Hell House
Books | Fiction / Horror
3.7
(616)
Richard Matheson
"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." -- Stephen KingRolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townfolks refer to it as the Hell House.
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Author
Richard Matheson
Pages
304
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Published Date
1999-10-13
ISBN
0312868855 9780312868857
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Dnf"
The Lazy Reader
"What just happened? Lol. This book was more graphic than I was expecting. Glad to push through to the end. A classic that I will be reading again. "
Joe H
"Brilliantly written. The scariest horror book I've ever read. Scared me shitless. "
WT
"It was very well written, and a very good story. Was it the scariest book I’ve ever read? No. But I enjoyed reading it. "
Brooke Gross-Gilbert
"VERY graphic. Could be upsetting to readers with sensitivity. I loved it because I love horror and gore. There is a movie but it is PG-13 which doesn’t match what I would expect the book to be rated at. "
Kayla Larrison
"I had high hopes for this book, and we did not click. Hell House has all the aspects of a book I would love, but it's a disjointed story that tries way too hard to be scary the entire way through. It seems like the reader is expected to care about why/how the house is haunted, but almost little to no background is given. I kept hoping that something would change if I kept going since this seems to be a beloved book. It's kind of like watch Scary Movie 2 without any of the fun parts. <br/><br/>I'm going to rename this book Nonsense and Ghost Rape. There's also some weird unnecessary homophobia? I know this book was written in the 70s, but it was a weird transition back and forth between "boo ghosts!" and "lesbian lol". Okay, I'm done."
Emily
"not the scariest book i have read, good writing. "
SoulMoon
"Decent book! Narrated well. Definitely some creepy parts but overall a little slow. Still enjoyed. Even though it was written in the 70s, it ages well. "
Kirsty Coulson
"God awful. Complete waste of my time and can’t note a single thing I enjoyed. One of the worst books I’ve read. Don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t this goofy, senseless, bizarre, ghost ***** that it was. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME."
Maddison Chick
"Such a great story, very engaging and satisfying in its conclusion "
Justin Huddleston