When my father was reading The Exorcist, he was laying in bed reading when the bed began to shake. He freaked out, naturally. Turned out to be a minor earthquake VERY rare here in Ohio!
In House of Leaves, in the scene outside the tattoo shop, when Johnny's talking about something right behind him, is a perfect description of what my agoraphobia feels like.
I completely dropped the tattoo guy store to focus completely on the house. Do they actually tie in somehow? Maybe I should try again. But definitely the scariest story I've ever read
When the Ring (US) came out we watched it with some friends and their daughter who was scared shitless of the movie. My wife and I get home, she calls the friends house , knowing the teenage daughter always picks up the phone, and after the girl says hello my wife just says "7 days" and I swear I could hear that girl screaming from miles away. God I love my wife.
I read Pet Sematary in three days when I was in high school. My reaction was Holy Shit. But what I'm really thinking is what happened to those days when we could read so fast?
What happened? We waste our time on all sorts of pointless, mind-killing nonsense. Honestly. In 99% of the cases, a lack of time to read (or to do other useful things) is not a lack of time, but a lack of prioritization. We are slowly forgetting how it works to concentrate on complex, extensive things for a long time. Relearning these things, to then - actually learn, is one of the best things I did in the last couple of years. I am far from perfect and I probably never will be. But that is no reason not to keep improving in that respect.
@@nikoteardrop4904 the nihilism is what really kills for me. The Monkeys Paw finale just... yikes. Highly recommend Skeleton Crew, possibly King's best collection of short stories.
Yess, Haunting of Hill House and House of Leaves. Another that genuinely chilled me is Clive Barker's Books of Blood Vol. 1-3, a collection of horror shorts.
Yes, The Exorcist and Pet Sematery are wonderful and scary. I only recently heard about the Case Against Satan but I absolutely have to read it because I'm obsessed with possession stories
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I’m 58 and remember sneaking into the cinema when I was under 18 to see this. It was an 18 for a reason and I was genuinely terrified. My friend Julie and I ran all the way home and I convinced myself I was going to be possessed. I was praying to God for months after to keep me safe x
You introduced me to The Case Against Satan; I just read it for the first time this month! While I found it to be a sort of cozy read overall, there were some parts where I was genuinely spooked. I'm looking forward to checking out more of your recs!
Ray Russell's short story collection "Haunted Castles" scared me a lot more than "The Case Against Satan," just fyi if you liked his novel and wanted more!! :)))
Watch the 1963 version of Hill House (Directed by the same man who made West Side Story). The Haunting is one of the best horror movies of all time ( first saw it when I was 13). What I like about the book is the multiple ways you can interpret what each character is saying. Not only does the house want to possess Eleanor, but each of the characters does in his or her own way as well. In the 1963 movie I see something new every time I watch it. The book works the same way.
Edgar Allan Poe was the one that got me into horror. Also H.P. Lovecraft. Poe taught me the most terrifying things are in our heads, while Lovecraft taught me there's things out there we don't know about.
Speaking of the Ring, I found the Dark Water anthology by Koji Suzuki in my college library when I was about 13. Very creepy and I was instantly hooked! One of my favourites was Adrift, along with The Hold. I'd definitely recommend it!!
@@RGsDevilship Thank you!! I've only just found your channel, but its awesome to find another lit nerd sister here!! Also, I definitely prefer the I Am Legend novel rather than the movie. The movie was less suspenseful, but the atmosphere and Will Smith helped.
@@RGsDevilship I read this last year and LOVED it. Heavy questions popped up from time to time as not everything is always explained. I’m thinking of the multi-level art house performance - there was an insinuation of something going on the next floor over the bathroom that was never explained, and it drove me nuts.
Whoa- I have only just discovered your YT channel. And immediately I think you give great descriptions- not like a book snob but like a real person with visceral feelings of what you read. 👍
One of my personal faves is Misery. What makes that book scary to me is that it lacks a lot of the fantasy and supernatural elements of King's other works. Randall Flagg is certainly scary, but he's at least confined to the fictional world. Annie Wilkes, on the other hand...
@@RGsDevilship I think the worst thing you could say about Misery is that it aged well. The story becomes much scarier when you look at it as a critique of the toxic side of fandoms. Toxic fandoms were around long before the internet, but now that things have advanced with the internet at our fingertips, they've become even more vocal and have used social media to harass creators or anyone who disagrees with them.
