Your books are safe! Those rectangular shaped objects that sit on your shelf can transport you anywhere your imagination wishes. You can be young Jim Hawkins sailing for buried treasure on-board the Hispaniola or Frodo Bagins heading towards Rivendell with his hobbit friends. When you read you can explore the thoughts and feelings of other people without even leaving your room. Of course, once you close your book you can become you again. These books are safe! There are some books that are not safe! There are some books that very pages hold a dark and evil presence, who’ s pages should never be read. They are out there, somewhere, waiting for you to find them.  Within the leather bound case, a presence is stirring, something ancient, something that wants your sole. Try not to scream, you can not escape it. Prepare to be introduced to Perilous Pages – 8 Books of Evil in Film!

Necronomicon Ex-Mortis – The Evil Dead (1981)

The Necronomicon is said to have been written by the Dark Ones, it’s pages are bound in human flesh and inked in human blood. The book contains prophecies, funerary incantation, and demon resurrection passages. It’s not something you really want lying around for anyone to read. The books most notable feature is the screaming face on the front. Whether this is meant as a warning to discourage people from opening the book, or if it is part of the evil that lies within is debatable. What is clear is that the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis is a powerfull and rare book that should not be treated lightly.

The book has the ability to turn the living into “Deadites”,  zombie like servants of the Evil Dead. Once Infected, only sunlight can cure them. This infection appears not to be exclusive to people, inanimate objects such as books and trees can become possessed by the evil. All though a killer book is not half a scary as your ex girlfriends decapitated body, dancing about and trying to strangle you to death. It’s most dangerous aspect, is the books capability of resurrecting ancient evil. It also thought that certain incantation could have the ability to bend space time.

The Necronomicon was discovered in an archaeology dig by Professor Knowby, who took the book to his cabin to decipher it’s pages. It was here that he unwittingly release the Evil into the woods. The Professor and his wife were never seen alive again. The books current whereabouts are unknown. According to Ash Williams , the book is either burned, or sent back in-time. His conflicting accounts of his encounter with the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis clearly the result of a troubled and disillusion mind. What is clear that is that eleven people went up that cabin, and only one returned.

Powers

• Posses the Living
• Awaken Demons
• Bends Time
• Made of human flesh

Fear Factor : Pants wetting – 9

Handbook for the Recently Deceased – BeetleJuice (1988)

Sometimes things have a way of finding themselves in places that they should never be. The Handbook for the Recently Deceased is one of these. It is a book not meant for the living. Is a guidebook for spirits new to the afterlife, a way for them to learn about death and it’s legal ramifications. Yes, even in death, you’ll be ruled by politics and regulations! Said to be like reading “stereo instructions”, it’s pages are filled with detailed information on the after life including chapters on haunting and exorcism passages. One of these books found it’s way into the hands of a living man and through reading it’s pages managed to raise two spirits from the dead. The results were catastrophic and only spoken about as rumor and legend.

The handbook was never meant for the living, its pages contain answers and secrets that the we are just not ready for yet. 

If you ever come across this book, don’t panic, just draw a door!

Powers

• Written for the dead
• Contains secrets of the After-Life
• Contains exorcism passages

Fear Factor : A little spooked! – 2

The Grand Grimoire – The Warlock (1989)

The Grand Grimoire is a Satanic book that is said to be able to reveal the “true” name of God. It is known, that if the name of God is said backwards it would undo creation, there by making this book one of the most deadly and destructive books that ever existed.  The word “grimoire” denotes a textbook of magic and within the ancient pages of this book, are dark spells and black magic. The book was deemed so dangerous , that it’s pages were separated in to three pieces, at some point so that no man could ever find it. Despite this, he book was brought together at some point in the late nineteen eighties and buried in the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah. It’s exact location is currently unknown, but it’s burial in salt is believed to be related to the the occult, more specifically. witchcraft. Evil cannot bear salt, and witches are burned by contact with it.

Powers

• Contains Spells and Hexes
• Contains the true name of God
• Capable of undoing creation itself!

Fear Factor : Change of underwear! – 8

In The Mouth of Madness –In the mouth Of Madness (1994)

Ancient evil lies within the pages of the latest Sutter Cane book, “In The Mouth of Madness”. Canes other books have known to have adverse effects on it’s readers. Known to cause disorientation, memory loss, and paranoia in “less stable” readers. but his latest work is sure to drive you insane.

John Trent, an insurance investigator, was hired to track down Cane, after he went missing. Canes publicist wanted Trant to find Cane and the manuscript to his latest book. Trent, believing this to be nothing more than an elaborate publicity stunt, tracks Cane to a little town called Hobs End, the “fictional” setting for many of Cane’s works. Trent managed to find the manuscript, but Cane was never seen again. Trent’s exposure to “In The Mouth of Madness”, drove him insane. He claims that the book was a work on non-fiction, and that the public’s belief in Canes work, has freed an ancient race of dark demons that want to reclaim the world. In The Mouth of Madness is the final peice of the key. If you read the book, the knowledge of what will come and of the creatures that will be set free, will drive you mad!

