Yeh bag of bones definetly as true horror. The shining one of his most frightening.
Which SK books are true horror?
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Bag of Bones seems more supernatural to me than true horror, like Lisey`s Story, for instance...
Ya dangus, they all got at least a shot of horror in em. Some more’n otherns. Some a full hunnard proof. And they ain’t NOTHIN wrong with that.
Don’t cats be talkin about horror like it’s a bad thing. C’mon. You can go stand inna corner.
Don’t cats be talkin about horror like it’s a bad thing. C’mon. You can go stand inna corner.
I don't know.
Because I don't even understand what is meant by "horror."
The first two books of the Hodges Trilogy were frightening, because they were plausible. (Up until the end of Finders Keepers.) Cujo, again plausible. The "middle books" (my designation) of Dolores Claiborne, Gerald's Game, and Misery, (You may include Rose Madder in those as well other than it's bits of fantasy) were plausible as well.
I have written about something like "Why am I no longer scared?" Here on the SKMB along these lines.
I'm not really frightened by the fantastical bits in his writing any more, but the plausible ones still do it for me.
And I really hope The Outsiders has teeth as vicious as Cujo's were.
Because I don't even understand what is meant by "horror."
The first two books of the Hodges Trilogy were frightening, because they were plausible. (Up until the end of Finders Keepers.) Cujo, again plausible. The "middle books" (my designation) of Dolores Claiborne, Gerald's Game, and Misery, (You may include Rose Madder in those as well other than it's bits of fantasy) were plausible as well.
I have written about something like "Why am I no longer scared?" Here on the SKMB along these lines.
I'm not really frightened by the fantastical bits in his writing any more, but the plausible ones still do it for me.
And I really hope The Outsiders has teeth as vicious as Cujo's were.
King is a good writer but him constantly being labelled as a great horror writer is pretty misleading. The majority of his stuff isn't horror at all.
...welcome!....yep, that's pretty clear-yet the media is like a dog with a chew toy-you ain't gettin' em away from that label.....
