ammar fawaz twilight is shit but dont dis harry potter therd are way more fans for harry potter than teilight first of all the harry potter novels are based on the friendships between harry harmioney and ron stupid
waffleweave 100%! The combination of loss and grief with horror is unequalled in my opinion. Being a dog owner just intensifies its power... My favorites though are The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, and the Dark Tower series (the 1st 3 at least). I prefer King when he verges on fantasy, but PS is undoubtedly the most terrifying
Pet Semetary scared the fuck outta me when I read it at 13. I had to keep the book in another room for a long time. Still one of the scariest and disturbing books I’ve read.
Maybe because WatchMojo of course didn't bother to actually read any of the novels, but at the most read short summaries. There just isn't a popular enough movie adaptation of Salem's Lot to get their attention. Or maybe they didn't want to include it because it was essentially retelling the story of Dracula, transferred to a small American town. It was still an original and very good take on the vampire theme, but it was an obvious Hommage to Bram Stoker's novel.
10. Interview with the vampire 9. American psycho 8. The Haunting of Hill House 7. The Shining 6. Hell House 5. The Excorcist 4. The Silence of the Lambs 3. Dracula 2. Frankenstein 1. IT
@@xvor_tex8577I'm reading the book too :-) I'm on page 651... In the book, It returns every 25-28 years to eat: 1904: explosion in the ironworks 1930: fire in the Black Spot 1958: first fight Loser Club vs It 1975: second fight Losers Club vs It And one of the Benjamin Walfisch songs of the 2017 It adaptation is called "Every 27 years" (good song btw)
Are they serious? Why did they show a bunch of clips from "The Haunting" 1999 remake when talking about "The Haunting of Hill House"??? That remake had nothing to do with the original story (and original film respected it a lot better!). And they showcased Owen Wilson's decapitation. Seriously??!
I agree. I remember reading it when it first came out, scared the heck out of me. Then the first movie, though silly in parts, had some really scary scenes...the little kid vampire at the window, the gravedigger in the rocking chair...the ending scene where all the vampires were crawling out of the basement. Whoever did the makeup and special effects in that movie was a genius!
Dracula was not only the best horror novel ever written, but it was one of the best novels ever written. It was written in a unique way. Instead of a third person narrative, like most stories are written, it is a series of journal entries, letters between the characters, newspaper articles, captain's logs and more. Jonathan Harker's journal entries while a guest at Dracula's castle are just chilling, and the buildup is intense.
TheSilentStorm I thought that too while watching this... but if you think about it, most great horror novels have been adapted, even if the resulted movie was bad. It's still a fair question though...
J Rich I would have liked that, it would have been more to the point. It's just frustrating to watch because 99% of horror movies are bad and horror movies from the same decade are all the same thing.
uchihadante77 Yeah, but they act very similar to the lumbering zombies that Night of the Living Dead brought us. That movie was heavily inspired by "Last Man on Earth," which was an adaptation of the book, "I am Legend."
In the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson their actually plague victims who suffer from Symptoms of Porphyria. Porphyria is a group of diseases in which substances called Porphyrins build up, negatively affecting the skin or nervous system that causes them to be more nocturnal. It is widely believed that Porphyria is a good explanation for the origin of Vampire and Werewolf legends, based upon certain perceived similarities between the condition and the folklore. Of course the plague victims in the novel would immediately go into a temporary comatose state when first stricken with the disease. Which is mistaken for death, and appeared to be coming back to life. In the three movie adaptations this is never fully explained. However, in the previous two film adaptations, The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007) the plague victims differ form the ones described in the novel. In the first movie adaptations The Last Man on Earth 1964. The plague victims are a little more accurate to the ones described in the book, but they still lack many key elements. George Romero had in fact admitted that the 1954 novel was one of his biggest influences for his 1968 classic film Night of the Living Dead.
The scariest thing I've ever read was an Algernon Blackwood short story written in 1908 called A Psychical Invasion. Idk why it was so scary, but it terrified me.
Robert Drangus Barker (like Lovecraft) wile some of the best horror writers of all time, didn't really write any ground breaking novels. Their best works are all short stories and novellas, which are not included on this list.
Sebastian B. Strongly Disagree. Thief of Always should be on this list. And although it isn't really horror, I found Weaveworld to be Barker's lesser-known crowning glory.
Sebastian B. Also, Lovecraft died relatively early in his career (considering how persistent authors usually had to be to build a proper reputation), and didn't really get to see any of the acclaim he gained over time. He didn't really get the opportunity to write more than novellas.
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Pet Sematary should have made the cut instead of It. Stephen King has written so many awesome novels that deserve more recognition than It. There should be a top 10 list for just his books.
my list: 10; Carrie- Stephen King (some probably didn't think it was scary but I thought it was) 9: Amittyvile Horror-(I can't remember who wrote it, but it was based off a real murder) 8: Cujo- Stephan King 7: Dracula- Bram Stoker 6; the shining- Stephan King 5: the Exorcist- William Peter Blattly 4: Silence of the Lambs- Thomas Harris 3; Frankenstein- Mary Shelly 2: Rosemary's Baby -Ira levin 1- Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
Amityville was by Jay Anson, based off the DeFeo family being murdered in their beds by their son/brother w a rifle. Killed 6 people who weren't drugged or moved, lying face down and none even woke up
The picture of Dorian Grey is NOT a horror novel, but a deeply symbolic story about hedonism vs. religion, science vs. believe. Whoever puts it into such a list just because there is a mystic element with the painting and a murder or two along the way either hasn't really understood the story or has a very unconventional view of the horror genre. Might as well put the Gospel of St. Lukas onto the list, because there is that really horrifying scene in which a guy gets crucified, and then three days later, he comes out of the grave, with the bloody holes still through his hands and all. Like, that's totally Zombie horror, isn't it. ;-)
@@TheSpasticAvenger The first version where they turned Mr Barlow into a Nosferatu looking person instead of what Stephen King wrote in the book pissed me off. The second version with Rob Lowe they hired Rutger Hauer, (R.I.P.) for the part which was tailor made as written in the book. That versions was way better than the Ist version with David Soul. I believe they made another version after that, but I didn't watch it.
