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mae
03-23-2009, 01:54 PM
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.
mia/susannah
03-23-2009, 01:58 PM
Should we give one of ours that we think should win or are you going to make a poll of certain ones?
Heather19
03-23-2009, 02:14 PM
Gotta go with It. It's the only book to ever really truly frighten me.
John_and_Yoko
03-23-2009, 02:16 PM
Should we abstain if we haven't read all of those?
SigTauGimp
03-23-2009, 02:19 PM
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*
mae
03-23-2009, 02:20 PM
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.
jayson
03-23-2009, 02:22 PM
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.
mia/susannah
03-23-2009, 02:29 PM
I voted Desperation, that one was pretty scary to me
AlishaRiley
03-23-2009, 03:09 PM
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.
sarah
03-23-2009, 03:34 PM
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*
Sam
03-23-2009, 04:15 PM
I'm with you maer, The Shining all the way.
Woofer
03-23-2009, 05:48 PM
Super tough choice.

1408 What a great "bad place" story.
Desperation Crazy cops locking up innocent people - and that's just the start!
Gerald's Game It's way too easy to imagine that situation. Way too easy.
It Ah, the book that made me want to see The Crawling Eye and gave us Pennywise.
Pet Sematary I stayed up all night finishing this one. Killer two year olds are terrifying indeed.
'Salem's Lot The crawlspace and the school bus.
The Boogeyman If I got a running start down the hall, I could jump onto my bed from the doorway and avoid the boogeyman.
The Mist Oh yeah! Freaking Lovecraftian horrors.
The Shining Excellent haunting story; excellent story of a man going crazy; excellent story of an exceptional child.
The Stand Post apocalypse.

But which one scared me most of all? *ponders deeply*
Jean
03-24-2009, 12:11 AM
Pet Sematary.
Jon
03-24-2009, 12:51 AM
The Stand scares the hell out of me because it is the most plausable scenerio on the list
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-24-2009, 12:52 AM
The Shining is pretty plauseable....
Jon
03-24-2009, 12:54 AM
Haunting?
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-24-2009, 12:57 AM
Crazy man
Melike
03-24-2009, 01:23 AM
Pet Sematary.
mae
03-24-2009, 05:40 AM
Go Pet Sematary! :excited:
sarajean
03-24-2009, 05:55 AM
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.
Aaron
03-24-2009, 06:06 AM
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.
ManOfWesternesse
03-24-2009, 06:56 AM
Pet Sematary.
Woofer
03-24-2009, 11:01 AM
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:
mae
03-24-2009, 11:29 AM
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 :)
candy
03-24-2009, 12:19 PM
the shining all the way, had to read this with a cushion to hide behind.
flaggwalkstheline
03-24-2009, 12:54 PM
I would have voted regulators but its not there so I picked desperation
Tak scares ths shit outta me
Woofer
03-24-2009, 06:17 PM
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...

The Ramones (naturally)
Jon
03-24-2009, 09:26 PM
Crazy man


Oh yes...and in the movie, Jack Nicholson was violent and drunk...very plausable!!
mate211
03-24-2009, 09:50 PM
First vote for Mist,that really frighted me.
DoctorDodge
03-25-2009, 05:59 AM
IT gets a vote from me. The Shining was a great creepy novel, but IT scared the shit out of me!
mae
03-30-2009, 02:25 PM
The poll has closed and the winner of our inaugural Most Frightening Published Work Award, receiving 8 votes (26.67%), is:


Pet Sematary
Jean
03-30-2009, 10:36 PM
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ManOfWesternesse
03-30-2009, 11:44 PM
Excellent! - and 'It' is well deserving of that close runner-up position.