Scariest/Creepiest Book Scene

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In the spirit of this month’s genre theme, what is the creepiest/scariest scene you’ve read?

What book did it come from?

Did you end up finishing reading the book?

(Please try not to give too many spoilers of the book(s) you mention. If there will be spoilers, please clearly mark it on your post)
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Horror books rarely scare me, but I've had a few scenes get me a bit.

There's a scene in The Shining where Danny is playing in the playground. I won't go into what happens, but... yeah.

Another one is in T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places.
There's a *sort of* haunted school bus that made me uncomfy.
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Gravy wrote: 05 Oct 2022, 22:53 Horror books rarely scare me, but I've had a few scenes get me a bit.

There's a scene in The Shining where Danny is playing in the playground. I won't go into what happens, but... yeah.

Another one is in T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places.
There's a *sort of* haunted school bus that made me uncomfy.
Oh goodness! I’ll steer away from those for sure!

I don’t really read truly scary books (or watch any scary movies) because I end up having nightmares and it just isn’t good. I think I was scarred with my viewing of The Exorcist when I was a kid. My parents warned me it was too scary, but I said I could handle it.

Ha, I couldn’t sleep at night for a while, convinced I wasn’t safe. It wasn’t until my dad slept in the same room (or pretended to sleep until I fell asleep, then he snuck away) that I could sleep at night again. Ever since then, anything horror freaks me out 🙃
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hsimone wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 13:19
Gravy wrote: 05 Oct 2022, 22:53 Horror books rarely scare me, but I've had a few scenes get me a bit.

There's a scene in The Shining where Danny is playing in the playground. I won't go into what happens, but... yeah.

Another one is in T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places.
There's a *sort of* haunted school bus that made me uncomfy.
Oh goodness! I’ll steer away from those for sure!

I don’t really read truly scary books (or watch any scary movies) because I end up having nightmares and it just isn’t good. I think I was scarred with my viewing of The Exorcist when I was a kid. My parents warned me it was too scary, but I said I could handle it.

Ha, I couldn’t sleep at night for a while, convinced I wasn’t safe. It wasn’t until my dad slept in the same room (or pretended to sleep until I fell asleep, then he snuck away) that I could sleep at night again. Ever since then, anything horror freaks me out 🙃
This has somehow helped me to realize exactly what about those parts creeps me out. This is really interesting, and means I may be able to find a book that will actually work on me!
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Gravy wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 20:00
hsimone wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 13:19
Gravy wrote: 05 Oct 2022, 22:53 Horror books rarely scare me, but I've had a few scenes get me a bit.

There's a scene in The Shining where Danny is playing in the playground. I won't go into what happens, but... yeah.

Another one is in T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places.
There's a *sort of* haunted school bus that made me uncomfy.
Oh goodness! I’ll steer away from those for sure!

I don’t really read truly scary books (or watch any scary movies) because I end up having nightmares and it just isn’t good. I think I was scarred with my viewing of The Exorcist when I was a kid. My parents warned me it was too scary, but I said I could handle it.

Ha, I couldn’t sleep at night for a while, convinced I wasn’t safe. It wasn’t until my dad slept in the same room (or pretended to sleep until I fell asleep, then he snuck away) that I could sleep at night again. Ever since then, anything horror freaks me out 🙃
This has somehow helped me to realize exactly what about those parts creeps me out. This is really interesting, and means I may be able to find a book that will actually work on me!
Glad I was able to help! It’s so interesting that you look for something to scare you, while I go the opposite direction. 🙃 Hope you find a good book that’ll work on!
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hsimone wrote: 07 Oct 2022, 05:47
Gravy wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 20:00
hsimone wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 13:19

Oh goodness! I’ll steer away from those for sure!

I don’t really read truly scary books (or watch any scary movies) because I end up having nightmares and it just isn’t good. I think I was scarred with my viewing of The Exorcist when I was a kid. My parents warned me it was too scary, but I said I could handle it.

Ha, I couldn’t sleep at night for a while, convinced I wasn’t safe. It wasn’t until my dad slept in the same room (or pretended to sleep until I fell asleep, then he snuck away) that I could sleep at night again. Ever since then, anything horror freaks me out 🙃
This has somehow helped me to realize exactly what about those parts creeps me out. This is really interesting, and means I may be able to find a book that will actually work on me!
Glad I was able to help! It’s so interesting that you look for something to scare you, while I go the opposite direction. 🙃 Hope you find a good book that’ll work on!
It really is odd. I suppose it's because nothing like that has ever really bothered me, so I want that little bit of a safe scare, where you have to leave the lights on. :lol:
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Gravy wrote: 10 Oct 2022, 00:37
hsimone wrote: 07 Oct 2022, 05:47
Gravy wrote: 06 Oct 2022, 20:00

This has somehow helped me to realize exactly what about those parts creeps me out. This is really interesting, and means I may be able to find a book that will actually work on me!
Glad I was able to help! It’s so interesting that you look for something to scare you, while I go the opposite direction. 🙃 Hope you find a good book that’ll work on!
It really is odd. I suppose it's because nothing like that has ever really bothered me, so I want that little bit of a safe scare, where you have to leave the lights on. :lol:
:lol: Hope you find your safe scare! 🙃
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