@@conniecarroll7222 The book deserves a 4 part mini-series it's even sectioned that way, with the right cast and director it could be fantastic. I'll have to look up the Rob/Rutger version, it still won't satisfy me but anythings better than the David Soul version.
Javier Aguilar No, I was literally shitting myself for days after reading the Pet Cemetary. IT was OK but since I was much older (around 18-19) when I read it, it didn't scare me as much as Pet Cemetary which I read when I was 15.
Javier Aguilar I'm gonna admit it. I didn't really find Pet Semetary scary. It was a good book don't get me wrong, but I feel like it's overlooked as a really scary book. I could see how it's scary, but it doesn't really keep me up at night. The Shining has an on going fear throughout the book and has an incredibly intense climax which makes me shiver.
I think they are both equally disturbing. The only thing setting them apart is length. IT’s massive amount of pages make for a more detailed story, making it more favorable among critics.
I was surprised that Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera wasn't even an honorable mention. The original novel is really overshadowed today by the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and the countless Hollywood adaptations. It's a great novel and I wish that there would be an adaptation that does the novel justice (such as having Erik's original disfigurement, the original ending, and more of the backstory that's absent in most adaptations). With all of the technology available in today's day and age, is this really that hard of a thing to ask for?
Good to see American Psycho up there, the narration in that novel was absolute batshit insane! I've yet to read the whole of It, bloody long book for a short title
Fred Saberhagan's vampire novels, contemporary w/ rice's, were/are, so much better. Suzy Mckee Charnas' vampire novels, also contemporary w/ rice, are equally..... Say it w/me , kids, sooooo much better.
The Shining was the first Stephen King book I read as a teenager in 1979 or 80. It absolutely terrified me and established me as a lifetime fan and Constant Reader. I, like SK, was very disappointed in the Kubrick version. Slightly less so with the mini-series with Rebecca Demornay and that dude from Wings. I really hope that a decent reboot will be forthcoming since SK has seen such a plethora of adaptations this year. The Dark Tower, IT, Gerald's Game, 1922, The Mist, and Mr. Mercedes have all been (or will be) released on various platforms this year. Andrés Muschietti (director of "IT" 2017 has already said he is very interested in directing a remake of Pet Sematary. Sai King turned 70 yesterday and it looks like his work is finally getting the treatment it deserves. I pray that the future film versions get the attention Muschietti put into "IT."
Actually The Legend of Hell House is considered a Gothic Novel. I read it back in 1970s and it scared the hell out of me. The movie was terrible, but only had a PG rating where it needed to be R rating to be anywhere close to the book.
I can read any horror novel and see any horror movie but to think of the end of times and recall verses that talks about hell, the destruction of human kind and the punished sinners. Needless to say, I lose sleep over it.
The Turn of the Screw, everything by H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, The Midwich Cuckoos, the Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers,Psycho.
stuckinaboxhere They're not novels though. The Fall of the House of Usher is only 15 pages long, while At the Mountains of Madness is 80 pages and originally appeared in a pulp magazine alongside other stories.
It is about vampires, but the way Matheson describes them, how they look and how they act, is very zombie-like. The book was adapted into a film in 1964 called The Last Man on Earth, and if you watch it you can see that it had a direct influence on the zombies in George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968)
@@sandorenckell5259 Except that zombies do not talk and the vampires communicate in Matheson's novella. The film adaptation did have the vampire's more zombie-like, but this is not how they are described in the novella itself. In the novella, they are intelligent, fast-moving, and capable of social interactions. This is not the case with zombie lore.
HOSS Delgado Wile I see what you are saying, the term "modern zombie" pertains to the structure of what Romero created in NotLD. There have been zombies, and zombie like creatures in ancient lore for 1000s of years.
Isn't it convenient that every one of their picks has a movie adaption that they can show footage of? At least they sort of acknowledged what a great book The Terror is by showing it in the opening.
Victor Frankeinstein was not crazy! He was obsessed, but not crazy. He was sane enough to recognize what have he donde and run completly terrified of his criature.
My list would be (one book per author): 10) Nos4a2 by Joe Hill 9) Dracula by Bram Stoker 8) Frankenstein by Mary Shelly 7) Hannibal by Tom Harris 6) Adam by Ted Dekker 5) Ring by Koji Suzuki 4) Labyrinth by Johan Deseyn 3) Cry for help by Steve Mosby. 2) The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) 1) The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Well, in my opinion Pet Sematary and Salem's Lot are also way better written than It. But yeah, I guess popularity is the key here. Everybody knows Pennywise.
Salam's Lot was the first book of Stephen's I ever read thanks to the Mother of a guy I was dating. I never cared much for Pet Sematary as it made my skin crawl.
The Terror and Abominable by Dan Simmons were two of the best horror books I've ever read; its exquisite to read about situations in real life given a horror twist, fantastically well written and deeply disturbing, they're both well worth a read.
odinofanime He even used a pen name (instead of his real name, which is Joe Hillstorm King) in order to be treated as a regular horror writer, not as "the son of", he didn't want to be famous for the fact King is his father.
BjornV1994 yeah, he's really an awesome writer. Horns was awesome, and Nos4a2 may even be better then that (its really close though). He's also written the Locke and Key series, which is equally awesome. Its a shame WatchMojo just kinda ignored him, not even an honorable mention
***** Really? I can understand your disapproval of King, He was in his prime earlier on when he wrote the Shining and It, but Joe Hills works are anything but mundane. Horns gets you right into the action, giving you an understanding of the world and characters, and how fucked up everything is. Nos4a2 might be a little slow in the beginning, but thats just so he can set things up and give every important character a proper backstory (except for Maggie, some reason he just kinda tipped around her for a bit) Locke and Key also gets you right into the action as well, with the first few pages depicting a murder/rape, and then the following funeral. The man is one of the best authors that I've seen in a while
Am I the only one that think King's horror novels aren't this scary and that he is better at making non horror stories (like Running Man or Stand By Me)? An author that scared me is french Sire Cedric who makes well written thrillers with paranormal elements and some bloody moments.
