Horror Aficionados discussion

For me, the classic book Dracula would be top of the list.
I'd also not want to be in the world of Dead of Night with a zombie infection rapidly spreading.

WendyB wrote: "For me, the classic book Dracula would be top of the list.
I'd also not want to be in the world of Dead of Night with a zombie infection rapidly spreading."

I'm not sure... I think I generally wouldn't want to live in a horror book, but I if I had to choose I wouldn't want to be in any kind of pandemic/virus/zombie universe.
I also definitely wouldn't want to be a teenager in King's Derry or SGJ's Proofrock.

Anything with "Human Monsters". I'd rather take my chances with the Supernatural.

Jaws

Peter Benchley

The Sea And Sharks....No Thank You!

Anything with clowns.

Gallows Hill; Hex; My Heart is a Chainsaw.

Anything with sharks or spiders. Cant do it. Lifelong fears deeply engrained to my core.

WendyB wrote: "For me, the classic book Dracula would be top of the list.
I'd also not want to be in the world of Dead of Night with a zombie infection rapidly spreading."

I'm currently reading Dead of Night and I agree, it's not a world I would want to be trapped in.

Anything post-apocalyptic. I don’t think I’d fair well in a zombie outbreak/disease epidemic/extreme natural disasters.

I don’t even like camping— try throw me in a setting where I have to forage, build shelter, discarding comforts, navigating new world politics… which would be possibly revert to colonialism. No thanks! I’m that character the main ones reminisce about at the end of the book.

I'd say anything to do with demons or demon possessions...

LTJ wrote: "I'd say anything to do with demons or demon possessions..."

I'm with you on that one!

Probably Stephen King's "The Stand". The odds aren't in ones favour in that one.

The Troop by Nick Cutter. Triggered just thinking about it. Loved the book. I kinda like being pushed to limits. With germaphobia, OCD and a healthy fear of parasites, it was kind of exposure Theropy for me.

Jemma wrote: "The Troop by Nick Cutter. Triggered just thinking about it. Loved the book. I kinda like being pushed to limits. With germaphobia, OCD and a healthy fear of parasites, it was kind of exposure Thero..."

Same, and even if you're not on the island where the main setting of the book is, it's frightening to even think that it could spread to the rest of the world. It doesn't help that the parasite was released intentionally just to see what happens (if I remember the plot correctly)

Jemma wrote: "The Troop by Nick Cutter. Triggered just thinking about it. Loved the book. I kinda like being pushed to limits. With germaphobia, OCD and a healthy fear of parasites, it was kind of exposure Thero..."

I'd probably lie down and wait for death

This is a cool thread! :) I need to think about this for a minute - there are probably a lot of them I would not want to be trapped inside of! lol

I agree with Wendy - I wouldn't want to be in trapped in Dracula! :)

Wouldn't want to be trapped in any book that had zombie apocalypses, rat infestations, sharks, or cannibals.

Carl wrote: "Probably Stephen King's "The Stand". The odds aren't in ones favour in that one."

This is a very good answer!

Continuing with that theme, I also wouldn't want to live in Derry, Maine.

All of them, but to name a particular book, I would say The Forgotten Island. I just can't with the heat and and the jungle and the possible (view spoiler)[murderous cannibal zombie cult and SPIDERS (hide spoiler)].

Adriennelee wrote: "All of them, but to name a particular book, I would say The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren. I just can't with the heat and and the jungle and the possible [spoilers removed]. Not to mention th..."

That was a great book! I agree with you - I don't think I could handle it either. lol

Safe to say, any horror novel would be a no-go; so I'll go a different different direction. I would not want to find myself trapped in the world of Infinite Jest (in fact, I would not want to be trapped inside Wallace's mind at all). I'D probably contemplate suicide if that happened.

So, so many, but honestly, the one that comes to mind immediately is Intercepts by TJ Payne. Humans can be scarier than monsters.

Hellraiser by Clive Barker

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Is there a horror book that anyone would WANT to be trapped in?

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Is there a horror book that anyone would WANT to be trapped in?"

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I wouldn’t want to be trapped in any horror situation but I’d definitely take my chances with anything supernatural. What other humans are capable of is what scares me.