Hell House

"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." -- Stephen KingFrom the author of I Am Legend comes Hell House, the basis for the supernatural horror film starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill.For over twenty years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity. But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.Hell House, which inspired the 1973 film The Legend of Hell House, is Matheson's most frightening and shocking book and an acknowledged classic of the genre.

About the Author

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) wrote numerous New York Times bestselling novels, including I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Shrinking Man, and others. A WHC Grand Master of Horror and past winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, he also won the Edgar, the Hugo, the Spur, and the Writers Guild awards, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.Ray Porter has garnered two Audie nominations as well as several Earphones Awards and enthusiastic reviews for his sparkling narration of audiobooks. A fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has also appeared in numerous films and television shows.

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