Grif Daraconis King is not, especially these days, at heart a horror writer, and he admits that freely himself; that's why he dabbles in every genre, even if it's not so well. To be sure, and this is my being a fan of him, he does sometimes get a little bit too much credit for his works, which, you will find, while being prolific are sporadic in how often he actually strikes a cord. I forget who says it, but can we really call him a master when his best work was back in the 70s? I won't deny that he has great talent with words and prose, but there are much slower and better writers than King. King will be remembered in the same way that we remember Dickens, sure, but to be fair, Dickens is heavily remembered for his Christmas stories.
bannokelly18 whatever, just want to see a good movie, with updated special effects, i dont like of the monster ( spider ) that "appears" at the end ... they could try to make a good remake this time !
Unless you have coulrophobia, IT isn't really that scary (coming from someone who read the book, which is ungodly long, and seen the movie). It's filled with too much of King's own cliches and an ending that felt kinda lame. A giant spider creature from another dimension? Really?
I agree! The scenes with the clown were good but I feel like Stephen always has great situations and ideas but ruins it with ridiculous endings. "It's a spider from another dimension!" 'He's actually the devil looking for souls!'
Agreed. King has a tendency to have these great ideas, but can't seem to figure out where to go with them. So many of his endings are meh at best. He has had some good endings, but to me they are the exception rather than the rule.
HELL YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you Watchmojo and users! Stephen King's IT is the ultimate horror epic. It's probably my favorite novel and is among my favorite stories. I'm glad to see it being recognized as the best horror novel :)
For starters, Kubrick improved "The Shining" substantially by not insulting the viewer and letting them think what they will instead of forcing another "demonic/ghostly possession" story down your throat. And "I Am Legend" gave birth to modern zombies? It's about fucking vampires, but modern zombies are what's "hot" now so they changed it for the far sub-par film version. Did you read any of these or just watch the movies and see some interviews?
Jake Draper No its more of a this place will slowly consume you until youre nothing but a murderous psycopath trying to murder your family while your son is seeing the disturbing past of the hotel. Kubrick took away many key elements of the novel and changed the ending
While it's vastly overshadowed by the movies, I think that "The Ring" really should have been mentioned here... Otherwise great list! :) (The only thing I can't agree with is Nr 1)
Will H. Authors that deserved at least a mention: -Joe Hill -Koji Suzuki (Ring) -Clive Barker -Ted Dekker -Steve Mosby (more psychological thriller but with novels as Cry for help, he beat novelists as Tom Harris, when it comes to disturbing) -Johan Deseyn (pretty unknown Belgian writer but still great, his style is similar to Barker, only more cyberpunk than sadomasochistic)
I found The Silence of the Lambs at a garage sale before the movie was made. It was so good! Amitville should be on this list, I read that and didn't sleep good for weeks!
Sith'ari666 I didn't realise that. Just googled and according to Wikipedia the novel was written by the same guy and in conjunction with the movie and was released 2 weeks before the movie as a marketing gimmick
I really REALLY hope they ARE going to make a Short Story Horror list because, honestly, Lovecraft is the King of Psychological Horror. He needs his #1 spot.
I saw both movie versions of "The Haunting of Hill House" before I read the book, and it still scared the crap out of me! "Who was holding my hand?" made me throw the book across the room!
DMPepe one of the best novels ever written, and the film adaptation with Debra Kerr was outstanding. Quint at the window....yikes! Saw that as a little girl, still creeps me out. I wish that the film had also included the scene where the governess meets Quint on the staircase in the early dawn. Of all the ghost stories I’ve ever read, that passage was the creepiest ever. It’s a hard book to read, but so worth it.
For some reason... Carrie, The Shining, even Just After Sunset and The Stand freaked me out way more than IT... just reading about how grotesque Carrie was enough to send me chills.
Ten essential horror novels everybody should own :- Clive Barker - The Damnation Game Ramsey Campbell - The Hungry Moon John Connolly - The Black Angel Paul Doherty - The Rose Demon James Ellroy - The Big Nowhere Stephen King - Pet Semetary George R.R Martin - Fevre Dream Stuart Neville - The Twelve Bernard Taylor - Sweetheart, Sweetheart Simon Kurt Unsworth - The Devil's Detective James Elllroy - "Horror is an attitude" Fear Magazine 1990
No Lovecraft? Also, I know they aren’t really novels, but many of Junji Ito’s works, in my opinion, could be considered some of the most masterful pieces of horror ever created...
I was kinda anxious that IT wouldn't be included on the list. 😅 The novel is seriously tearing me apart, especially now that we have a new film adaptation. It's just so captivating in a horrifying way.
If you are looking for an easy to read book to get into the genre I think "The Girl from the Well" is a very good book to start off with. Very easy to read and fast paced.
1) Ghost Story - Peter Straub 1) Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons 1) The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson 2) The Shining - Stephen King 3) Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon 3) The Ceremonies - T.E.D. Klein 3) The Stand - Stephen King 4) The Road - Cormac McCarthy 5) The Parasite - Ramsey Campbell 6) Dracula - Bram Stoker 7) The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty 8) House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski 8) The Damnation Game - Clive Barker 9) Summer of Night - Dan Simmons 10) The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll
There is a 1970s movie, think it was a TV movie, with Leonard Whiting, James Mason, and a very young Jane Seymour. It was very true to the novel, the “monster” started out beautiful, like a normal man, not like the block head green Herman Munster character. As time went by, he started to deteriorate, and became more ugly, and so was shunned by Dr Frankenstein and everyone else, which is why he became angry and murderous...and which was very sad, you really felt for him. It was a GREAT movie, and hard to find today.
No mention of james herbert- Rats? Robert bloch - psycho? The road or outer dark by cormac mccarthy? Night church whitley streiber? The best stephen king novels are the stand and salems lot.
A very underrated and great Horror Author is Bentley Little some of the most scary F'ed up books that could almost never be filmed with out super edits and rewrites! but If you like psychological sadistic stuff read Bentley Little! Also Dean Koontz is brilliant as well right up there with Stephen King at times!
The Stand is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than The Shinning. And (for the books at least) Hannibal is better than The Silence of the Lambs, and it should be #1
True but I never considered the stand to be horror per say. Does it have scary parts (Larry’s trip through the Lincoln tunnel is scary as hell) but I don’t think it’s horror.
Daenerys Targaryen It doesn't need to have clips, I do think that mojo's logic is something like this though: If the book has a film= X10 times superior!
