false <![CDATA[Hell House]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178662314m/818433.jpg 33547 14 Can any soul survive?<br>Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Two previous expeditions to investigate its secrets met with disaster, the participants destroyed by murder, suicide or insanity. Now a new investigation has been mounted - four strangers, each with his or her own reason for daring the unknown torments and temptations of the mansion... 804298 1971 Hell House total:823|5:192|4:297|3:244|2:69|1:21| 823 3039 1294 125 5 2 false false Tue Nov 04 08:39:47 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 08:40:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 06:17:44 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 06:28:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 10:28:42 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 18:53:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 09 18:49:57 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 07 10:40:11 -0800 2007
Yet Matheson has his own brand of the macabre. His characters, while compelling, aren't as well-drawn or emotionally involving as King's (at least in this book). And his horror has a slower build and then...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 14:41:44 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 15:12:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 10:00:34 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 11:03:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Apr 13 13:41:11 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:41:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:57:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 23:02:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 9 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:42:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:16:40 -0700 2009
I admit I was reluctant to read Hell House. I’m not really one to be scared. I think there are enough real life horrors in the world to subject ourselves to imaginary ones, bu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 21:34:52 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:39:56 -0700 2009 The Haunting of Hill House, although I like it less. There is a similar setup - scary old house that has more or less devoured people who lived in it is investigated by four researchers. In Hell House the victims investigators are a physicist/parapsych...more...]]> 5 6 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 17:40:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 17:46:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Sun Nov 15 14:39:21 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:44:22 -0800 2009
"Hell House" is fla...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:21:10 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 16:11:29 -0700 2009 The Haunting of Hill House but owes just as much to The House on Haunted Hill. A researcher is hired by an ailing millionaire to prove conclusively whether or not the human soul survives after de...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 16:23:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:36:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sat Nov 22 13:46:01 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:46:01 -0800 2008
I'm a little surprised that I got through this one. It's probably one of the scariest, most disturbing books I've ever read. I enjoy a good ghost story, but this one is really over the top. However, I really love the author, and it's a classic, so I had to give it a try. (Ca...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri Apr 18 10:25:15 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 10:26:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:21:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:21:16 -0800 2009 Hell House could easily be written today and be successful, too – our ghost stories have not matured much since Matheson played with the haunted house formula. Instead of hapless civilians who for whate...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 19:01:21 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 15:20:34 -0700 2008 1
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