination, that scared you. Leave you answer in the comments below, or a link to your answer on your blog! Winner will be picked by a random number generator, on Sunday, October 14th. You have until midnight of the 13th to participate.
The winner will receive a copy of Ten by Gretchen McNeil ( a perfect October read!). This challenge will be open to everyone. You must be 13 years of age or older to qualify!
And their doom comes swiftly.
From Goodreads
It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled luxury.
But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.
Suddenly people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?
Obviously I'm not entering to win, but I will tell you that the scariest movie I've ever seen is by far The Ring. Awesome movie but that little girl crawling out of the TV scarred me for life.
ReplyDeleteGreat challenge!
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ReplyDeleteI don't want to enter this one; I just really want to answer the question.
Movie: The Grudge. I slept in my parents room three nights in a row after watching this. That mechanical movement totally creeps me out so I agree with Kim on The Ring, along with Gothika, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and upcoming Sinister. I love scary movies but that sort of movement haunts me severely.
Book: I'm 1/3 of the way into 'Salem's Lot and I am so freaking jumpy while reading it. I have a bunch of post-it reminders on the wall by my desk and one fell off this morning while reading. I about jumped out of my skin it scared me so bad. Of course, it coincided with a particularly creepy scene so that didn't help. Anything by Ted Dekker (Adam, specifically) does that to me, too.
And here, I claim that I am not so easily scared *looks at long list*. Hmph.
Excellent Challenge, friend. I'm going to have to think about this one. The Exorcism of Emily Rose gets the top spot... love it!
ReplyDeleteIn no particular order I would say: Exorcism of Emily Rose, Gremlins, Halloween, Criminal Minds, Wolfman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie not tv)
ReplyDeleteJaws, Fright Night (2011), Identity,
and Relentless. And those are just the answers that I could think of off the top of my head so there might be others.
I did always like the first Children of the Corn but I haven't rewatched it in forever!
But I already have a copy of TEN waiting for me to read it so it is okay if you don't include me in your giveaway!
The one movie that scared me the most growing up was Poltergeist. That's probably why it's one of my favorites movies ever. :)
ReplyDeleteNot entering to win (unless you'll think about shipping to the UK), but Ten looks really cool!
ReplyDeleteEr, the only things that have really creeped me out are Unwind by Neal Schusterman and Ring by Koji Suzuki.
What's your favourite scary things?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre scared the crap out of me and kind of made me stop watching scary movies all together. I hate movies based on true stories, lol.
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vi3ti3abe at gmail.com
Somebody already said Texas Chainsaw Massacre - but same for me. And The Hills Have Eyes! But - speaking about book adaptations, I'm going with The Exorcist. My list of 10 @ my blog - 10 Must See Psychological Thrillers & Horror Book To Movie Adaptations (A Month of Monstrosities).
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I can't do scary movies at all. I can read scary books and sleep like a baby, but scary movies? No way no how. I saw What Lies Beneath when I was in middle school and didn't sleep for over a week and was terrified of the shower.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
sandra at pandareads dot com
1. This short story in middle school about time travel where a guy steps on a butterfly and ruins history. I don't remember what it's called.
ReplyDelete2.And Then There Were None (what TEN is based on)
3. The RING (movie)
4. Poltergeist (movie)
5. I use to have nightmares about some Criminal Minds and Law and Order episodes.
6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. I Know What You Did Last Summer
8. SAW (all of them)
9. Carrie
10. SCREAM
markella (dot) whetzel (at) gmail (dot) com
Not entering, since I just read this. I'm just going to name a few.
ReplyDelete-Pet Semetary (The scariest book I've ever read.)
-Horns.
-The Ring
-The Changeling (the red ball scene - scary goodness!)
-Salem's Lot the movie w/David Soul (I'm thinking of the kid at the window scene).
-The Others.
-It.
