What Horror books do you own or read?

[bulletproof]

I have too many to list but here's a few.

Art of darkness.
The Zombies that ate Pittsburg.
Broken minds,broken dreams.
The Evil dead companion.
The Fearmakers.
Modern Horror film.
Gore score .

[RogueSpear]

I'm with you...I have way to many so I'll just list a few of my favorites.

The Stand - Stephen King
Desperation - Stephen King
Needful Things - Stephen King
It - Stephen King
The Shining - Stephen King
Watchers - Dean Koontz
Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz
Phantoms - Dean Koontz
One Rainy Night - Richard Laymon
Blood Crazy - Simon Clark

[michael_myers_woman]

i have read

*CARRIE
*CUJO
*THE STAND
*CHRISTINE

these are all stephen king books

[Candyman666]

Ummm...

Shadowfires, Watcher, Intensity, Twilight Eyes, Funhouse, Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, False memory, Dark Rivers of the Heart, Cold Fire, Hideaway, Phantoms by Dean Koontz. (Probably more but I'm forgetting a few).

IT, Misery, Christine, and Pet Semetary by Stephen King.

Cradle and All, Jack and Jill, Pop Goes the Weasel, and Cat and Mouse by James Patterson

American Psycho, the Relic, Bloodstream, and probably a bunch of other ones I'm forgetting.

I'm only 16 but I've been reading horror since I was like 9 or 10. Dean Koontz is my favorite author (you probably noticed)

Hooray for me.

[bulletproof]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Candyman666:
Ummm...

Shadowfires, Watcher, Intensity, Twilight Eyes, Funhouse, Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, False memory, Dark Rivers of the Heart, Cold Fire, Hideaway, Phantoms by Dean Koontz. (Probably more but I'm forgetting a few).

IT, Misery, Christine, and Pet Semetary by Stephen King.

Cradle and All, Jack and Jill, Pop Goes the Weasel, and Cat and Mouse by James Patterson

American Psycho, the Relic, Bloodstream, and probably a bunch of other ones I'm forgetting.

I'm only 16 but I've been reading horror since I was like 9 or 10. Dean Koontz is my favorite author (you probably noticed)

Hooray for me. </font>

Thats really impressive!

[Sam Hain]

have a few horror books.last read h.p. lovecrafts lurker at the threshold.
i mainly have books on "black magic/satanism" by crowley,lavey,etc.
the "mad arab's"(lovecraft) necronomicon.
read the satanic verses by rushdie.
my favorite book is desperation,by king.also liked insomnia.

[bulletproof]

I have Clive Barkers A-Z of Horror.Its done very well.
Stephen King books:
bag of Bones
The Dark half
Diffrent seasons
The Bachman books
Girl who loved tom Gordon
Rose Madder
Dark tower series.
Salems Lot
Pet Sematary
Dreamcatcher.

I also have Thor,Howling mad,and Resident Evil.
For Argento fans pick up Art of darkness you will not be dissapointed!

[michael_myers_woman]

i also have read PET SEMATARY

[DeadByDawn]

I used to read H.P. Lovecraft and Clive Barker, but not anymore.

[Jason Voorhees]

I've read just about everything by King and Koontz.

[bulletproof]

Has anyone ever read Gary Brandners's Howling trilogy? They are really trashy and fun to read.The movies don't really do them Justice.

[the_ultimate_evil]

i have all of S D perrys resident evil books any one else read them

[Psychocandy]

I'll post a list tomorrow night. For now i'd just like to recommend Richard Matheson's I Am Legend above all others. It's not only the best horror book i've ever read...it's the best book regardless of genre.

[Spider-Man]

0The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub(10/10)
0Black House: The Talisman 2 - Stephen King & Peter Straub (9.5/10)
0American Psycho - ???? I can't remember (9.5/10)
0Dreamcatcher - Stephen King (9/10)
0Harry Potter - Brrrr.....

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[bulletproof]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by the_ultimate_evil:
i have all of S D perrys resident evil books any one else read them</font>


I think they are pretty well written and provide a very good backstory to the characters.But I have only read The Umbrella Conspiracy,and Nemisis.Every time I go see if the others are in;They're out!

[Linus*likes*noise]

I have the HalloweenIII book. I got it when I was seven or something, I liked the scary artwork for the cover so I asked for it on Halloween one year and I got it. Sweet! Anyway its a good read, and there is another cool book I own Payback but it is not like the Mel Gibson movie story. Its about a sadistic hitman/buisiness man,have you heard of it? Crazy shite I tell you!

[Razorblade Smile]

Necroscope by Brian Lumley

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[izombie]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Razorblade Smile:
Necroscope by Brian Lumley

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Awesome series, I've read all of them one of the best Vampire series around.

