Why scary books are better than scary movies
The things we imagine can often be scarier than anything seen on screen


For more, check these Halloween-themed articles and podcasts from The Week:
- 9 terrifying short stories you can read right now
- Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold (podcast)
- The brilliance and lies of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
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Jen Doll is the author of the memoir Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest. She's also the managing editor for Mental Floss magazine and has written for The Atlantic, Esquire, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Hairpin, New York magazine, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review The Village Voice, and other publications.
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