'Salem's Lot, by Stephen King is very good. There are genuine vampires in that one, and the taunting letter Barlow leaves for Ben Mears halfway through the book will terrify you!

 

Lovecraft. I was ruined by his amazing works from a very young age and have never looked back. *grin*

 

The greatest author ever. That guys works blow my effing mind. I was genuinely terrified whilst reading the story The Picture in the House, from The Call of Cthuhu and Other Weird Stories.

 

Have you ever come across...this...

http://io9.com/5847879/what-if-dr-seuss-wrote-the-call-of-cthulhu

This is...brilliant!! *grin*

 

I'll recommend another classic - Matthew Lewis "The Monk". It's out of copyright so available free if you've got an e-reader device or app. It's one of the original gothic genre novels full of evil monks in monasteries if you're interested in that sort of thing.

 

I'm gonna check that out tonight man, saved to bookmarks.

 

Thats wierd you said those two. I actually just read both of those for the first time in the last few months

Did you see that Under the Dome miniseris commercial on superbowl?

Is Black House a sequel ?

 

Yes, I really liked it too. =) I will def get Blackhouse

I'm excited for the miniseris, it was just the cover of the book and Coming soon, no details or anything.

I even told my man while I was reading it that I thought this one would convert well to TV.

 

My favorite King is his more subtle, non-supernatural horror, the best of which is "Different Seasons."

He jumped the shark with "Tommyknockers" and I haven't read any of his stuff since.

AFAIK, there are only three really good vampire novels (I'm so over Rice):
"Sunshine" by Robin McKinley
"Fevre Dream" by George R.R. Martin (easily the most terrifying/horrifying)
"Fledging" by Octavia Butler

If you want true, realistic horror (like bad stuff that could go down tomorrow without the wrath of God), read Butler's "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Talents." It's the worst of the stuff humans would do to eachother in a ZA, without the zeds to blame.

 

Loved this book when it came out in the eighties(yes, I'm THAT old:zombies_cool<--I think one of his best.

I really liked this one, but don't anyone else did:zombies_nosmile:--borders on the zombie gendre.

I read The Dome recently and loved it til the last 50 pages or so, then it fell apart for me. I am looking forward to seeing if the miniseries changes my opinion. The Stand will always be my favorite, I've read the book and watched the miniseries multiple times.

 

Others have beat me to it. (haven't been to the site for a bit) Lovecraft by far has the spookiest of stories. I wouldn't say that one story has really done me in though. It's the Mythos that he created. read enough and it seeps into your psyche and changes your perspective on every day mundane, trivial stuff. His writing style isn't for everyone though. I have tried to get some younger acquaintances into his books, but it seems his "wordiness" is a turn off to them. Oh well, their loss.

 

The best horror book ever would have to be The Long Walk by Stephen King. Honorable mentions are: Needful Things by King as well and Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.

 

anybody else like shaun hutson books?

 

Needful Things is a good book; better than the movie, and the last book set in Castle Rock, Maine.