This list should be called horror novels with film adaptations.
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They only have film adaptations because they are great horror novels
agree 100% there are way better horror stories than interview with the vampire
But not always good movies adaptations. Some were terrible such as Legend of Hell House. The book was 10 times better.
Amen
Who else used to read the Goosebumps books when they were a kid :) ?
I read most of them. I used to love the Goosebumps books.
Amiri Copeland I think most kids read the goosebump books.
Amiri Copeland I think most people born in the 80's and 90's did at some point. Marked a generation. The TV show as well.
me
Amiri Copeland Me! That's one of the main things that got me into creepy things, as well as the Haunted (a show that used to air on Animal Planet)
What about Twilight? Oh it says horror, I thought it said horrible.
Twilight was absolute shit. I regret watching it and reading it.
Chiko was here How very 2011 of you.
Chiko was here YEEESSS! You make a joke, I LIKE!
ammar fawaz twilight is shit but dont dis harry potter therd are way more fans for harry potter than teilight first of all the harry potter novels are based on the friendships between harry harmioney and ron stupid
+whutzat Still true though.
And no HP hate. I simply won't accept it
While I loved reading "IT", I still think King's most scary and disturbing novel is "Pet Semetary".
Still haven't gotten to that one, but it's on my reading list!
waffleweave 100%! The combination of loss and grief with horror is unequalled in my opinion. Being a dog owner just intensifies its power... My favorites though are The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, and the Dark Tower series (the 1st 3 at least). I prefer King when he verges on fantasy, but PS is undoubtedly the most terrifying
So does he, coincidentally. Legend has it he almost couldn’t finish it
waffleweave I do as well! I’m reading it right now and it’s soo eerie and foreboding
Pet Semetary scared the fuck outta me when I read it at 13. I had to keep the book in another room for a long time. Still one of the scariest and disturbing books I’ve read.
You know you've fucked up your novel list if you have a movie clip for every book. Try digging a little deeper than the top bestsellers next time.
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You do realize that the PUBLIC votes on what will be the top 10, right? All WatchMojo does is make a video based on their results...
Top 10 H.P. Lovecraft Short Stories.
Where's Fifty Shades of Grey
***** xD
***** LOL
***** I thought of writing that...but knew that someone would beat me to it. Good play.
Chopskie 117 it was too scary
Chopskie 117 😂😂😂👌🏻 ikr
I'm surprissed they skipped Salem's Lot, that book scared the shit out of me when I was a kid
RealTyrax Same here. I would read it all night because I was afraid to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
Maybe because WatchMojo of course didn't bother to actually read any of the novels, but at the most read short summaries. There just isn't a popular enough movie adaptation of Salem's Lot to get their attention. Or maybe they didn't want to include it because it was essentially retelling the story of Dracula, transferred to a small American town. It was still an original and very good take on the vampire theme, but it was an obvious Hommage to Bram Stoker's novel.
Salem’s Lot is definitely much scarier than The Shining.
10. Interview with the vampire
9. American psycho
8. The Haunting of Hill House
7. The Shining
6. Hell House
5. The Excorcist
4. The Silence of the Lambs
3. Dracula
2. Frankenstein
1. IT
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Pascal Schuler I might be stupid but what does that means
@@xvor_tex8577 It returns every 27 years
Pascal Schuler oh, I’m currently reading IT I haven’t reached a point where it tells me that he returns every 27 years
@@xvor_tex8577I'm reading the book too :-)
I'm on page 651...
In the book, It returns every 25-28 years to eat:
1904: explosion in the ironworks
1930: fire in the Black Spot
1958: first fight Loser Club vs It
1975: second fight Losers Club vs It
And one of the Benjamin Walfisch songs of the 2017 It adaptation is called "Every 27 years" (good song btw)
Are they serious? Why did they show a bunch of clips from "The Haunting" 1999 remake when talking about "The Haunting of Hill House"??? That remake had nothing to do with the original story (and original film respected it a lot better!). And they showcased Owen Wilson's decapitation. Seriously??!
Scariest King novel is without a doubt Salem's Lot. And the short story about the origin of the Marsden House just makes the novel even scarier.
Salem's Lot is a masterpiece. I am surprised it didn't make the list.
dtrtus cay agree should replace it
I agree. I remember reading it when it first came out, scared the heck out of me. Then the first movie, though silly in parts, had some really scary scenes...the little kid vampire at the window, the gravedigger in the rocking chair...the ending scene where all the vampires were crawling out of the basement. Whoever did the makeup and special effects in that movie was a genius!
Is there? Just re read it again and it was still chilling and terrifying.
SPOT ON,
Dracula was not only the best horror novel ever written, but it was one of the best novels ever written. It was written in a unique way. Instead of a third person narrative, like most stories are written, it is a series of journal entries, letters between the characters, newspaper articles, captain's logs and more. Jonathan Harker's journal entries while a guest at Dracula's castle are just chilling, and the buildup is intense.
To much focus on film adaptions, most of which are bad. If a book didn't have an adaption would it be ineligible for this list?
TheSilentStorm I thought that too while watching this... but if you think about it, most great horror novels have been adapted, even if the resulted movie was bad.
It's still a fair question though...
TheSilentStorm Well, this is an internet VIDEO. What else could they do? Just show a picture of the book and summarize it.
TheSilentStorm
What you expected WatchMojo to actually READ some novels?
Danilo Carvalho That occurred to me as well.
J Rich I would have liked that, it would have been more to the point. It's just frustrating to watch because 99% of horror movies are bad and horror movies from the same decade are all the same thing.
Pet Sematary?
The creatures in I am Legend are vampires, not zombies..., read the book please...
uchihadante77 Yeah, but they act very similar to the lumbering zombies that Night of the Living Dead brought us. That movie was heavily inspired by "Last Man on Earth," which was an adaptation of the book, "I am Legend."
we did read the book, the modern zombie is a take on the vampire. traditional zombies don't eat. why don't you read
They are 100% vampires. Specifically vampires not the living dead.
uchihadante77 they already know
In the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson their actually plague victims who suffer from Symptoms of Porphyria. Porphyria is a group of diseases in which substances called Porphyrins build up, negatively affecting the skin or nervous system that causes them to be more nocturnal. It is widely believed that Porphyria is a good explanation for the origin of Vampire and Werewolf legends, based upon certain perceived similarities between the condition and the folklore. Of course the plague victims in the novel would immediately go into a temporary comatose state when first stricken with the disease. Which is mistaken for death, and appeared to be coming back to life. In the three movie adaptations this is never fully explained. However, in the previous two film adaptations, The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007) the plague victims differ form the ones described in the novel. In the first movie adaptations The Last Man on Earth 1964. The plague victims are a little more accurate to the ones described in the book, but they still lack many key elements. George Romero had in fact admitted that the 1954 novel was one of his biggest influences for his 1968 classic film Night of the Living Dead.
