5. Pet Sematary (1983)
Sometimes dead is better Stephen King describes this as one of his darkest novels and the one that scared him the most. I have to admit, when I put this book down the ending haunted me for a long time, this is not a book for the faint-hearted. The quote I used is one which the book is almost based around; the idea that once someone or something is dead, it can be better to leave them that way. Unfortunately the main character of the story doesnt agree with this, so he buries his daughters dead cat in the old Indian burial ground behind his house and it comes back. This is a particularly uncomfortable story, any story which deals with death and bringing the dead back to life will be frightening but this story leaves you squirming at the narrators decisions and the ending really makes you shudder. Not one to read alone, or at least certainly not near a graveyard.