As an author myself. Misery is one I return to many times. Not only a meditation on writer's block, but obsessive fans, both of which most authors have to deal with at one time or another.
The Babysitter by R. L. Stine is by far still one of the scariest sets of books I've read to date. It's been probably 15 years since I've read them and I STILL remember exactly how they made me feel, and how they made me afraid to sleep for a few nights. Also yes. The Ring scares the shit out of me.
Good choices. Kafka's The Castle is basically a written version of the same nightmare I have every night, where I am in a place, have no particular thoughts about it, and then due to increasingly severe reactions from and conversations with the people in the place, I begin to feel more and more like I've done something wrong, and finally wake up wracked with a severe guilt I have no idea the genesis of. It was the most frighteningly surreal read of my life.
Ligotti!? Well done! Don’t see that enough. Would also recommend some Harlan Ellison - A Boy and His Dog as well as I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Also, The Road by McCarthy. I also enjoyed House of Leaves quite a bit. Aside from the House itself, I found the tattooist stuff very weird and disturbing. I seem to remember something about purple ink and hanging a dog out the window. If you line HoL, you might like the book Labyrinths, a collection of stories by Borges, whos stories were heavily referenced in the “house parts”.
thank you for these great recommendations, the way you talked about each book was so interesting. I got a real feeling of your taste and the strengths of each of these works.
Thanks for the memories. I read The Exorcist when I was at Fort Ord in Basic Training. I remember I was reading it in the barracks in the middle of the night while being on fire guard. Dark and guys snoring added to the creepiness. Thanks again.
"'God, God, whose hand was I holding?'" One of the downright creepiest lines I've ever read in a novel. I adore Hill House, and Jackson in general. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is my other favorite of hers. Thanks for the recommendations; I'll definitely be reading Ring and its accompanying books. I didn't know it got into scifi. Not usually my genre, but I know my husband will be thrilled it goes that way, and I'm sure I'll love it. New subscriber
I read Pet Sematary when it first came out, I was 12 (it's still one of my favourite books). I still recall the fear it pulled from me! Just hearing someone say the name makes my heart jump a bit, lol. I became obsessed with King from then on. I saw The Exorcist when I was 13, and it didn't scare me much, tho I think that's because by that time I had read quite a few of Kings books, and had already seen the 70s version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers when I was 5 lol. Its still the scariest movie I've ever seen, I can't even compare it to books. I just recall being horrified that people you know and love may not actually *be* those people at all. War of the Worlds also completely terrifies me lol. I just found your channel, and am really enjoying it! I look forward to reading House of Leaves! I truly enjoy, and respect subtlety. When a book sneaks up behind you, taps you on the shoulder, and you go white...perfection. I can read a book with gore, but I'll take subtlety any day.
While I was reading the Amityville Horror, my boyfriend broke up with me, I lost my job, my pet died and I broke my favorite ring. I burned that fucking book.
Great video, i've read, & loved quite a few of the books that you've mentioned on this list. Nice to see the novel that The Ring was based on getting a mention, it's a really creepy book, and I absolutely love House Of Leaves. I got a copy of House Of Leaves as a birthday gift a couple of years back, and it's the most unsettling book that I've ever read, the idea of the house in the book really creeped me out, and the moment involving that poor little dog still haunts me.
One of the possession books I really loved was A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. It really balances the supernatural with mental health. It’s from the perspective of the sister of the possessed person, so you get to see the deterioration of the whole family through her eyes. It was eerie but also heartbreaking.
Great video! Thanks. Have just come across your channel. Love your list! I’ve not really read much horror and have been thinking I should try something, and looking for top notch recommendations. Your list is the first one I’ve watched and actually been really sold on almost all the books, rather than just thinking “meh” to it all. So thank you!
house of leaves is one of the books I'm reading at the moment. I'm only on the second part of the Navidson Records, but I can feel myself being dragged into this ride. I myself feel a little obsessed with where this book is taking me and I agree it's scary in the sense of mental health and feeling yourself slipping further away from reality
I'm so excited to add some of these to my list! I always love horror, but like most people I really seek it out particularly in the Fall. I need to read the Ring series! I think Mike Flanagan's Netflix adaptations (Hill House and Bly Manor) of classic horror are really beautiful, interesting, complex, creepy pieces of art, but I think you sort of have to approach them as inspired by the themes and images and general milieu of whatever it is they're adapting and less as direct adaptations. I really like them both as individual entities entering the larger conversation around the works they're adapting, but generally don't fuss too much about how they're adapting the base material. I think Bly Manor is a slightly closer adaptation in that it encapsulates many of the events of The Turn of the Screw, but it imagines a world and plot around them that are inspired by other James stories, other classic horror, and a number of other things. I think it's less scary than Hill House, but I think it really understands the way that good horror can be a vehicle for discussions about things: love, loss, mental health/illness, etc etc etc.
