Tomes to be terrified by

• Published in: The Banner (Clinton, Mass.)
• Main Author: Kane, Mike
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: West Boylston, Mass GateHouse Media, Inc 06.10.2011
• Subjects: Clermont, Lynn; Howland, Louise; Matheson, Richard (1926-2013)
• ISSN: 0895-7665

So maybe I shouldn't have been surprised when my friend told me he would not be finishing "Coldheart Canyon," which he described as: "Pornography. Violent pornography." I also won't recommend [Richard Matheson]'s "The Legend of Hell House," "A Stir of Echoes," or "I Am Legend," three books turned into movies that only scratch the surface of the mental turmoil Matheson puts protagonists through. I won't recommend them because I am no book expert and once bitten is twice shy is a cliche, but one that seemed to fit in a column about horror fiction. "The monster came at midnight as monsters do," states publicity materials for the book. "But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming ...