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I read 'The Devil Rides Out' when in my teens, along with all Wheatleys' other books, which although I found a bit scary at the time, are considerably less scary nowadays when compared with other horror stuff.

I love Armistead's Tales of the City series, both as books and t.v. series, I had no idea he had written a scary book, will have to look out for that one.

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Never mind the book The Devil Rides Out being scary, the film did it for me!!!

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I don't know where to start there are so many...

Scariest book... Susan Hills 'The Woman in Black'

One book that left an impression for a long time was
The Flowers Of The Field by Sarah Harrison, a graphic portrait of WW1

As a child Anna Sewells Black Beauty, Kingsley's The Water Babies and Brontes Jane Eyre all affected me greatly for various reasons.

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Perfect People - Peter James, disturbing, about genetics. Before I Go To Sleep - S.J.Watson, I'm reading at the mo, about a woman with amnesia.

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I'm a horror fan myself and nothing I have ever read or seen on the screen scared me as much as 'The Exorcist', I really do think some very evil people are possessed by something not of this world, something completely alien to human nature.

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I've also been a horror and sci-fi fan since about the age of 15 and my first horror book was by Dennis Wheatley and it frightened and hooked me on that genre (I suppose that's the sign of a good writer).

Of late, the only writer that has managed to make me feel uncomfortable about the scenarios is Neil Gaiman - probably because they're a bit too close to a society I recognise!

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Did you know that this is being made into a film even as we speak? With Kidman in the lead role?

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The Bible is the scariest book if you believe it to be literally true. The deity featured in it is the worst monster ever created.

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I also like The Devil Rides Out, A few years ago I got it in Audio Form and made the mistake of taking the wee player to bed with me (as I was on my own that night) I scared myself silly at the noises the old house made settling for the night..Also that was the night I'd not shut the kitchen door properly and those blooming Sheepdogs decided to creep out and sneak into the bedroom (hoping I wouldn't notice) I almost fainted when the bedroom door swung quietly open, jeezzzze
I listened to the rest during the day.

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Which one? I can imagine Kidman in the amnesia one. I found the author forgot that the character Christine could only remember the day she was in. A few times she said she remembered things that were days before. Must have been difficult to write!