Great screen personality (not saying it's a put-on; you seem to be quite genuine and sincere.) Admirable openness about what you fear and why you enjoy fearing it...except when you don't. Oh, you have many other strengths, as well, and your video on your favorite horror books provided me with an intro. to your work which I knew would be interesting and enjoyable...and it was that and more! Must go because my keypad seems to be possessed, but has, in ugly old reality, is a part of this tablet I have that has fallen off my bed, my favorite chair, the kitchen table, an obscene number of times and is now revenging itself by behaving in a way too funky...hell...cruel is a better word, to serve as my collaborator any longer. I have to say, though, that I, too, really "enjoy" the tales of Thomas Ligotti, which I first heard on RUclips. (Score at least ONE for the much-maligned YT.) Thanks for the memory (ha!) Keep well, and continued success to you. k.k.
I also watched The Ring at a very young age and it traumatized me for sure, I have the first three books in the ring series but I haven't been able to bring myself to read them yet lol
Based on the imagery, I don't think the book is as scary as the films but they do add so much context to the story and have a heap of unlikeable characters that you can really get into rooting for their downfall
Loved this video! Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite authors! I also agree that Pet Sematary is the novel by King that scared me the most. I still haven't finished it because getting through the scenes of grief after the son dies is too difficult. And if you haven't read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, then I definitely recommend it! It's not horror, but it's an apocalyptical short-story collection that deals with how humans have destroyed Earth so badly that they invade Mars and end up destroying it as well. It is my favorite novel I've ever read.
House of leaves really interests me now because from how you explained it it’s giving me very Junji Itos Uzumaki vibes! (highly recommend if you haven’t read it before)
The southern reach trilogy (annhilation, authority, acceptance), the king in yellow , revival by SK, The Road, The Croning, at the mountains of madness, the dark tower books,, and a short story by SK called the Ten o'clock people are mine
Ring is one of my favourite books, it and Spiral freaked me out! They’re not scary necessarily, it’s just the way it sits in your head for ages afterwards. Love it!
You are my favourite book tuber, and I trust your recommendations - and this video gave me some great new book ideas I’ve never heard about. Very excited but also.....scared
A while ago found a huge book with a collection of Stephen King novels in one volume and I think I might read some of it soon because of this video. I've never read horror before and I don't know why?!!! Lol.
Stephen King is really good if you're just getting into it since he offers different levels of horror and he tends to focus on his characters. I feel like Carrie or Misery would be good to start with if they're in the collection. Hope you enjoy it! 😊
i’m so glad someone else loves the haunting of hill house 😭 i adore it and i’ve never heard anyone else talk about it and… the netflix adaption is not as good. haunting of bly manor i found to be quite good tho 🤷🏼♀️
The hand holding scene is the single most terrifying page I have ever read. I had a physical reaction, and threw the book across my bedroom. "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is also incredible. I love Shirley Jackson.
I recommend the 1963 version of The Haunting. Although it is black and white which I know doesn’t work for everyone, maybe it takes them out of it… I’m not sure since I grew up with a lot of black and white classics.
Shirley Jackson was a genius. Her short story collection Dark Tales is completely unnerving. What I love most about her books/stories, particularly Hill House and The Sundial, is that Jackson understood the scariest monsters of all: the people whom you live amongst. I interviewed Tobe Hooper, the director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", about 20 years ago and asked him what scared him most of all. He grinned and said: "The neighbors."
The haunting of hill house is barely a book. It's the worst thing I've ever read and the most boring and the writing was so pretentious. It pissed me off that I wasted money on it.
The ring gave me nightmares as a kid too lol but nothing new since I still have nightmares every day 🤷🏽♀️😂Have you read we have always lived in the castle? I loved it! Also loved war of the worlds!
