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Tavern of Terror, Vol. 2: Short Horror Stories Anthology
- By: Scare Street, Ian Fortey, David Longhorn, and others
- Narrated by: Thom Bowers
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
An artist struggles to hold on to her soul as she feverishly completes a deadly masterpiece. The death of a movie producer unleashes an ancient reel of film with a dark secret worth killing for. And a woman gets the scare of her life as strange intruders break into her home....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Omg ! Soooo good ! So tense !
- By kathy pappas on 03-05-24
Hit Or Miss
Reviewed: 04-23-23
I was excited for this after reading the almost unanimously positive reviews and having enjoyed Volume 1 quite a bit. But only a few of the stories really did it for me. Some of the others (particularly "Help Me Rhonda") were a bit overbearing and sort of overstayed their welcome. For the most part though it was a good time.
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Wisconsin Vamp
- Monsters in the Midwest, Book 1
- By: Scott Burtness
- Narrated by: Ray Lesniewski
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
Some vampires are destined for greatness. Herb Knudsen isn't one of them. When truck-stop diner cook and mediocre bowler Herb Knudsen becomes a vampire, his once simple life gets a bit more complicated. Herb’s not even sure how it happened. He wasn’t bitten by a vampire, which means there’s no one around to help him learn the ropes. With no one to guide him, Herb fumbles into his newfound abilities, courting disaster with every step. Despite learning each new lesson the hard way, being a vampire isn’t all bad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator needs some work
- By Paranormaly Yours on 10-16-19
- Wisconsin Vamp
- Monsters in the Midwest, Book 1
- By: Scott Burtness
- Narrated by: Ray Lesniewski
Utter Crap
Reviewed: 01-27-23
Neither fun nor funny. Narrator is bad at female voices, he just makes them sound like gay men.
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The Late Night Horror Show
- By: Bryan Smith
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
The TV ads promised a festival of cheap and bloody fright films, all of them thinly disguised knockoffs of well-known movies with much better pedigrees. One film features a family of chainsaw maniacs, another a zombie uprising. In yet another, a cult of vampires lives in a creepy old mansion. The whole thing is hosted by the mysterious Dr. Ominous.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty OK but….
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-23
- The Late Night Horror Show
- By: Bryan Smith
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
Terrific Concept
Reviewed: 09-17-22
Always with the understanding there is Stephen King and then there is everyone else, Bryan Smith is easily my favorite out of everyone else. If you have enjoyed some of Bryan's other work, definitely give this one a listen!
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The Unseen
- By: Bryan Smith
- Narrated by: Beth Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
For Allison Cook, the weekend trip to a horror convention in Virginia is a fun break from work and humdrum reality. Then she meets a guy who shows her a movie that shouldn’t exist, one that upends everything she thinks she knows about reality itself. The movie on the old VHS tape is an unseen and unknown installment of a legendary slasher franchise she’s loved since the dark days of her unhappy adolescence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Torn
- By J. Nickey on 11-24-21
- The Unseen
- By: Bryan Smith
- Narrated by: Beth Stewart
Top Notch Narrator
Reviewed: 07-14-22
I read the actual book several months ago and loved it. The basic concept is one I've thought about many times...alternate universe installments of my favorite horror movies. Bryan Smith is easily my second favorite writer behind Steven King.
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A House by the Sea
- Winthrop House, Book 1
- By: Ambrose Ibsen
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 482
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Story4 out of 5 stars 429
After his book becomes a best seller, novelist Jack Ripley moves into a house on the edge of Cutler Harbor with his wife and two daughters. Nearly a century old, Winthrop House is newly-restored and boasts a gorgeous oceanfront view. But everything is not what it seems. Though picturesque, Jack learns that the house has been shunned for decades by the locals, owing to a number of mysterious disappearances and inexplicable deaths on the grounds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty creepy
- By Lizzystick on 03-07-17
- A House by the Sea
- Winthrop House, Book 1
- By: Ambrose Ibsen
- Narrated by: James Foster
Enjoyable
Reviewed: 06-04-22
Decent enough story, though the main protagonist Jack is kind of a douche. My only real criticism is that the author tends to let his characters ramble, even in just casual conversation. People don't talk that long uninterrupted lol.
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Fright Night
- The Novelization
- By: John Skipp, Craig Spector
- Narrated by: Peter Atkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Charley Brewster is a horror movie fan, a kid with an active imagination. So, when he begins telling people that his new next-door neighbor is a vampire, no one believes him. Not the police, not his girlfriend Amy, not even the school weirdo Evil Ed. But Charley's seen the coffin and the bodies drained of blood and knows he will be the vampire's next victim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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COOL!
- By Craig specht on 08-02-21
- Fright Night
- The Novelization
- By: John Skipp, Craig Spector
- Narrated by: Peter Atkins
Insufferable Narrator
Reviewed: 04-24-22
I couldn't even get through the first hour. Why would you get a brit to narrate a novel based off an iconic American movie?
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The Dead Zone
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,283
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,129
Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people's futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma, and people clamor for him to solve their problems. When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician, he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Listen!
- By karinzart on 04-29-17
- The Dead Zone
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: James Franco
Forgot How Good This Is.
Reviewed: 01-29-21
I read this a million and one years ago in high school. In light of recent events pertaining to a certain sociopathic ex-president, I got the urge to revisit it. Still one of Stephen King's best stories. My only complaint is that he never clarified the fate of Tru, er, Stillson the way the movie did. But overall it's one of my favorites along with Salem's Lot and Christine.
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Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three
- By: Jack Townsend
- Narrated by: MrCreepyPasta
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,352
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,948
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,938
An army of monsters walks among us, hidden in plain sight. They're fast. They're strong. They're unrelenting. And they only want one thing: The shitty gas station at the edge of town. Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, Jack - night-shift clerk and local crazy person - has found himself neck-deep in the middle of yet another world-ending terror. And this time around, nobody can be trusted. Not that tough-as-nails cop who probably knows a lot more than she's letting on. Not the adorkable new employee who might be something far less innocent than she appears.
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5 out of 5 stars
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backgrounds
- By Tyson on 11-20-20
- Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three
- By: Jack Townsend
- Narrated by: MrCreepyPasta
Good...But...
Reviewed: 12-09-20
I'd have to say a bit of a dropoff from the first two. The dialogue was hilarious, but the story was a little monotonous. There didn't seem to be too many of the lighthearted moments of the first & second book. Jack was just relentlessly in peril this time around, hardly ever getting a breather. And as a listener, it was tiresome never being able to tell if it was all actually happening, or just a big-ass hallucination or what. But I still liked it overall and will look forward to Book 4.
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The Long Walk
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,044
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,230
In the near future, when America has become a police state, 100 boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Among them is 16-year-old Ray Garraty, and he knows the rules - keep a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings and you're out - permanently.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ONLY,---- WHAT A STUPID WORD!
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-29-16
- The Long Walk
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Glad I Bothered
Reviewed: 09-20-20
This has been one of my favorite King stories forever. I bought this audiobook several months ago but was sort of discouraged by the negative reviews. Finally I said screw it and and got going with it. I wasn't disappointed at all. True, the editing is a a bit choppy, but nothing was omitted, as best I could tell. The narrator was pretty good too!
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