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There's so much modern horrors taking the market that we don't want to forget the originals that started it all. Today, we face superficial monsters and gory flicks versus actually learning a lesson about human nature or the supernatural. For those who want to see a list of classic horror stories they could go off of, below is a site leading to it:
http://www.horrorliteraturepro.com/c...horror-novels/ And if you have any suggestions, please comment and let's find out which classic horror literature sparked your life. ![]() |
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Not a bad list.
Very pleased to see it has several of my favorites: Dracula The Shining - scariest book I ever read The Haunting of Hill House - close second We Have Always Lived in the Castle Poe's short stories I'd add: H.P.L. Clive Barker Algernon Blackwood M. R. James Oliver Onions And a bunch more I'm forgetting now.
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Thanks!
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Very good list, for the most part...would have replaced the extremely ponderous IT with PET SEMETARY, but a minor quibble.
Do feel some Lovecraft should be in there and Matheson also, but certainly a decent way to discover some classics. |
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suggestions
Thanks! I'm actually in the process of questioning which Lovecraft work would be best to put up. Does anyone have any considerations or suggestions?
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You could go with one of the biggies:
The Call of Cthulhu The Shadow Out of Time The Shadow Over Innsmouth At the Mountains of Madness When I was a kid I remember hearing that reading The Mountains of Madness would make you go insane. ;-)
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So, you've got The Complete Stories and Poems by Poe, and then you've got two other selections by Poe. They're already in the COMPLETE volume, eh?
Great to see Carmilla in there- not many mention Le Fanu these days. I'll second the Blackwood recommendation, and Lovecraft. The Color Out of Space is a great representative piece. MR James for ghost stories. Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Joyce Carol Oates Somewhere here on HDC there's a Top 100 Horror Writers list. Here it is: http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61434&page=1 |
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Stephen King's IT is one of the few books that actually scared me. This is a good list you've got here...
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