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   Must-Read Horror Authors
       
    If you're a fan of horror fiction or want to learn more about the genre,
don't miss these top horror authors.
       
   

Bentley Little
       The Store (1998) ISBN: 0451192192 (Mythological Monsters)
Bram Stoker
       Dracula (1983) ISBN: 0451523377 (Vampires and Werewolves)
Poppy Z. Brite
       Exquisite Corpse (1996) ISBN: 0684836270 (Splatterpunk)
Anne Rice
       The Vampire Lestat (1985) ISBN: 0394534433 (Vampires and        Werewolves)
Elizabeth Hand
       Waking the Moon (1996) ISBN: 0061054437 (Mythological Monsters)
Stephen King
       Carrie (1975) ISBN: 0385086954 (Telekinesis and Hypnosis)
Ramsey Campbell
       Nazareth Hill (1997) ISBN: 0312863446 (Ghosts and Haunted Houses)
Stephen King
       Bag of Bones (1998) ISBN: 0684853507 (Ghosts and Haunted Houses)
Jeanne Kalogridis
       Covenant With the Vampire : The Diaries of the Family Dracul (1994)        ISBN: 0440215439 (Vampires and Werewolves)
Richard Matheson
       The Incredible Shrinking Man (1994) ISBN: 0812522990
       (Technohorror and Medical Horror)
Ira Levin
       Rosemary's Baby (1991) ISBN: 0451194004 (Demonic Possession,        Witches and Warlocks)
Thomas Tryon
       The Other (1971) ISBN: 0899684432 (Maniacs and Sociopaths)

       
  Must Read Books
    The Store—Bentley Little
Dracula—Bram Stoker
Exquisite Corpse—Poppy Z. Brite
The Vampire Lestat—Anne Rice
Waking the Moon—Elizabeth Hand
Carrie—Stephen King
Nazareth Hill—Ramsey Campbell
Bag of Bones—Stephen King
The Covenant with the Vampire series—Jeanne Kalogridis
The Incredible Shrinking Man (collection)—Richard Matheson
Rosemary's Baby—Ira Levin
The Other—Thomas Tryon
       
  Must See Horror Films
    Dracula, 1931, Tod Browning
Candyman, 1992, Bernard Rose
The Shining, 1980, Stanley Kubrick
Frankenstein, 1931, James Whale
Rosemary's Baby, 1968, Roman Polanski
The Wicker Man, 1973, Robin Hardy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1941, Victor Flemming
The Sixth Sense, 1999, M. Night Shyamalan
Psycho, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock
The Stepfather, 1987, Joseph Ruben
Night of the Living Dead, 1968, George Romero and remake 1990, Tom Savini
The Stepford Wives, 1975, Bryan Forbes