THE HARROWING, by Alexandra Sokoloff

(originally posted on September 4, 2006)

Need we more proof (along with Sara Gran and Sarah Langan) that the best new supernatural horror fiction is being written by women? Sokoloff's screenplay training pays off with this economical and very scary tale of five alienated teens who get caught up in forces far, far beyond their control, but she scores extra points for the biblical twist that really ratchets up the tension.