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Read 'The Cabin At The End Of The World' And You Won't Sleep For A Week

Paul Tremblay's new novel is the best (and scariest) kind of horror — the quiet, believable kind of story that doesn't involved posessed dolls or body doubles, and could absolutely happen to you.
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The worst kind of horror plays for shock — for extremes of blood and gore and screaming nonsense. It is instantly recognizable for existing in a universe too far gone from our own to truly haunt anyone still tethered to the everyday.

The best kind of horror is soft. Quiet. Almost gentle in its handling of fear. It is rooted firmly in the real. It could happen tomorrow, to any of us.

is good horror. , a kind of half-and-half mix (very real pregnancy body horror with a little Faust thrown? That's like with more murder and an evil goatee. Fun, sure, but it won't keep you up at night unless you already possess an unnatural fear of your Tercel.

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