I had wanted to read Ring for ages then found it in a charity shop for £1, couldn't believe it. It's a great book and like you, I think the book is so underrated and needs to be talked about more
That was a great presentation, thank you !The last one you mentioned really looks terrrifying as I still have nightmares involving a surreal rotting room inside of a tilting house .I will most definitely look for these books that I have yet read and , many thanks fot endorsing my Shirley Jackson !!
The mental health issues you mention resonate particularly for me. There is a"condition", the family curse, if you will, that runs down one side of my family in the men. It is a kind of cross between bipolar and seizure disorder. But it resulted in my father being, when I was a child, an incredibly frightening person at times. So the film version of The Shining hits me where it hurts, since, if you pay attention, nothing in - with the exception of the ESP thing - is supernatural. So being locked up all winter with a maniac. Yeah, see my point?
oh gosh you're talking about the exorcist. :'D I love horror but that book just conceptually scares me so much that I really had to push myself to watch your review of it, and then my laptop randomly turned off and ever since I've been petrified of it. XD
I totally agree, the concept is horrifying. But it's actually not that bad when reading it, it's more so the reputation around it that makes it seem scary. That's mad about your laptop turning off though!
@@RGsDevilship yeah my laptop had a bad battery so that's probably why, but it scarred me a bit. For me it was mostly that my mum always talked about it as the scariest film ever, and that horror films in general just are way too scary for me. Now watching your video I think it's so funny that you had a similar experience with the bird, though. 😂
I've read some really negative reviews of Hex that all say things like "boring, nothing happens" I was so confused, because I bloody LOVED it. I feel like those reviewers just didn't understand the point of the book
I don't often enjoy these kinds of videos, but your comments were unusually insightful. Shirley Jackson is a true master. You said it better than I could have, for sure.
Hi Roya! Thanks for a great book list and review. I never knew about The Case Against Satan, so I just bought it on Amazon! I recently read Under the Skin by Michael Faber. You mentioned liking all things extra-terrestrial-- if memory serves -- so I thought I'd mention it. I REALLY enjoyed it (movie's great, too). Peace.
Perhaps for the book discussions you want to have you should start a digital (or local) bookclub. I love the Haunting of Hill House although it may be one of the few books where I prefer the (older 1963) film. I didn’t watch the newer film because just from the previews I thought it looked rather ruined by the special effects. The unseen tends to be more frightening in my opinion.
I had to check your profile to be sure of your origin. Sounded Irish yet was kind of Nova Scotia or thereabouts :-) King's Pet Sematary is well done and adheres to the philosophical principles of the horror genre. Fritz Leiber rocks the horror. . . the horror
omg the bird event during exorcist. I had a car wreck happen while I was ready Blood Crazy from Simon Clarke and it terrified me. I was 14 at the time and was afraid to look outside.
I'm reading House of Leaves now and let me tell you... the hype is REAL!!! It's truly one of only a handful of horror novels that actually crawl under my skin and really unnerve me.
I’m actively not reading through any of the comments as I just started house of leaves last night. Read through the introduction last night before bed and omg. Weird dreams for sure already…. I’m not reading it at night I don’t think. After watching your full review on that book I definitely won’t be reading it at night.
I love I Am Legend. Love the reboot with Will Smith, like the Omega Man with Charleton Heston, and I plan on watching Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price
I just want to say that I just discovered your channel from this video and I really enjoyed it. I haven't read all of these books on your list but some of them have gotten my interest so I may try and find them. The Exorcist is one of my favorite books and I don't hear a lot of booktubers talking about it but then again, I haven't really looked. I saw the movie first and then wanted to read the book and I loved it. there are some scenes though that got really intense especially during the exorcism. Pet Semetary is another favorite of mine. Well, I just wanted to say hi and let you know how much I enjoyed this video. I'll take a look around at some of your others.
i remember the resurrected son who was killed in WW2, staring at the sun, telling everyone their secrets, near 40 years and i still think about that scene...
Pet Sematary was an excellent book. I read it in one day. I couldn’t put it down. I got turned on to Stephen King books after I read Salem’s Lot when it first came out. It was a great scare! All of King’s early books are great, not a bad one in the bunch. The Stand is my favorite book of all time. The Exorcist gave me bad dreams.
Great list! George Romero said that I Am Legend inspired his movie Night of the Living Dead. I didn't care for the I Am Legend movie. There is another film adaptation of I Am Legend called Last Man On Earth starring Vincent Price that you might enjoy.