I started reading the last one but quit so I could save it take on vacation with me, his books would make some wild ass movies in the right hands, of course they'd have to be NC-17

[PapaJupe2k]

Dean Koontz books I own
-Darkfall, Winter Moon, The Funhouse, The Eyes of Darkness, The Face of Fear, Intensity, Dragon Tears, Phantoms, Strangers.
Stephen King books I own
-The Long Walk, Skeleton Crew, Rose Madder, Carrie, Gerald Game, Night Shift.
-John Saul's Black Lightning and Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra are also very good.
Out of all these I guess I enjoyed Strangers, the most. It is the longest book I own and takes a while to get going, but the character development is second to none. I highly recommend you check it out.

[bulletproof]

For die-hard Wes Craven fans,you should pick up Screams & Nightmares:the films of Wes Craven.It has major Details of all his Films,and a big chapter on the Nightmare Sequels and why he hates them.

Future Noir: the making of Blade Runner is a must have for fans of the movie.

Blood and Chocolate.great Werewolf book.

Cronenberg on Cronenberg.
Jaws .
Vampires.
Friday the 13th part 1 & 2 & 6.
The Damnation game.
The club Dumas.
The Light at the end.
Necroscope 1-3.
Cabal.

[thingsgoinon]

whew...too many to even go into....I've been reading books since 10 or so, and I'm 38...I have quite a large inventory http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif

[kubotakhan01]

John Saul's "Darkness"
H.P. Lovecraft's "Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre"

My personal favorite:
"The Scary Stories Treasury" old folklore stories collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz. The amazing charcoal drawings(By Stephen Gammell) alone are enough to buy the book. Great reading for a stormy night.

[Adam Bateman10]

Does anyone agree with me that American Psycho is 20 times more humorous as it is a horror story?? It might just be me, but I see it as more of a satire than horror.. It is undeniably funny most of the time. Or maybe I'm really fucked up in the head

[Psychocandy]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Adam Bateman10:
Does anyone agree with me that American Psycho is 20 times more humorous as it is a horror story?? It might just be me, but I see it as more of a satire than horror.. It is undeniably funny most of the time. Or maybe I'm really fucked up in the head</font>

I thought it was funny too. However, I actually am fucked up in the head and am not scared to admit it. That said...the scene with the rat, the pipe and the prostitute did make me go a little pale. That was strong stuff. But I like it when an artist isn't afraid to boldly go where no-one has gone before into areas previously considered taboo. Brett Easton Ellis didn't so much teeter on the edge of bad taste...he gleefully leapt over the edge, sprouted wings and flew towards the horizon pissing on the upturned faces of politically correct fools as he went. The thing that really surprised me about the book though was that even though much of it was undeniably tedious...I read every word.

[malaria]

James Herebert - I've read all his stuff apart from "Others" (no relation to the film) and as soon as I've read that I'm thinking of posting a full biog review.

Ira Levin's Sliver (crap film, great book)

Graham Masterton (My fave writer) - Death Trance, Ritual, The Djinn, Manitou, Trauma, The Chosen Child, The Hymn, Mirror, Burial, Famine, Night Warriors, The Wells of Hell, Tengu, Prey, etc

American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis

Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House
Ghost Rig
Poe Must Die
The 2nd Pan Book of Horror Stories - Van Thal (I grew up reading these great books)

Shaun Hutson - Another of my fave writers, Assassins, Victims, Spawn, etc

Guy N Smith - Throwback, Thirst, Night of the Crabs
Christopher Fowler's Flesh Wounds
Anno Dracula Kim Newman
Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham
Idle Hands - Joe R Landsdale
Don't Say A Word - Andrew Klavan
Superstition - David Ambrose
Sphere - Michael Crichton (My favourite book of all, shit film)
Ian Watson - The Fire Worm
Stephen King - Misery, Different Seasons, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, etc

Anne Rice - Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned

Reborn - F Paul Wilson

Richard Preston - The Hot Zone
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Gridiron - Philip Kerr

Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
The Hannibal Files - Daniel O'Brian
The Strange World of Thomas Harris - David Sexton

Toady aka The Horror Club - Mark Morris

Clive Barker - Weaveworld, The Great & Secret Show

StMichael's 65 Story Compendiums (These are really great short story books)
65 Great Spine Chillers
65 Great Tales of Horror
65 Great Murder Mysteries

More Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales - Alan Robson

The Vertical Plane - Ken Webster

(And they're just the ones in my room at the moment)

[bulletproof]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Psychocandy:
I thought it was funny too. However, I actually am fucked up in the head and am not scared to admit it. That said...the scene with the rat, the pipe and the prostitute did make me go a little pale. That was strong stuff. But I like it when an artist isn't afraid to boldly go where no-one has gone before into areas previously considered taboo. Brett Easton Ellis didn't so much teeter on the edge of bad taste...he gleefully leapt over the edge, sprouted wings and flew towards the horizon pissing on the upturned faces of politically correct fools as he went. The thing that really surprised me about the book though was that even though much of it was undeniably tedious...I read every word.</font>

We must be related or something,because i too am fucked in the Head, and totally loved
The Novel of American Psycho.It defines 80's excess perfectly.

