Hell House - Richard Matheson

Hell House

By Richard Matheson

  • Release Date: 2011-04-01
  • Genre: Horror
Score: 4
4
From 630 Ratings
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Description

"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." -- Stephen King

From the author of I Am Legend comes Richard Matheson's Hell House, the basis for the supernatural horror film starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill.

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newspaper 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 townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • No For Me

    2
    By jjmdmdkalvlfodksnsnshcv
    Overly lewd - uncomfortable to read as a woman. Reads as smut passing off as a horror book. I like Stephen King and read because of him, but this book was not scary in any way, just perverted and strange.

  • Amazing

    5
    By Celeste____
    I finished this book in 3 days ! That’s how good it was that I couldn’t stop reading, at work, at home, in between being a mom, wife, co-worker , this book kept me so hooked it was definitely a Great read !

  • What?

    2
    By Napalmbalm
    After reading that Stephen King loved this I thought I'd give it a shot. Don't get it. Seemed like a retread of other "Oceans 11" groups of people investigating a house. Convoluted plot. Nonsensical, unexciting conclusion. Want my ten bucks back.

  • Horrifying

    5
    By Virtuodigm
    Best haunted house story ever written. Gives both the point of view of the scientist skeptic and the religious medium. A must read.

  • Great Book

    5
    By Gutmunchers
    One of the best ghost stories that I've ever read. Matheson never disappoints!

  • Horror at it's best

    5
    By superflycrazy
    This is the kind of book that makes you paranoid & uncomfortable while reading it. Next best thing to a great horror movie. Heart pounds. Sweaty hands. Neighboring sounds put you on edge. I swear I was being watched while reading it. Ha! What it boils down to is his words come alive & you find yourself so engrossed that time stands still. Absolutely incredible. Thanks to Stephen King for mentioning on his book jacket that Matheson was his inspiration to write. It inspired me to look him up & I soon discovered that a few of his books became movies. Awesome movies too. :)

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