When I tried to read the house of leaves, I didn't know how to even make sense of it tbh. I gave up after the first chapter and returned it. This is the 2nd person to bring it up in one week lately. Maybe I should give it another try.
This is a wonderful video review! I hope to watch your other videos and reviews on this subject. I look forward to more in depth analysis on these books and subject matter.
I haven't read The Exorcist but have seen the movie many times. I grew up not too far from the actual 'Exorcist Steps' so we would watch the movie then go climb the steps. I'll have to check out The Case Against Satan. I own The War Of The World's but haven't read it yet, now I'm really looking forward to it. Great list!
Just discovered your channel. Thanks! I've read all but last novels & share many of the opinions. Richard Matteson has been a favorite author since I was a kid about 100 years ago.🤣 No matter the genre his work is so involving. Appreciate you sharing your Shirley Jackson love.
I completely understand you about the movie The ring. For me it's the american version i watched (well only the beginning) when I was 9 or 10 and I was so traumatized by the death girl in the closet. 20 years and a lot of horror books and movies later, I still absolutely don't want to watch the movie because of that scene.
As far as apocalyptic book recs go, I recently read a couple more on the dystopian & sci fi side of things: The Wayward Pines trilogy (Blake Crouch) is amazing. The show was cool, but the books were incredible and I loved them so much!! Not "scary" but I thought some parts were! Also Run by Blake Crouch is categorized as a thriller and there is no apocalypse, but something happens that sweeps over the country and everyone that is "normal" are left to an apocalyptic experience i.e. people forming little colonies, not knowing who to trust, scavenging for supplies, and running and hiding.
Love Pet Sematary and War of the Worlds (also the musical SLAPS). A lot of classics on your list that I need to get to though! Underrated H.G Wells novel is The First Men on the Moon, if you like aliens it's basically the reverse of War of the Worlds! It's more of a science fiction novel but it's worth a look!
Really good list. The Dark by James Herbert really explores atmosphere as an entity. I highly recommend that book. I lived in Cambodia for many years after I finished UNI and didn't get get to read as much as I was used to or wanted to. Now I'm catching up. Thank you very much.
And, you haven't included H.P.Lovecraft in this list!?! If you haven't read any Lovecraft, especially with the other books on this list being your favorites, you seriously should consider doing so!
you probably know this by now but there is two more books in the Ring series, S and Tide. Tide hasn't been translated into English yet and I don't know when it going to happen. I've started reading the series a few months ago now and currently on birthday (still waiting on my copy to arrive), I've also gotten one of my work mates into the series, she's just started loop. it's nice having someone to talk about the series with as I haven't really seen anyone talk about
I was aware of S but didn't know about Tide so thank you! But they really take their time with translating them, don't they? Very exciting for you to be able to chat about it with your friend soon! I'm still shocked by the ending of Loop 😅
You should watch the film The Haunting (1963) its based off the shirley jackson novel 'the haunting of hill house' and its absolutely brilliant. its a gothic horror, really psychological, immensly atmospheric, eerie and much much better than the netflix adaptation, its my favorite horror movie alongside The Innocents (1961) which is based off 'the turn of the screw' which is again, much better than Bly Manor netflix adaptation! I know movies pre 1990 arent as popular with my generation but theyre movies worth watching if youre a horror fan because they still hold up quite well decades later
If you like older movies, “The Haunting” is an excellent and faithful adaption of The Haunting of Hill House, and “The Innocents” is a great film version of The Turn of the Screw.
Richard Matheson's "I am Legend" has been filmed three times. The first film is "The Last Man On Earth" starring Vincent Price which was made in the 60's. The second film is "The Omega Man" starring Charleton Heston which came out in the 70's. And finally, "I am Legend" starring Will Smith. I prefer "The Omega Man" to the others. Definitely worth a view! Three post Apocalyptic novels well worth your time are "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, (I will also recommend his Magnum Opus..."Blood Meridian" which is a different type of apocalyptic). "Riddley Walker" by Russell Hoban is set well in the future after an apocalypse and is a truly unique book! "The Dog Stars" by Peter Heller is a tremendous story set in a very contemporary post Apocalyptic setting. Another alien invasion story worth reading is "Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Also, now I've finally finished watching: I really agree with the books you picked! I feel like so many horror novels aren't actually scary, but some of them, haha. Strangely enough, the one that really frightened me was Bird Box, even though I thought it was kind of awful? I had such a bad nightmare about that and ever since it's made me very uncomfortable. Also, I'm currently reading Arthur Machen's collection The Great God Pan, and while it's not about the things you mentioned here, I still really want to recommend it! It's from the 19th century so has that nice atmosphere, but then it is so different? Usually I kind of feel like these books can't really surprise or shock me anymore, simply because at this point I know Dracula is a vampire, and a lot of the horror is implied bc Victorian England was easily upset. But this is about the occult, and is immediately just so different from anything I've read before - you actually don't know what's going on, and stuff. Also, congrats on the sponsorship!!
