Random Most Horrible Things That Have Happened In Stephen King Novels (21 items)

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  (#17) Beaver Fights A Toilet Monster And Loses

  Dreamcatcher might be one of Stephen King's oddest books, but it doesn't mean there aren't some horrifying passages in it. One of the scariest is Beaver's fight with the toilet monster, which ends up being a lot more frightening than it sounds.

  As Beaver struggles to keep the creature in the toilet by sitting down on the lid, he can't help trying to reach for his toothpicks. As they fall from his hands onto the blood-soaked floor, he foolishly continues trying to grab one. The weight shift allows the alien to break free and viciously attack poor Beaver. 
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  (#9) Susannah Is Assaulted By A Demon

  A lot of horrible things happen in the Dark Tower series, but one of the most graphic is the sexual assault of Susannah by the Speaking Demon in the third book, The Waste Lands. Even though she's able to tap into her tougher personality, Detta Walker, to help fight back, it's still an extremely horrifying situation.

  It also doesn't help that she becomes pregnant with a demon baby.
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  (#7) Cujo Descends Into Rabid Madness

  Cujo got back up. His muzzle was bloody. His eyes seemed wandering, vacuous again... The dog made as if to walk away, suddenly snapped viciously at its own flank as if stung, whirled, and sprang at Donna's window. It struck right in front of Donna's face with another tremendous dull thud. Blood sprayed across the glass, and a long silver crack appeared. Tad shrieked and clapped his hands to his face, pulling his cheeks down, harrowing them with his fingernails.

  The scariest part about Cujo is how down-to-earth everything is. It's not some interstellar space clown bent on consuming the souls of children, it's a dog slowly driven mad by rabies. Stephen King is such a master of his craft that he makes you simultaneously sad about Cujo's transformation, but also horrified that this dog is going to maul Donna and Tad. 
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  (#14) Roland Lets Jake Fall To His Death

  Go then. There are other worlds than these.

  In the first book of the Dark Tower series, The Gunslinger, Roland is a hardened man obsessed with his quest to find the titular tower. He meets a boy, Jake Chambers, who becomes his surrogate son. Jake looks up to Roland, but fears what will happen when Roland has to choose between him and his mission. Unfortunately, that very problem occurs near the end of the book, and Roland has to decide whether to go after the Man in Black who has the answers he seeks, or save Jake who is dangling over a ledge. Once Jake realizes that Roland won't save him, he lets go of the edge and falls without screaming.
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  (#8) Henry Carves Ben's Stomach

  It is filled with violent moments, but one of the most disturbing is Henry’s actions toward the overweight Ben. Most bullies like to give swirlies or massive wedgies, but Henry goes further than that. After Ben refuses to let Henry cheat off him on a test, Henry tracks him down and sets out to carve his name into Ben’s stomach with a knife.

  Fortunately, Henry only carves the H before Ben escapes, but it's a scar that remains with him for the rest of his life. 
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  (#1) Little Gage Creed Gets Hit By A Truck

  ... he believed that the tips of his fingers had actually brushed the back of the light jacket Gage had been wearing, and then Gage's forward motion had carried him out into the road, and the truck had been thunder...

  Pet Sematary remains one of Stephen King's scariest books and some of his most horrible events happen within this novel. One of the biggest is the death of Louis's young son Gage. After spending more than half the book getting to know him (even though you know he's going to die), it still hurts when you learn Gage is hit by a truck on a busy highway as his father tries desperately to save him. 

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