This isn't a top 10 horror novels, this is a most popular horror novels. I've read books far more scarier than any on this list, I mean far far more.
any examples?
The scariest thing I've ever read was an Algernon Blackwood short story written in 1908 called A Psychical Invasion. Idk why it was so scary, but it terrified me.
its say top 10 horror novels not the scariest
You do realize that this list is made by the public, so of course most of the books on this list will be popular.
Sith'ari666 short stories is not on this list
rip christopher lee...
There is a Clive Barker shaped hole in this list.
Robert Drangus
"I have seen the future of horror, his name is Clive Barker!" - Stephen King
"We haven't seen shit" - Mojoholics
Robert Drangus Barker (like Lovecraft) wile some of the best horror writers of all time, didn't really write any ground breaking novels. Their best works are all short stories and novellas, which are not included on this list.
Robert Drangus i knew something felt missing
Sebastian B. Strongly Disagree. Thief of Always should be on this list. And although it isn't really horror, I found Weaveworld to be Barker's lesser-known crowning glory.
Sebastian B. Also, Lovecraft died relatively early in his career (considering how persistent authors usually had to be to build a proper reputation), and didn't really get to see any of the acclaim he gained over time. He didn't really get the opportunity to write more than novellas.
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Top 10 John Wayne films
Top 10 historical warriors eg Romans Highlanders Samurai etc
Top 10 martyrs (religious and political separate lists)
Ethan Latto i prefer nothing of this
DO TOP REN WORST MOVIES PLEASE
+TeaTime and that is your opinion what would you like to suggest then if my ideas aren't good enough
Ten opps
Pet Sematary should have made the cut instead of It. Stephen King has written so many awesome novels that deserve more recognition than It. There should be a top 10 list for just his books.
IT is still better than Pet Sematary
House of Leaves deserved to put higher than both of them
Jessica Russian Sifontes I would agree if it wasn't for the retarded orgy and the shitty ending
Jessica Russian Sifontes It is overrated
Jessica Russian Sifontes agreed
my list:
10; Carrie- Stephen King (some probably didn't think it was scary but I thought it was)
9: Amittyvile Horror-(I can't remember who wrote it, but it was based off a real murder)
8: Cujo- Stephan King
7: Dracula- Bram Stoker
6; the shining- Stephan King
5: the Exorcist- William Peter Blattly
4: Silence of the Lambs- Thomas Harris
3; Frankenstein- Mary Shelly
2: Rosemary's Baby -Ira levin
1- Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
I didn't even know "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was a horror novel but it's one of my favourite books! A+ list !
Amityville was by Jay Anson, based off the DeFeo family being murdered in their beds by their son/brother w a rifle. Killed 6 people who weren't drugged or moved, lying face down and none even woke up
The picture of Dorian Grey is NOT a horror novel, but a deeply symbolic story about hedonism vs. religion, science vs. believe. Whoever puts it into such a list just because there is a mystic element with the painting and a murder or two along the way either hasn't really understood the story or has a very unconventional view of the horror genre. Might as well put the Gospel of St. Lukas onto the list, because there is that really horrifying scene in which a guy gets crucified, and then three days later, he comes out of the grave, with the bloody holes still through his hands and all. Like, that's totally Zombie horror, isn't it. ;-)
Road all except FRANKENSTEIN
Salem's Lot
I'd like to see that book adapted by a decent director all adaptations were disappointing
@@TheSpasticAvenger The first version where they turned Mr Barlow into a Nosferatu looking person instead of what Stephen King wrote in the book pissed me off. The second version with Rob Lowe they hired Rutger Hauer, (R.I.P.) for the part which was tailor made as written in the book. That versions was way better than the Ist version with David Soul. I believe they made another version after that, but I didn't watch it.
@@conniecarroll7222 The book deserves a 4 part mini-series it's even sectioned that way, with the right cast and director it could be fantastic.
I'll have to look up the Rob/Rutger version, it still won't satisfy me but anythings better than the David Soul version.
Am I the only one who thinks Pet Cemetary is better than IT??
Javier Aguilar No, I was literally shitting myself for days after reading the Pet Cemetary. IT was OK but since I was much older (around 18-19) when I read it, it didn't scare me as much as Pet Cemetary which I read when I was 15.
+Javier Aguilar Most of Stephen King's books are better than IT, in my opinion.
No. Even King himself does
Javier Aguilar I'm gonna admit it. I didn't really find Pet Semetary scary. It was a good book don't get me wrong, but I feel like it's overlooked as a really scary book. I could see how it's scary, but it doesn't really keep me up at night. The Shining has an on going fear throughout the book and has an incredibly intense climax which makes me shiver.
I think they are both equally disturbing. The only thing setting them apart is length. IT’s massive amount of pages make for a more detailed story, making it more favorable among critics.
I was surprised that Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera wasn't even an honorable mention. The original novel is really overshadowed today by the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and the countless Hollywood adaptations. It's a great novel and I wish that there would be an adaptation that does the novel justice (such as having Erik's original disfigurement, the original ending, and more of the backstory that's absent in most adaptations). With all of the technology available in today's day and age, is this really that hard of a thing to ask for?
Good to see Richard Matheson represented. I always thought he was criminally overlooked. Great writer.
i would hardly call Dorian Gray a horror novel
Its more a gothic novel
Good to see American Psycho up there, the narration in that novel was absolute batshit insane! I've yet to read the whole of It, bloody long book for a short title
I know it is a short story but The Rats in The Walls is terrifying
Dick pole One of my favorites
My favorite
Indeed it is.
Glad Interview with a Vampire made it on the list.