I wasn't a fan of Birdbox, but I understand that all the unknown aspects about it and especially the trip down the river was really creepy. I've been wanting to read The Great God Pan for ages and plan to ask for it for Christmas 😂 I'm so glad you recommend it!
Horrorbabble has an excellent audio reading of ‘Thr Great God Pan’ here on RUclips if you don’t get it as a Christmas gift? Also: for what it’s worth I find Stephen King to be maddeningly hit or miss but I’ve found ‘Salem’s Lot’ to be far and away his best work, but including the two short stories ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ & ‘One For The Road’ as prologue and epilogue are essential!
I subscribed because OMG you are literally the coolest booktuber. I have been binge watching your videos and can I say you are my favourite booktuber!!! I love LOVE how you describe the books briefly yet with so much clarity. Your recommendations are just bloody brilliant. I was looking for good horror recs and damn I have hit the right place TYSM :) Looking forward to more videos. Ps, can you make a recommendation on psychological thriller books also?
This is the type of video i needed. Been wanting to start back reading again and was looking for some recommendations for scary/horror stories. Thanks 😄
Thanks for this list. I’ve really been getting into pen and paper style RPG’s and I’m interested in reading some things that demonstrate what makes a good horror story. In turn, hopefully I might be able to create some of my own horror RPG adventures. Have you read any Lovecraft? Some consider it boring, and a difficult style to read, but he’s got some really creepy things he wrote about.
The exorcist genuinely scared the hell out of me; beautifully written! I have also loved "Rosemary's baby" and "Carmilla" which is a short gothic novel :)
Rosemary's Baby is an amazing read...I was surprised how well the movie adapts the book. Having watched the movie first, it was like reading the script, I kept seeing all the scene from the movie as I read the book.
@@mikedavis979 You are so right! I have watched the movies so many times first and read the book only after as an adult too; it's really amazing how the dialogues, the atmosphere you breath in both book and movie are the same. You basically watch the book come to life.
Ah, yes, Carmilla is excellent. There are so many supernatural stories I’ve read from that time period that I love. Another good one by the author of Carmilla is “The Ghost of a Hand”
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When my father was reading The Exorcist, he was laying in bed reading when the bed began to shake. He freaked out, naturally. Turned out to be a minor earthquake VERY rare here in Ohio!
Oh wow, that's such a weird coincidence 😂
Lol! When I read the exorcist, I was in hospital. Woke up next morning and the woman in the next bed had died in the night...
@@arianbyw3819 bro I’m scared to read it now
@@beann7336 it freaked me out at the time, mind you, I was only 12! :)
The insane things is that happened to me too! But I’m in Cali. Lol. Not as rare.
In House of Leaves, in the scene outside the tattoo shop, when Johnny's talking about something right behind him, is a perfect description of what my agoraphobia feels like.
I loved Johnny's character.
I stopped because lack of time they were exploring the house abdnormal space and i need to restart
I'm reading this right now!!
I completely dropped the tattoo guy store to focus completely on the house. Do they actually tie in somehow? Maybe I should try again. But definitely the scariest story I've ever read
When the Ring (US) came out we watched it with some friends and their daughter who was scared shitless of the movie. My wife and I get home, she calls the friends house , knowing the teenage daughter always picks up the phone, and after the girl says hello my wife just says "7 days" and I swear I could hear that girl screaming from miles away. God I love my wife.
I read Pet Sematary in three days when I was in high school. My reaction was Holy Shit. But what I'm really thinking is what happened to those days when we could read so fast?
The novel King found so nihilistic he refused to publish it until he needed it to fill an empty slot in his contract.
@@nikoteardrop4904 Fuckin right? And it freakin destroyed as one of the best horror novels ever crafted.