[ScaryFreak1827]

All I have is one : IT

[Batgirl1979]

I have read so many that the only one's I can remember are the ones that I own.

Stephen King:
Firestarter
Thinner
The Girl who loved Tom Gorden
Desperation
The eyes of the Dragon
Bag of Bones
Pet Sematary
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Needful Things
The Stand:the complete & uncut version

Dean koontz:
The Bad Place
The Vision
The Door to December
Phantoms

The Seasons of Passage-Christopher Pike
Stone-Joe Donnelly
Vampires-John steakly
Great tales of Terror-Edgar Allen Poe

That's just the first shelf of Hardcovers that adorn my Bookcase.

When I was a teen I read almost every Christopher Pyke(The Last Vampire series & Whispers of Death) and R.L Stine books.

I love the smell of old novels
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[HalloweenShape31]

I read the HALLOWEEN young adult book series and they weren't very good, I also read mostly Stephen King and after I finish reading IT, I am gonna start the Resident Evil book series.

[Gypsy Poet69]

I have read almost all of Stephen King's books and Dean Koontz. My favorite being The Stand and The Shining. I just read a book called "The Girls He Adored" It is about a serial killer with several personalities and it really is good and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The Guy is writing a sequel. I am at work and can't remember the author's name, but it is an awesome book. I also read some of Anne Rice, but her earlier books are best I especially like The Witching HOur. I have been reading since the day I learned how and I love to read good horror and suspense books.

[FeydRautha]

I've been a life-long Stephen King fan. "The Shining" scared the crap out of me when I was 16. I've never been that enamoured of Dean Koontz's work.

Clive Barker was a great suspense-horror writer in his early pieces, but seems to have gone off in a slightly wussy direction (if you don't believe me, read "Weaveworld").

James Herbert did some lovely stuff early in his career, but like Barker went all soft in his later books. I stopped reading him after "The Magic Cottage".

Has anyone here read Poppy Z. Brite? I've had her work recommended to me by other horror fans, but haven't picked it up yet.

I'm sorry to see there aren't more Classic Horror readers here...H.P. Lovecraft is the true master, IMHO. His friend August Derleth also wrote some great horror, and Edgar Allen Poe is a macabre genius.

[Patrick Bateman]

Yes I agree, "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis is without a doubt one of the more important books to come out of the 20th century, simply because of the controversial content, and outrage by many, many femnists. It is however very tedious, but very humourous nevertheless.

If you enjoyed that, I would recommend picking up "The Rules Of Attraction" by BEE (which features Sean Bateman, Patricks younger brother), and maybe "Glamorama".
Both books feature Patrick Bateman in small Cameos. In "ROA", theres even a whole chapter dedicated to PB, much like "American Psycho".

I have to return some Videotapes....

[bulletproof]

For Evil Dead fans i suggest buying tyher Evil Dead Companion.It tells how and who the EVD crew really are,the short films they made in collage,and a detailed view of most of Sam Raimi's films.

[Andrew Tom]

Ok, here's what I have...

Stephen King:
Salem's Lot
The Dead Zone
Cujo
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Christine
The Talisman
It
The Eyes Of The Dragon
Misery
Dark Tower: The Drawing Of The Three
The Tommyknockers
The Dark Half
Gerald's Game
Dolores Claiborne
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Desperation
Wizard & Glass
Bag Of Bones
Hearts in Atlantis
Dreamcatcher
Black House

Night Shift
Creepshow(comic)
Different Seasons
Cycle Of The Werewolf
Skeleton Crew
Four Past Midnight
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
The Green Mile 2-6
Everything's Eventual

Neil Gaiman:
American Gods

Ray Bradbury:
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Edgar Allan Poe:
Can't remember the name of the book, but it's a collection of short stories.

Mary Shelley:
Frankenstein

Washington Irving:
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Clive Barker:
Damnation Game
Books Of Blood 3

R.L. Stevenson:
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Jane Jensen:
Gabriel Knight: Sins of The Father

Ramsey Campbell:
The Nameless

Arturo Perez-Reverte:
The Dumas Club

Bret Easton Ellis:
American Psycho
Rules Of Attraction

That's what I have...read a lot more..