Classic Horror tales we should go back to and read

[horrorliteraturepro]

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/classic-horror-novels/


And if you have any suggestions, please comment and let's find out which classic horror literature sparked your life. ::smile::

[rachMiel]

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.

[horrorliteraturepro]

Thanks! ::cool:: I was wondering what others could be added to the list. I mean there's like so many great classics out there.

[FryeDwight]

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.

[horrorliteraturepro]

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?

[rachMiel]

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. ;-)

[neverending]

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

[horcrux2007]

Stephen King's IT is one of the few books that actually scared me. This is a good list you've got here...