[frostfire]

Hi guys,

I would like to ask you for some types on good horror books. However, not the classic main stream horror, no Stephen King, nothing like that. What I'm looking for should be something more intellectual and deep, not just thing to be scared of (nothing against King :P , just my personal preferences). I like what some japanese game creators present us (evil within, silent hill, dark souls etc.). There's lot of blood, lot of brutal violence, disgusting creatures of nightmares but none of that is meaningless just to make a reader/viewer/player scream in horror.

I love hidden meanings in things. For example in the Evil Within (video game) your character is a cop and at one part in the game you are constantly chased by an immortal monster that cannot die - every time you kill him, he comes back. It is a big man that looks like a butcher, he wields a hammer and in place of his head, he has a safe (vault). I believe it's supposed to represent unsolved cases that will haunt you forever.

This is just a small example that I can think of right now but it is pretty much what I'm yearning for, kinda nightmarish horror with hidden depths and meanings that in its true nature shows that human is the most horrifying monster of all.

I hope I was making some sense :P . Thanks for any advice :)