Amityville Horror

Anyone who enjoys watching horror films will agree that even within fans of the genre there are factions. I told my mom on a regular basis that it should be locked when not being used, we had skeleton keys for all the doors in the house. To prove there's still a wealth of fresh, scary stories, we asked our dear readers and the good people at Reddit to share their scariest ghost stories.

If it was a book, it was a very short book, but I think it's more likely that it was a short story in a compilation of creepy stories. Good examples of such entertaining portmanteau movies are Tales From They Crypt (my all time favourite portmanteau movie) and The House That Dripped Blood.

All in all, I really enjoyed the stories (but I wouldn't listen to them before I go to bed!). To see Bloody Mary, one has to stay in a dark room at night in front of a mirror and call her name three or more times. The scariest of all these sub-categories is, for obvious reasons, movies that feel real.

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With a rich history and elaborate decor, the hotel is best known for its legend of the Lady in Red.” While the date remains unclear, the story goes like this: A woman was murdered in her room on the fifth floor true stories — some say it was a jealous ex-boyfriend, others say the Lady in Red had been caught cheating by her husband and he killed her in a jealous rage — and today she haunts guests.