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Eisenhower Public Library Staff Picks: Horror
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"The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly place called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a chilling encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering...
2) Poltergeist
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The classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.
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"A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street-for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price-they couldn't believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants...
5) Ghostsitters
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Araminta Spookie volume 5
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While all of the adults are away on a trip, Araminta's cousin Mathilda comes to babysit, reluctantly bringing with her two teenaged poltergeists who proceed to wreak havoc in Spookie House.
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Poltergeist 2: The family has fled from their cursed home to a new one, only to be followed by the demons who want their clairvoyant daughter.
Poltergeist 3: Still haunted by evil spirits, Carol Anne is sent to live in a Chicago high rise with her aunt and uncle and discovers she must face demons more frightening than ever before.
7) Poltergeist
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The Freeling family is a typical middle class family living in the peaceful Cuesta Verde Estates. Steve, his wife Diane, 16-year-old daughter Dana, 8-year-old Robbie, and 5-year-old Carol Ann live in a tract house. Soon strange things begin to happen around the house; the pet canary dies, mysterious storms occur, and Carol Ann is summoned to the TV set, where a strange shaft of green light hits her and causes the room to shake. As the curious events...
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Embassy of the dead volume 1
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"When Jake Green opens a mysterious box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper intent on dragging him to the Eternal Void (yes, it's as fatal as it sounds). Now Jake is running for his life. Luckily, he has a knack for talking to ghosts, which just might help him survive long enough to reach the Embassy of the Dead and plead his case. With the help of a prankster poltergeist and a dead undertaker, Jake dodges fearsome undead...
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Wiley & Grampa's creature features volume 9
Wiley and Grampa's creature features volume Bk. 9
Wiley and Grampa's creature features volume 9
Wiley and Grampa's creature features volume Bk. 9
Wiley and Grampa's creature features volume 9
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In Wiley and Grampa's ninth scary saga, gritty, moist clumps of pure malodorous horror have been unearthed in Gingham County. Merle, our feline hero, must battle the kitty litter poltergeist, dragging Wiley & Grampa straight into the next dimension, full of ghosts, goblins and unbearable stenches. Take a whiff of pure terror!
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Ghosts are an intrinsic part of our culture, from lasting legends to CGI movies. Readers step inside haunted houses with parapsychologists as they try to understand the mysteries of ghosts and poltergeists. From Kentucky to London, from the past to the present day, readers will get glimpse at how these mystery explorers use scientific processes to better understand the unknown phenomena of phantom spirits.
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"This is the Amazing Story of the Enfield Poltergeist On August 31st 1977, normal life ended for Mrs Harper and her four children in their modest council house in a hitherto quiet corner of the north London suburb of Enfield. Compared to what was to come, the initial phenomena were relatively minor - knockings on the walls, and pieces of furniture moving in ways that did not seem normal. The neighbours came in and searched the house, finding all in...
15) Poltergeist
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A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter.
17) The conjuring 2
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Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
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Family can be the death of you.... Fortune-teller Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast-- her life depends on it. Then the ghost of Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. As the secrets of Sabine's past are uncovered, one thing becomes clear-- someone doesn't want her to get the answers she seeks.
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"Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life. She expected to run across any number of odd occurrences in the small bayou town, but she never thought her life would be in danger within a matter of days. And that's not even the worst thing. Helena Henry was hell on wheels - both alive and dead - when she resided in Mudbug, and a year in heaven hasn't improved...
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"Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died-for two minutes. Now she's a Greywalker-walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of 'strange' cases. In the days leading up to Halloween, Harper's been hired by a university research group that is attempting to create an artificial poltergeist. The head researcher suspects someone is faking...