What happened? We waste our time on all sorts of pointless, mind-killing nonsense.
Honestly. In 99% of the cases, a lack of time to read (or to do other useful things) is not a lack of time, but a lack of prioritization.
We are slowly forgetting how it works to concentrate on complex, extensive things for a long time.
Relearning these things, to then - actually learn, is one of the best things I did in the last couple of years.
I am far from perfect and I probably never will be. But that is no reason not to keep improving in that respect.
I ask myself this all the time. I read HP & OOTP in two days as an 8yo.
I miss my speedy past self.
@@nikoteardrop4904 the nihilism is what really kills for me. The Monkeys Paw finale just... yikes.
Highly recommend Skeleton Crew, possibly King's best collection of short stories.
"House of leaves" is such a good read. Plays right into the slowly creeping dread.
Yess, Haunting of Hill House and House of Leaves. Another that genuinely chilled me is Clive Barker's Books of Blood Vol. 1-3, a collection of horror shorts.
Sadly Clive Baker set the bar so high. I read those when I was 10. Nothing scares me now!
haunting of hill house is decent but the show is much better, go with the show if you're thinking about it.
Yes, The Exorcist and Pet Sematery are wonderful and scary. I only recently heard about the Case Against Satan but I absolutely have to read it because I'm obsessed with possession stories
Possession is one of my all time favourite sub genres in horror too, it's such a disturbing concept
You know obsession is a stage of Demonic attack. Obsession Oppression then Possession.
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I’m 58 and remember sneaking into the cinema when I was under 18 to see this. It was an 18 for a reason and I was genuinely terrified. My friend Julie and I ran all the way home and I convinced myself I was going to be possessed. I was praying to God for months after to keep me safe x
You introduced me to The Case Against Satan; I just read it for the first time this month! While I found it to be a sort of cozy read overall, there were some parts where I was genuinely spooked. I'm looking forward to checking out more of your recs!
Ray Russell's short story collection "Haunted Castles" scared me a lot more than "The Case Against Satan," just fyi if you liked his novel and wanted more!! :)))
@@trina7012 It's sitting in my Amazon cart this very minute! I'm excited to get to it😁
Hope you like Haunted Castles just as much
"it tries to push you away as much as it tries to draw you in." that's brilliantly put
Watch the 1963 version of Hill House (Directed by the same man who made West Side Story). The Haunting is one of the best horror movies of all time ( first saw it when I was 13). What I like about the book is the multiple ways you can interpret what each character is saying. Not only does the house want to possess Eleanor, but each of the characters does in his or her own way as well. In the 1963 movie I see something new every time I watch it. The book works the same way.
Also, I love ghost stories. Please try "The Red Lodge" by H. R. Wakefield and "The Ash Tree" by M. R. James.
I grew up with that version as well I still love it.
Edgar Allan Poe was the one that got me into horror. Also H.P. Lovecraft. Poe taught me the most terrifying things are in our heads, while Lovecraft taught me there's things out there we don't know about.
@ Peter Straub If You Can See Me Now & Ghost Story the two best horror stories written imo.
You've definitely inspired me to get into the Ring series. I always thought it wasn't worth reading because it would be the same as the movie.
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Thanks hun! I got those college fees due 😂
Speaking of the Ring, I found the Dark Water anthology by Koji Suzuki in my college library when I was about 13. Very creepy and I was instantly hooked! One of my favourites was Adrift, along with The Hold. I'd definitely recommend it!!
Absolutely second that recommendation, one of my all time favourite short story collections
@@RGsDevilship Thank you!! I've only just found your channel, but its awesome to find another lit nerd sister here!! Also, I definitely prefer the I Am Legend novel rather than the movie. The movie was less suspenseful, but the atmosphere and Will Smith helped.
Dark water is that the one with Jennifer Connelly?
@@codyclaeys2008 yes, that was the American film. But I prefer the novel.
@@RGsDevilship I read this last year and LOVED it. Heavy questions popped up from time to time as not everything is always explained. I’m thinking of the multi-level art house performance - there was an insinuation of something going on the next floor over the bathroom that was never explained, and it drove me nuts.
Whoa- I have only just discovered your YT channel. And immediately I think you give great descriptions- not like a book snob but like a real person with visceral feelings of what you read. 👍
One of my personal faves is Misery. What makes that book scary to me is that it lacks a lot of the fantasy and supernatural elements of King's other works. Randall Flagg is certainly scary, but he's at least confined to the fictional world. Annie Wilkes, on the other hand...