Lol.
Fred Saberhagan's vampire novels, contemporary w/ rice's, were/are, so much better. Suzy Mckee Charnas' vampire novels, also contemporary w/ rice, are equally..... Say it w/me , kids, sooooo much better.
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker should have been on this list!
The Shining was the first Stephen King book I read as a teenager in 1979 or 80. It absolutely terrified me and established me as a lifetime fan and Constant Reader. I, like SK, was very disappointed in the Kubrick version. Slightly less so with the mini-series with Rebecca Demornay and that dude from Wings. I really hope that a decent reboot will be forthcoming since SK has seen such a plethora of adaptations this year. The Dark Tower, IT, Gerald's Game, 1922, The Mist, and Mr. Mercedes have all been (or will be) released on various platforms this year. Andrés Muschietti (director of "IT" 2017 has already said he is very interested in directing a remake of Pet Sematary. Sai King turned 70 yesterday and it looks like his work is finally getting the treatment it deserves. I pray that the future film versions get the attention Muschietti put into "IT."
Implying lovecraft didn't have full novels
1. The Exorcist
2. Interview with the vampire
3. Dracula
Can you do top 10 Gothic novels?
Actually The Legend of Hell House is considered a Gothic Novel. I read it back in 1970s and it scared the hell out of me. The movie was terrible, but only had a PG rating where it needed to be R rating to be anywhere close to the book.
The Invisible Man- HG Wells
debra corrica I didn’t find that scary at all, just disturbing and cruel. If I remember correctly it wasn’t a horror, just a historical fiction.
Modern science fiction! W/ deep, horrific undertones.
They totally overlooked the scariest book EVER written: The Bible. Talking snakes, psychotic deities, zombie saviors, and the end of the world.
Ok, thanks for that...
Oh snap
I can read any horror novel and see any horror movie but to think of the end of times and recall verses that talks about hell, the destruction of human kind and the punished sinners. Needless to say, I lose sleep over it.
Yeah you're right. Nothing can compare with it.
Come on, that book is a total joke.
The Turn of the Screw, everything by H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, The Midwich Cuckoos, the Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers,Psycho.
Sometimes I think the ones who make these lists were all born after 1995
@@joehawkiins8712 😂😂😂
Fall of the house of Usher and At the Mountains of Madness are full stories
stuckinaboxhere They're not novels though. The Fall of the House of Usher is only 15 pages long, while At the Mountains of Madness is 80 pages and originally appeared in a pulp magazine alongside other stories.
Phantom Of The Opera didn't get a honorable mention? That's a shock, considering how much of a legacy it's left us.
Chas Riley IKR!!!
Isn't "I Am Legend" about vampires?
It is about vampires, but the way Matheson describes them, how they look and how they act, is very zombie-like. The book was adapted into a film in 1964 called The Last Man on Earth, and if you watch it you can see that it had a direct influence on the zombies in George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968)
@@sandorenckell5259 Except that zombies do not talk and the vampires communicate in Matheson's novella. The film adaptation did have the vampire's more zombie-like, but this is not how they are described in the novella itself. In the novella, they are intelligent, fast-moving, and capable of social interactions. This is not the case with zombie lore.
I am Legend didn't create the modern zombie, Night of the Living Dead did.
Lazy Canadian Agreed, but George Romero was inspired by I am Legend when he wrote the script for Night of the Living Dead.
HOSS Delgado Wile I see what you are saying, the term "modern zombie" pertains to the structure of what Romero created in NotLD. There have been zombies, and zombie like creatures in ancient lore for 1000s of years.
The book, not the movie.
Lazy Canadian Agreed. They were supposed to be vampires in the book. Nothing like the movie.
Lazy Canadian Um, "I am Legend" the book was written in 1954....pre-dates Romero, so........
Isn't it convenient that every one of their picks has a movie adaption that they can show footage of?
At least they sort of acknowledged what a great book The Terror is by showing it in the opening.
fg I don't think books is their thing really...
Typical, non-literate millennials. Lol.
I love how you show movie clips in a video about books...
Victor Frankeinstein was not crazy! He was obsessed, but not crazy. He was sane enough to recognize what have he donde and run completly terrified of his criature.
i'm just a poe boy nobody loves me
Fabrizio Bianchi
Doesn't really matter to me
HE'S JUST A POOR BOY FROM A POOR FAMILY SPARE HIM HIS LIFE FROM HIS MONSTROSITYY
Easy come, Easy go, will you let me go ?
Nooo we will not let you go
Oh. My. God.
You have not Seen horror, until you've seen "Birdemic: shock and terror"
Borger Storker 😂😂😂😂😂 that's a total horror!
I shit myself for years
Based on comments, I ain't gonna read it!
Buwahaha!!!
My list would be (one book per author):
10) Nos4a2 by Joe Hill
9) Dracula by Bram Stoker
8) Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
7) Hannibal by Tom Harris
6) Adam by Ted Dekker
5) Ring by Koji Suzuki
4) Labyrinth by Johan Deseyn
3) Cry for help by Steve Mosby.
2) The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)
1) The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
I recently got back into reading and I never knew some these movies were books first. Gonna have update my reading list.
I love the Hannibal Lecter books, all of them are masterpieces.
Top Ten Horror Novels By Authors Named Jack
Jack Ketchum? Great splatterpunk writer. Shame he recently passed.
Hmm. I love Stephen King but I never really got into It. I think Pet Sematary or Salem's Lot would have been better choices from King for this list.
Well, in my opinion Pet Sematary and Salem's Lot are also way better written than It. But yeah, I guess popularity is the key here. Everybody knows Pennywise.
@T. rexExpert01 what's PC ?
Salam's Lot was the first book of Stephen's I ever read thanks to the Mother of a guy I was dating. I never cared much for Pet Sematary as it made my skin crawl.
Pet Semitary is not the scariest but it is the most disturbing and full of fucked up shit.
That moment you realize Batman killed Joker in American Psycho
The Terror and Abominable by Dan Simmons were two of the best horror books I've ever read; its exquisite to read about situations in real life given a horror twist, fantastically well written and deeply disturbing, they're both well worth a read.
Really? No Joe Hill? The mans a master of Horror and wit.
odinofanime Stephen King's son aswell, that family has horror in the veins.
