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    i love to curl up with a good book and a hot water bottle, especially when the wind is blowing a gale. what are your recomendations for a good ghost story, or a gothic tale, or a thriller. not adverse to watching a decent dvd either- no slasher types, but a good old ghost story or who- dun- it. has anyone seen the film 'let me in' recently advertised on telly?

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    yup, the book was better but the original film followed the book almost exactly. I liked it.
    unthinkable is good, does make you think...

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    • #3
      I love a good book, and was recently loaned 'Panic' by Jeff Abbott - Excellent! I also liked 'The Girl who.../Millennium' Trilogy very much, too. Couldn't put any of them down.
      Last edited by Glutton4...; 14-11-2010, 03:29 PM.
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      • #4
        Rebecca is still a good ghost story

        I enjoyed Fingersmith too (a bit creepy)
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 14-11-2010, 03:57 PM.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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          • #6
            I'm a Hitchcock girl, you can't go wrong with the master of suspense. Some of my favourites are...in no particular order:

            Rear Window - the bit with the flash bulbs scares the bejeezus out of me!
            Psycho - can't watch this after dark.
            Frenzy - much more near the knuckle than his usual psychological thriller
            Rebecca
            Notorious

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            • #7
              For 'oooh, creepy!' films I love The Sixth Sense and The Hours. Both have nice twists but are enjoyable even if you know whats coming.

              Have you read any of Phil Rickman's books? They're hard to define - a bit thriller, part horror, some crime, a touch of romance... but definitely page turners, especially on a dark and stormy night!
              I was feeling part of the scenery
              I walked right out of the machinery
              My heart going boom boom boom
              "Hey" he said "Grab your things
              I've come to take you home."

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              • #8
                For true gothic ghost/horror stories:
                MR James
                Henry James (esp Turn of the Screw)
                Robert Louis Stevenson
                E Nesbit
                Ambrose Bierce
                Conan Doyle
                Gertrude Atherton
                May Sinclair
                Sheridan Le Fanu
                Oliver Onions
                Wilkie Collins
                Edith Wharton
                Alice Askew and
                Charles Dickens of course.

                The original film version, Let The Right One in is top of my christmas list

                NB. Alot of these writers are available for a very reasonable price on Amazon.
                Last edited by northepaul; 14-11-2010, 05:17 PM.

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                • #9
                  Oops I forgot Algernon Blackwood, H.P. Lovecraft and Gilchrist
                  AND for more modern ones, Roald Dahl...
                  (I'll be quiet now )
                  Last edited by northepaul; 14-11-2010, 05:21 PM.

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                  • #10
                    I just always remember the Tales of the Unexpected episode when the jail breaker does a deal with the guy who nails down the coffins......

                    .....short but shivers every time
                    The cats' valet.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by dogsbody View Post
                      I just always remember the Tales of the Unexpected episode when the jail breaker does a deal with the guy who nails down the coffins......

                      .....short but shivers every time
                      Most of Dahl's stories have an element of the macabre, particularly his kid's books - I refuse to read my 7 year old 'The Witches' until she's at least 10!

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                      • #12
                        Film

                        Let The Right One In
                        The Others
                        Paranormal Activity
                        Whistle And I'll Come To You (BBC Ghost Story For Christmas 1968) - very chilling.

                        Book - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters is a perfect 'curling up with an old-fashioned scary ghost story' book (love Fingersmith too).
                        I don't roll on Shabbos

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                        • #13
                          The Ring-movie.Ghostly story.Scared the s*** out of me.Enjoy

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                          • #14
                            The master of the enthralling tale is Stephen King. But only some are scary. The Shining, either book or film, is hide-behind-the-sofa good, or The Green mile is fabulous too (again, book or film).
                            Caro

                            Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day

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                            • #15
                              thanks all, i have read or seen about half of your suggestions, but i am getting up a list of all of your other suggestions, and will do a browse on amazon & ebay.

                              i have some titles that haven't been mentioned, which were good, but i can't recall titles just now; i will have a look through later and post again; some of you might be interested.

                              a film that comes to mind which i thought was better than average , was 'skeleton key' i also enjoyed 'half light' with demi moore- not scary at all, not even that good on the storyline as it was predictable, but the most beautiful scenery.

                              northpaul; you forgot edgar allen poe- he 's one of my favorites, and adore his poems, 'annebelle lee' and 'the raven'
                              Last edited by lindyloo; 15-11-2010, 10:10 AM.

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