Why Salems Lot is the scariest book of Stephen King

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grin willard

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Not when you get to my age!

Pleaze, yer a kid. Or photograph well! Which is really, the same thing. I only had four hrs sleep last nite, unless you count in how many times I hit the snooze. Which was a lot! And I worked 2 jobs & am still awake, and fairly energetic. And I had nightmares! Maybe nightmares don't affect quality of sleep. I don't know. It's still REM. Well I'm up 19 hrs awake. And I'm drinking a Stoli & ginger ale and am about to eat a popsicle!
 

Chelle71

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Pleaze, yer a kid. Or photograph well! Which is really, the same thing. I only had four hrs sleep last nite, unless you count in how many times I hit the snooze. Which was a lot! And I worked 2 jobs & am still awake, and fairly energetic. And I had nightmares! Maybe nightmares don't affect quality of sleep. I don't know. It's still REM. Well I'm up 19 hrs awake. And I'm drinking a Stoli & ginger ale and am about to eat a popsicle!
LOL smoke and mirrors baby!
 

grin willard

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You forgot plundering. LMAO

And smoking! Smoking eels that is. The Danes love their smoked eels.

"Get back to work, Great Dane! Them eels ain't gonna smoke themselves!"

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The Bishop

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Salem's Lot is probably the scariest King book after It. But it's definitely on par with It in other areas. It's one of the most special and memorable reads I've ever had, and when I think about my all-time favorite King books, Salem's Lot is always one of the first few that come to mind.
 

Brittney

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i know this thread is old but i just wanted to add that i thought this book was quite scary and i did get a little spooked at night after reading it. But i had to remind myself vampires arent real...or are they..hehe

Side note i do agree pet cemetery had me on edge as well. I haven't read it since i was a kid, I think its time for a reread. :)
Warning:NOT the best but the scariest. In fact i think that the main characters are rather underdeveloped. But contrary to other books, in this the focus is on the supernatural and not on creating convincing characters. With that said, i think the idea of a family member becoming a vampire is one of the scariest things i can imagine. Surely Barlow is very scary himself but the most heart breaking scenes are those when dead family members come back to life and go and bite their relatives
 

Michael Flagg

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Warning:NOT the best but the scariest. In fact i think that the main characters are rather underdeveloped. But contrary to other books, in this the focus is on the supernatural and not on creating convincing characters. With that said, i think the idea of a family member becoming a vampire is one of the scariest things i can imagine. Surely Barlow is very scary himself but the most heart breaking scenes are those when dead family members come back to life and go and bite their relatives
I've found this to be one of the best of his early books.