MRxVoRtExX Gaming I know right? The guy got famous too without the help of his dad, so I believe that counts for something.
odinofanime He even used a pen name (instead of his real name, which is Joe Hillstorm King) in order to be treated as a regular horror writer, not as "the son of", he didn't want to be famous for the fact King is his father.
BjornV1994 yeah, he's really an awesome writer. Horns was awesome, and Nos4a2 may even be better then that (its really close though). He's also written the Locke and Key series, which is equally awesome. Its a shame WatchMojo just kinda ignored him, not even an honorable mention
***** Really? I can understand your disapproval of King, He was in his prime earlier on when he wrote the Shining and It, but Joe Hills works are anything but mundane. Horns gets you right into the action, giving you an understanding of the world and characters, and how fucked up everything is. Nos4a2 might be a little slow in the beginning, but thats just so he can set things up and give every important character a proper backstory (except for Maggie, some reason he just kinda tipped around her for a bit) Locke and Key also gets you right into the action as well, with the first few pages depicting a murder/rape, and then the following funeral. The man is one of the best authors that I've seen in a while
I love Hell House by Richard Matheson. The setting ang atmosphere of the book is always so chilling. I have the novel, movie and an audiobook of it :)
„House of leaves“ by Marc Z. Danielewsky deserves to be on that list.
One of the most bone-chilling books I‘ve ever read.
Am I the only one that think King's horror novels aren't this scary and that he is better at making non horror stories (like Running Man or Stand By Me)?
An author that scared me is french Sire Cedric who makes well written thrillers with paranormal elements and some bloody moments.
Yeah that was dumb.
Grif Daraconis Carrie, It, and The Shining are great books though. Especially "It" is a masterpiece in storytelling and a magnificent book.
Grif Daraconis King is not, especially these days, at heart a horror writer, and he admits that freely himself; that's why he dabbles in every genre, even if it's not so well. To be sure, and this is my being a fan of him, he does sometimes get a little bit too much credit for his works, which, you will find, while being prolific are sporadic in how often he actually strikes a cord. I forget who says it, but can we really call him a master when his best work was back in the 70s? I won't deny that he has great talent with words and prose, but there are much slower and better writers than King. King will be remembered in the same way that we remember Dickens, sure, but to be fair, Dickens is heavily remembered for his Christmas stories.
jajceboy "The Stand" is easily his best, although not his scariest.
Jeffrey Clemmons he was still writing great books after the 70's whoever said that has their head shoved up their ass.
Stephen King's "IT" deserves a remake!
First off no it dosent, remakes are shit, and two its already getting one and the kid from where the millers is pennywise
bannokelly18 whatever, just want to see a good movie, with updated special effects, i dont like of the monster ( spider ) that "appears" at the end ... they could try to make a good remake this time !
bannokelly18 Not anymore because Cary Fukanaga stepped down from the project so now the movie is floating around in production hell
Geovane Kürten Lopes didn't mean to come off offensive but about 90% of all remakes are horrible and I don't want that movie to become apart of it
bannokelly18 Same. The first one was already good enough. I loved it, some people didn't. But it's one of those movies you shouldn't touch
The haunting of hill house: I must be seeing things. I see 8, but hear 9........
Weaveworld by clive barker. that's Got to be a miniseries soon please.
Unless you have coulrophobia, IT isn't really that scary (coming from someone who read the book, which is ungodly long, and seen the movie). It's filled with too much of King's own cliches and an ending that felt kinda lame.
A giant spider creature from another dimension? Really?
I agree! The scenes with the clown were good but I feel like Stephen always has great situations and ideas but ruins it with ridiculous endings. "It's a spider from another dimension!" 'He's actually the devil looking for souls!'
I have a phobia of clowns and spiders, so I won't ever be reading IT XD
Agreed. King has a tendency to have these great ideas, but can't seem to figure out where to go with them. So many of his endings are meh at best. He has had some good endings, but to me they are the exception rather than the rule.
HELL YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you Watchmojo and users! Stephen King's IT is the ultimate horror epic. It's probably my favorite novel and is among my favorite stories. I'm glad to see it being recognized as the best horror novel :)
For starters, Kubrick improved "The Shining" substantially by not insulting the viewer and letting them think what they will instead of forcing another "demonic/ghostly possession" story down your throat.
And "I Am Legend" gave birth to modern zombies? It's about fucking vampires, but modern zombies are what's "hot" now so they changed it for the far sub-par film version.
Did you read any of these or just watch the movies and see some interviews?
Zombies are stupid unless it's Dead Snow.
Jake Draper Nah, the book was better.
The Shining is a ten times better novel than it is a movie
Stephen King is so overrated. It's just another "this place is haunted" story. Kubrick made it more.
Jake Draper No its more of a this place will slowly consume you until youre nothing but a murderous psycopath trying to murder your family while your son is seeing the disturbing past of the hotel. Kubrick took away many key elements of the novel and changed the ending
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WatchMojo.com Top 10 Stephen King, novels, please! And don't be a douche because I'm not suggesting this on your other website.
this sounds more like "Top 10 horror novels with famous movie adaptations'
While it's vastly overshadowed by the movies, I think that "The Ring" really should have been mentioned here... Otherwise great list! :) (The only thing I can't agree with is Nr 1)
Will H. Authors that deserved at least a mention:
-Joe Hill
-Koji Suzuki (Ring)
-Clive Barker
-Ted Dekker
-Steve Mosby (more psychological thriller but with novels as Cry for help, he beat novelists as Tom Harris, when it comes to disturbing)
-Johan Deseyn (pretty unknown Belgian writer but still great, his style is similar to Barker, only more cyberpunk than sadomasochistic)
you said number 9 while announcing number 8, you slippin mojo
I'm currently reading The Exorcist. It's really gripping. You really feel for rags and her mum. You're sucked in immediately
I found The Silence of the Lambs at a garage sale before the movie was made. It was so good!
Amitville should be on this list, I read that and didn't sleep good for weeks!
Where the hell is The Omen??? I don't scare too easily but that book scared the absolute crap out of me!
Nicole Tunis is it really scary I'm planning on reading it.
Kenshin1998 Himura lol don't read it alone at night!
The Omen novel is a novelization of the movie. Those don't count.