1. Halloween
ReplyDelete2. Dead Meat
3. Urban Legends
4. Dont look in the basement
5. Labrynth ( I was young, Ok? i couldnt get past the scene were the kid got taken)
6. Scream
7. Thirty Days of Night
8. I know what you did last summer
9. Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Final Destination
gothiclove95@hotmail.com
1. HALLOWEEN.
ReplyDelete2. Anna Dressed in Blood (I frek easily)
3. Possess!
4. Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Paranormal Activity
6. Poltergeist
7. Ok, there was tihs episode of Criminal Minds where this guy had his little sister sew a dress with poison then put it on the "devil's wives". he talked to his mom in the Otherworld and while he was talking he'd draw a face unconsciously...
THATS ABOUT IT ACTUALLY. :P
piscesgirl1688@gmail.com
Not many movies scare me, but two did were "Wait Until Dark" with Audrey Hepburn, and "Rope" from Alfred Hitchcock.
ReplyDeleteThe scariest book I've read lately is Dark Eden, by Patrick Carman. Actually, all his books have been scary.
Great giveaways! Thanks for the offer! I've been very curious about Ten.
ReplyDeleteMost books don't scare me too much except Stephen King's scared the crap our of me as a kid - but I loved them! Some of the movies were pretty scary too.
1. The Shining (book & movie)
2. Carrie (book & original movie)
3. Pet Cemetery (book & movie)
4. Halloween
5. Friday the 13th
6. The Exorcist
7. Nightmare on Elm Street
8. Jaws
9. Poltergeist
10. The news every single night is the scariest thing ever!
wrights5[at]hughes[dot]net
I don't really like the horror genre, because I'm too scared:)
ReplyDelete1. Cristine (movie based on Stephen King's book about a demon-possessed car)
2. Terminator 2 (Seriously. The first time I watched it I was about 6, and I had my eyes covered about the whole time)
3. Carrie (novel)
4. Alien movie
5. The Exorcist
6. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
7. The Eye (the original Hong Kong movie, not the one with Jessica Alba)
8. 1408 (movie)
9. Scream
10. Jaws (I just can't watch sharks)
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com
1. The Birds
ReplyDelete2. 28 Weeks Later
3. The Crazies
4. The Ring
.... I don't think I've seen very many. I refuse to watch them. :)
1. My number one will forever and always be Chucky. I know, it's fake and it's just a doll, but since I was like 5 I have not been able to go near a Chucky doll or even hear the voices on the TV. My cousins taunted me with it and I became traumatized and still am today, lol
ReplyDelete2. Scream--I can watch it now, but when I was young I couldn't even look at him.
3. The Ring--Still haven't watched the movie until today, but have seen parts of it. Yeah...Never watching it lool
4. Gothika--That movie was just weird as hell, lol
5. Freddy Kruger--The little boy who played in the movie was so cute, but Freddy completely freaked me out! I still sing the song, though..."1,2 Freddy's coming for you; 3,4 you better lock your door; 5,6 grab your crucifix, 7,8 gonna stay awake, 9,10 never sleep again" Ahh, gives me the chills! Especially when you sing it in a creepy voice like the little girls do in the movie!
6. The Exorcist--ALL EXORCIST movies. They freak me the hell out and don't let me sleep at night, but I still always want to watch them! It's ridiculous, lol.
7. The Amityville Horror--Bahh, Ryan Reynolds you are so sexy, but that movie...He's so freaky in that movie, you don't even think it's really Ryan Reynolds
8. Pet Cemetery--This movie used to come on EVERY Halloween when I was younger and I would ALWAYS watch it! The little boy was so cute but so frightening at the same time! lol
That's about it really. There are probably more, but I can't think of them. I can read scary books and be freaked out at all, but movies...they're different, lol. Thanks for the giveaway
mayabe23 (at) gmail (dot) com
I don't think I can come up with 10 but my top one would have to be "It" by Stephen King. "They all float down here"! Yikes!
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Just saw that it was movie too...in that case...
Deletealso Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the one with Jessica Beal), The Grudge, and the Ring could be added on!