Trent was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after killing a Sutter Cane fan with an axe. Despite his warnings, the book is out and available at your local retailer and the movie comes out next month.

Powers

• Strange effects on readers
• Corrupts the living
• Predicts the future
• Raises ancient demons

Fear Factor : Change of underwear! – 9

The Book of the Dead – The Mummy (1999)

Looking for the “Book of Amun-Ra”, an ancient solid gold book, that has the power of taking life away,  an amateur Egyptologist and a group of treasure hunters uncovered the black “Book of the Dead” at an ancient site known as Hamunaptra. This book, a twin of Amun-ra, has the ability to bring the dead to life.  Upon reading from the pages, the Egyptologist accidentally wakens Imhotep , a two hundred year old mummy, who used to be a high priest to Pharaoh Seti I.  The book gave Imhotep unholy powers, including the ability to spread the ten plagues back across Egypt.

It is believed that Imhotep took the Book back to Hamunaptra, where it was discovered. This ancient site collapsed, swallowing both the books and Imhoptep.

Powers

• Raises the dead
• Unholy powers

Fear Factor : Hide under the covers! – 4

 The Diary of Patience Buckner – Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Haunted by the spirit of a young girl, this relic of evil was found amongst many other bizarre objects, in the basement of a cabin. The Buckners were a sadistic redneck family, who worshipping pain. This crazy religion centred on pain and self-mutilation, and they would Torture and murder passing travellers. Patience Buckner kept a dairy , filled with dark and religious sentiment. Her writing’s tell off the gradual breakdown of the family, until they finally kill each other.

“I can hear Matthew in the Black Room, working upon father’s jaw. My good arm is hacked up and et so I hope this will be readable, that a believer will come and speak this to our spirits. Then we will be restored, our love will be unending, and the Great Pain will return.”

The book, a rather innocent looking leatherbound object, contains Latin verses that when spoken aloud, re-woke the Buckners from their deathly slumber! Not to be confused with “Zombies”  they are more “Zombie Redneck Torture Family”. It would seem that book had bared the brunt of the pain and captured the sole of young Patience with it.

Powers

• Disturbing Text
• Raises the dead

Fear Factor : Gotta quit drinking! – 4

 A Grimoire – Knights of Badassdom (2013)

This prop spell-book, purchased off ebay, was the prefect accessory for Three best friends weekend of Dragon fighting! Well kinda.. The friends are on a weekends  dungeons and dragons styled LARP (thats live action role play), when the book is read out loud, they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus. This seductive demon is only happy with a hand on your heart and your brains spayed out all over the floor. It turns out that the cheap on-line purchase was actual a genuine grimoire and the inscription read out loud, opened up a another plane of reality, releasing the evil seductress. Luckily a few choice guitar riffs and some hard rock lyrics is enough to fell her.

The book seems have the ability to attached to a person, not literally, but spiritually.  We witness the book teleporting to it’s new Master, when the book is lost, hinting towards a connection between the two. It’s very possible that the grimoire is sentient which could mean that the words read were chosen an not a random page choice by it’s Master.

Powers

• Sentient
• Can defend itself
• Can teleoprt
• Opens portals to other realms
• Raises Demons

Fear Factor : Run away! – 5

Mister Babadook – The Babadook (2014)

A mysterious pop-up story book with little or no explanation to it’s existence. The book was found in suburban household , where it’s cheerful red cover and minimalistic styled drawings seemed to be nothing more than an innocent child’s story. Strangely, the book was half finished. The pages were blank and only half the story told.  The tale told of “the Babadook”, represented as mysterious shadowy figure that popped up through out the story. As the fable goes on, it’s words and meanings become darker and more sadistic.

“If it’s in a word, or in a look, you can’t get rid of the Babadook”

It was after the book was discovered and only hlaf read, that a mysterious figure begun to appear. Wreathed in the shadows and always hidden. Could this mysterious lurking creature really be the titular character from the book? To add to the mystery, the missing pages suddenly appeared in the book, continuing the tale of the Babadook. With every page, it becomes more angry and violent, leading to the conclusion of murder. The books presence alone is intimidating, and it can cause hallucinations and paranoia.

Powers

• Distrubing Text and Images
• causes hallucinations
• Releases a monster (?)

Fear Factor : Hiding under the bed – 3

Words are innocent and powerless,  just sitting there on a page. However, they can be twisted , for good or evil , in to words that have power and meaning. Those that know the right combinations hold great power over us, and by writing them down, only doom us to read them. A book is meant to be read!
They say that knowledge is power, well know you have the knowledge of these evil volumes. You know what they look like, and more importantly what they can do.  If you ever find one of these books, never open it and never ever read from it. For it could mean your life, and the doom of mankind!

Reading the words on this page, you are safe. But, what ever you do, never read these words out-loud. Please…What ever you do do, never read these words out-loud!

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You can read the following reviews mentioned in this article:

The Babadook

The Knights of Badassdom

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