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Summary: Tales from the Crypt Scary
Review: These are great sitting around a campfire kind of stories (which is where I read them), but I can't say that I would actually just sit and read them. They aren't scary like Poe or King. Just creepy and pretty predictable. But aren't all campfire stories?
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Summary: Spinechillingly delving deeply into the macabre
Review: These are some of the best short stories of the "scary story" classification I have ever read. My friends and I use to poor over these pieces of work all the time when I was in elementary school. I am now a senior and I still enjoy reading the mass of tales contained within the spines of these books. What more, the illustrations are still the most frightnening and ambient I've ever seen. Good work and congratulations to the author/illustrator.
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Summary: Fond Memories
Review: These books were my obsession in the second grade. My favorite stories are: "Room for One More," "Harold," the one where the lady steals a liver from a dead body to feed her husband--only to have the body pay a visit to find it's lost organ, and the story of the woman who dies of the plague while staying in a hotel. (This is not meant to slag any of the other stories) However, since I have yet to purchase this box set, I can only hope they're included.The "Scary Stories" series came to my mind a week ago when I was trying to sleep, and I had to turn the lights on when I remembered the details of the stories. Mind you, I'm 19! Nothing--not Stephen King or Dean Koontz--has ever scared me so much. "Harold" has to be my favorite story of all. These book taught me the power of words and to appreciate classic horror, at an early age. The stories may seem a little graphic for children, but I have no problem with giving them to my own if I decide to become a father someday.
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Summary: VERY SPOOKY!! IT'LL GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES!!
Review: This boxed set of "Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark" is absolutly incredible! I am now 18 years old and still can't get enough of this spooky stuff. The stories aren't too scary, but the illusions are very scary, morbid, eerie, and will give you nightmares!! Hey, ... these books still give me chills even after all these years. I love 'em. Stephen Gammell has given readers a rare treat with all the spooky and realistic black & white illusions. Alvin Schwartz is a heck of an author! These books are wonderful. Get em' all in this incredible boxed set. Enjoy it.
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Summary: ahhhh grusome memories :)
Review: Well...myself like pretty much every single reviewer on here are fans of this series from childhood. I read this trilogy sometime around 3rd grade. I remember sitting in my room with the lights off..with a flashlight and reading until I got frightened outta my jammies. The stories are so-so ,even as a kid the stories alone were just entertaining. The illustrations however..gave me NIGHTMARES!!..I mean c'mon just look at them..what 9 year old wouldn't get nightmares..they're extremely grusome and gross..I LOVE EM!!. I'm so glad I found this box set , when I was a kid my mother thought these stories were a bad influence on me because she found a collection of stories I had written that "disturbed" her , so she threw these books away. Reading these now at the age of 20 bring back the days when children's horror stories were actually scary instead of moronic (Goosebumps , ect)..where a illustration scared a kid to death rather than them just taking up space. I want my children to have these. Children need a good scare. Beyond the imagery of death and decay , alot of these stories can teach valuable warnings to children such as "don't talk to strangers" and "stay away from this" and ect,ect. It's sad i've read where these books are being banned for "warping the mind's of children"..ha the Nickelodean channel has been doing that for decades...allow your children to read these books. Horror literature for kid's doesn't get much better than this
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Summary: books worth screaming about
Review: when i was a little girl, my friends showed me these books and i screamed in fright over the illustrations. :D
i still have a bit of a hard time looking at some of them. i fully recommend all these books for any young reader who loves to be scared. the stories are wonderfully wicked and stephen gammell's illustrations would send a chill up anyone's spine.
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Summary: Campfire Stories
Review: When I was in elementary school in the early 90's my Girl Scout troop used to camp at the local Girl Scout Camp which had its own scary story/local legend to go along with it. We'd scare eachother around the campfire, taking turns reading these outloud. To this day, I am 22 now, we joke about "Wherrrrrrrrre's Myyyyyyyyyyyyy Liverrrrrr?" They are definitly stories meant to be told around a campfire, or at a slumber party when you can snuggle up in your sleeping bag and have fun. I also love the illustrations. They still creep me out! I recomend that every kid has these stories. They were definitly a memorable part of my childhood.
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