FINAL: Most Frightening Published Work Award

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03-23-2009 01:54 PM
mae

FINAL: Most Frightening Published Work Award

As nominated by our membership in the nomination round and then the semi-final, please vote now for the work you feel should win the award for Most Frightening Published Work.
03-23-2009 01:58 PM
mia/susannah

Should we give one of ours that we think should win or are you going to make a poll of certain ones?
03-23-2009 02:14 PM
Heather19

Gotta go with It. It's the only book to ever really truly frighten me.
03-23-2009 02:16 PM
John_and_Yoko

Should we abstain if we haven't read all of those?
03-23-2009 02:19 PM
SigTauGimp

I voted "It". The reason I voted so is that within all the available choices, "It" was the one that scared me the most. I can even remember the first time I finished the story. For nearly a week afterward, I could vividly picture the scene in the library when Pennywise smiles, showing razor-blade teeth, then chomps down. *shudders*
03-23-2009 02:20 PM
mae

Quote:

Originally Posted by John_and_Yoko

Should we abstain if we haven't read all of those?

That's a question for Aaron, the mastermind. Arguments could be made either way, I think.
03-23-2009 02:22 PM
jayson

I voted for It.

J&Y, had I not read them all I would pick the most frightening of the ones I have read, but Pablo is right, there are arguments to be made either way.
03-23-2009 02:29 PM
mia/susannah

I voted Desperation, that one was pretty scary to me
03-23-2009 03:09 PM
AlishaRiley

After careful consideration between IT and Pet Sematary, I had to choose the latter...for some reason, it really did just scare the crap out of me...That reason being Zelda...shudder.
03-23-2009 03:34 PM
sarah

all very good scary choices, but I had to go with The Shining. The moving creeping topiary was enough to send me into the corner and then I had to put the book in the freezer. *shiver*
03-23-2009 04:15 PM
Sam

I'm with you maer, The Shining all the way.
03-23-2009 05:48 PM
Woofer

Super tough choice.

1408

Spoiler:

What a great "bad place" story.

Desperation

Spoiler:

Crazy cops locking up innocent people - and that's just the start!

Gerald's Game

Spoiler:

It's way too easy to imagine that situation. Way too easy.

It

Spoiler:

Ah, the book that made me want to see The Crawling Eye and gave us Pennywise.

Pet Sematary

Spoiler:

I stayed up all night finishing this one. Killer two year olds are terrifying indeed.

'Salem's Lot

Spoiler:

The crawlspace and the school bus.

The Boogeyman

Spoiler:

If I got a running start down the hall, I could jump onto my bed from the doorway and avoid the boogeyman.

The Mist

Spoiler:

Oh yeah! Freaking Lovecraftian horrors.

The Shining

Spoiler:

Excellent haunting story; excellent story of a man going crazy; excellent story of an exceptional child.

The Stand

Spoiler:

Post apocalypse.

But which one scared me most of all? *ponders deeply*
03-24-2009 12:11 AM
Jean

Pet Sematary.
03-24-2009 12:51 AM
Jon

The Stand scares the hell out of me because it is the most plausable scenerio on the list
03-24-2009 12:52 AM
BROWNINGS CHILDE

The Shining is pretty plauseable....
03-24-2009 12:54 AM
Jon

Haunting?
03-24-2009 12:57 AM
BROWNINGS CHILDE

Crazy man
03-24-2009 01:23 AM
Melike

Pet Sematary.
03-24-2009 05:40 AM
mae

Go Pet Sematary! :excited:
03-24-2009 05:55 AM
sarajean

Quote:

Originally Posted by maerlyn

I had to put the book in the freezer. *shiver*

:lol: :wub:

i picked the boogeyman. only because it was the scariest (to me) of those on the list.
03-24-2009 06:06 AM
Aaron

Quote:

Originally Posted by John_and_Yoko

Should we abstain if we haven't read all of those?

Go ahead and vote, based on your opinion of those that you have read. With the large quantity of competitors in these polls, it wouldnt make sense to exclude someone if they havent read every title, as chances are they havent read at least one.
03-24-2009 06:56 AM
ManOfWesternesse

Pet Sematary.
03-24-2009 11:01 AM
Woofer

Do I vote for the one that scared me most as a read or the one that scares me because it is a terrifyingly real possibility? :panic:
03-24-2009 11:29 AM
mae

I'd define "most frightening" as one that scared the shit out of you as you read it, causing you to whimper and walk up the stairs with all the lights on :)
03-24-2009 12:19 PM
candy

the shining all the way, had to read this with a cushion to hide behind.
03-24-2009 12:54 PM
flaggwalkstheline

I would have voted regulators but its not there so I picked desperation
Tak scares ths shit outta me
03-24-2009 06:17 PM
Woofer

Quote:

Originally Posted by pablo

I'd define "most frightening" as one that scared the shit out of you as you read it, causing you to whimper and walk up the stairs with all the lights on :)

Then...

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03-24-2009 09:26 PM
Jon

Quote:

Originally Posted by BROWNING'S CHILDE

Crazy man

Oh yes...and in the movie, Jack Nicholson was violent and drunk...very plausable!!
03-24-2009 09:50 PM
mate211

First vote for Mist,that really frighted me.
03-25-2009 05:59 AM
DoctorDodge

IT gets a vote from me. The Shining was a great creepy novel, but IT scared the shit out of me!
03-30-2009 02:25 PM
mae

The poll has closed and the winner of our inaugural Most Frightening Published Work Award, receiving 8 votes (26.67%), is:

Pet Sematary
03-30-2009 10:36 PM
Jean

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03-30-2009 11:44 PM
ManOfWesternesse

Excellent! - and 'It' is well deserving of that close runner-up position.