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Originally Posted by neverending
There's a segment in the 1963 film Black Sabbath based on a Tolstoy story. IMDB says it's titled Sem'ya vurdalaka.
Phantom of the Opera of course has a literary source. (Gaston Leroux) Of course there's the obvious- Dracula & Frankenstein.
J. Sheridan La Fanu wrote great ghostly & Gothic material- Carmilla and many others.
One of my favorite underappreciated authors is Algernon Blackwood. He was adapted more in the radio era, but his story "The Doll" is pretty much the the genesis of all evil doll stories. Rapacini's Daughter has also been adapted.
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Love Sheridan Le Fanu- Carmilla has been the source for many films. Also His contemporary, Henry James.
Phantom is great.
Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus) and Dracula are always by my bed.
Tolstoy-I haven't yet tackled but you have whetted my appetite.
Have heard of Algrnon Blackwood, but not read any of his work-will check it out on Amazon; thanks xx