Sith'ari666 I didn't realise that. Just googled and according to Wikipedia the novel was written by the same guy and in conjunction with the movie and was released 2 weeks before the movie as a marketing gimmick
Oh, really? I could be mistaken, I guess. If you enjoy it there's no problem with that, I'm just saying why it wasn't on the list.
Wow, no Clive Barker...
I really REALLY hope they ARE going to make a Short Story Horror list because, honestly, Lovecraft is the King of Psychological Horror. He needs his #1 spot.
I saw both movie versions of "The Haunting of Hill House" before I read the book, and it still scared the crap out of me! "Who was holding my hand?" made me throw the book across the room!
Did she say "number 9" at number 8?
Dover Ben Indeed :p
I'm afraid this top 10 list will be quite operational when the critics arrive... *evil chuckle*
Emperor Palpatine she did
Shades of John Lennon!!! #9....#9....#9.... 😆😉
Turn of the screw? Should've been top 5 IMO
Excellent book, and the adaptation is memorable
The Innocents, staring Debra Kerr.
DMPepe one of the best novels ever written, and the film adaptation with Debra Kerr was outstanding. Quint at the window....yikes! Saw that as a little girl, still creeps me out. I wish that the film had also included the scene where the governess meets Quint on the staircase in the early dawn. Of all the ghost stories I’ve ever read, that passage was the creepiest ever. It’s a hard book to read, but so worth it.
For some reason... Carrie, The Shining, even Just After Sunset and The Stand freaked me out way more than IT... just reading about how grotesque Carrie was enough to send me chills.
Ten essential horror novels everybody should own :-
Clive Barker - The Damnation Game
Ramsey Campbell - The Hungry Moon
John Connolly - The Black Angel
Paul Doherty - The Rose Demon
James Ellroy - The Big Nowhere
Stephen King - Pet Semetary
George R.R Martin - Fevre Dream
Stuart Neville - The Twelve
Bernard Taylor - Sweetheart, Sweetheart
Simon Kurt Unsworth - The Devil's Detective
James Elllroy - "Horror is an attitude" Fear Magazine 1990
Really, you use the TERRIBLE 1999 version of "The Haunting" to show people? Come on...
My favorite is salems lot
No Lovecraft? Also, I know they aren’t really novels, but many of Junji Ito’s works, in my opinion, could be considered some of the most masterful pieces of horror ever created...
I was kinda anxious that IT wouldn't be included on the list. 😅 The novel is seriously tearing me apart, especially now that we have a new film adaptation. It's just so captivating in a horrifying way.
I figured "It" or "Jaws" would be number one 👍
As far as novels I thought "Salem's Lot" was pretty good.
I wonder why they insisted on using clips that were inventions of the films and not of the books.
If you are looking for an easy to read book to get into the genre I think "The Girl from the Well" is a very good book to start off with. Very easy to read and fast paced.
1) Ghost Story - Peter Straub
1) Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
1) The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
2) The Shining - Stephen King
3) Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon
3) The Ceremonies - T.E.D. Klein
3) The Stand - Stephen King
4) The Road - Cormac McCarthy
5) The Parasite - Ramsey Campbell
6) Dracula - Bram Stoker
7) The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
8) House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski
8) The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
9) Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
10) The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll
I don't know about the movie but Frankenstein as a book is pretty boring and not scary at all. an overall slow read cause it drags a lot
The movie is a masterpiece of b&w cinema.
Yeah, I'm reading it right now and wasn't expecting near poetry in letters right off the bat
Watch the 1994 version. You'll like it.
There is a 1970s movie, think it was a TV movie, with Leonard Whiting, James Mason, and a very young Jane Seymour. It was very true to the novel, the “monster” started out beautiful, like a normal man, not like the block head green Herman Munster character. As time went by, he started to deteriorate, and became more ugly, and so was shunned by Dr Frankenstein and everyone else, which is why he became angry and murderous...and which was very sad, you really felt for him. It was a GREAT movie, and hard to find today.
Chainsaw Kitten FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY!!! David McCallum (from NCIS) played Polidorius and Michael Sarazin was the Monster!!!
Salems Lot was better than IT
Chugs and Stuff ever heard of opinion?
Chugs and Stuff that’s fair
and better than The Shining.
No mention of james herbert- Rats?
Robert bloch - psycho?
The road or outer dark by cormac mccarthy?
Night church whitley streiber?
The best stephen king novels are the stand and salems lot.
A very underrated and great Horror Author is Bentley Little some of the most scary F'ed up books that could almost never be filmed with out super edits and rewrites! but If you like psychological sadistic stuff read Bentley Little! Also Dean Koontz is brilliant as well right up there with Stephen King at times!
The Stand is King's best book according to myself and many others.
Stephen King needs his own list.
4:23 - an error: the number the announcer said is 9 instead of 8
I LOVED It. I'm glad it made #1. I was going to be disappointed if it didn't surpass The Shining, or not make it on the list.
i like how you're discrediting kubrick while showing clips of the movie.
In "I Am Legend", they are vampires, not zombies. Just saying.
Love the book themed top 10s! Keep them coming!
She said number 9 instead of number 8, great editing mojo!
The Stand is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than The Shinning. And (for the books at least) Hannibal is better than The Silence of the Lambs, and it should be #1
Jose Rivera silince is so much better. Wjat is the stand
You mean "The Shining", not "The Shinning." Unless you're referring to this: ua-cam.com/video/byFLZAwqY3Y/v-deo.html
True but I never considered the stand to be horror per say. Does it have scary parts (Larry’s trip through the Lincoln tunnel is scary as hell) but I don’t think it’s horror.
Was hoping for Lord Loss as an honourable mention, but I guess it had no video clips..
It should be "top ten horror movies that has been portrayed on the big screen"
Keanu Phillip I know! That's the problem with their book lists..
These guys are your typical movie addicts
Keanu Phillip sadly they are.
Daenerys Targaryen It doesn't need to have clips, I do think that mojo's logic is something like this though:
If the book has a film= X10 times superior!
Thank you for showing a clip from Let The Right One In instead of that remake.
If they had just done that with The Haunting clips use the original and not that lousy remake.
Really glad WatchMojo started to upload more Top 10's about novels.