Absolutely, Annie Wilkes is one of the best villains of all time.
@@RGsDevilship I think the worst thing you could say about Misery is that it aged well. The story becomes much scarier when you look at it as a critique of the toxic side of fandoms. Toxic fandoms were around long before the internet, but now that things have advanced with the internet at our fingertips, they've become even more vocal and have used social media to harass creators or anyone who disagrees with them.
Flagg conquering using religion during the apocalypse aka COVID? I dunno, COVID has shown madness and bizarre behavior can become the normal.
As an author myself. Misery is one I return to many times. Not only a meditation on writer's block, but obsessive fans, both of which most authors have to deal with at one time or another.
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The Babysitter by R. L. Stine is by far still one of the scariest sets of books I've read to date. It's been probably 15 years since I've read them and I STILL remember exactly how they made me feel, and how they made me afraid to sleep for a few nights. Also yes. The Ring scares the shit out of me.
The Haunting Hour collection is also a great one! Always loved the Goosebumps books too!
An yes, the point horror series
I adored R.L. Stine!!
Good choices. Kafka's The Castle is basically a written version of the same nightmare I have every night, where I am in a place, have no particular thoughts about it, and then due to increasingly severe reactions from and conversations with the people in the place, I begin to feel more and more like I've done something wrong, and finally wake up wracked with a severe guilt I have no idea the genesis of. It was the most frighteningly surreal read of my life.
House of Leaves is about as scary as Winnie the Pooh.
Ligotti!? Well done! Don’t see that enough. Would also recommend some Harlan Ellison - A Boy and His Dog as well as I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Also, The Road by McCarthy. I also enjoyed House of Leaves quite a bit. Aside from the House itself, I found the tattooist stuff very weird and disturbing. I seem to remember something about purple ink and hanging a dog out the window. If you line HoL, you might like the book Labyrinths, a collection of stories by Borges, whos stories were heavily referenced in the “house parts”.
thank you for these great recommendations, the way you talked about each book was so interesting. I got a real feeling of your taste and the strengths of each of these works.
I'm so glad you got that sense for the video, that's what I was hoping would come across
Thanks for the memories. I read The Exorcist when I was at Fort Ord in Basic Training. I remember I was reading it in the barracks in the middle of the night while being on fire guard. Dark and guys snoring added to the creepiness. Thanks again.
Your voice and audio quality are superb on this video. Whatever you are doing keep it up.
Thank you, I spend a lot of time on the audio so I really appreciate your comment
"'God, God, whose hand was I holding?'"
One of the downright creepiest lines I've ever read in a novel. I adore Hill House, and Jackson in general. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is my other favorite of hers.
Thanks for the recommendations; I'll definitely be reading Ring and its accompanying books. I didn't know it got into scifi. Not usually my genre, but I know my husband will be thrilled it goes that way, and I'm sure I'll love it.
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If you haven't already, check out the film 'Shirley'. Elisabeth Moss plays Ms Jackson and does an amazing job.
I read Pet Sematary when it first came out, I was 12 (it's still one of my favourite books). I still recall the fear it pulled from me! Just hearing someone say the name makes my heart jump a bit, lol. I became obsessed with King from then on. I saw The Exorcist when I was 13, and it didn't scare me much, tho I think that's because by that time I had read quite a few of Kings books, and had already seen the 70s version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers when I was 5 lol. Its still the scariest movie I've ever seen, I can't even compare it to books. I just recall being horrified that people you know and love may not actually *be* those people at all. War of the Worlds also completely terrifies me lol.
I just found your channel, and am really enjoying it!
I look forward to reading House of Leaves! I truly enjoy, and respect subtlety. When a book sneaks up behind you, taps you on the shoulder, and you go white...perfection. I can read a book with gore, but I'll take subtlety any day.
While I was reading the Amityville Horror, my boyfriend broke up with me, I lost my job, my pet died and I broke my favorite ring. I burned that fucking book.
Great video, i've read, & loved quite a few of the books that you've mentioned on this list. Nice to see the novel that The Ring was based on getting a mention, it's a really creepy book, and I absolutely love House Of Leaves. I got a copy of House Of Leaves as a birthday gift a couple of years back, and it's the most unsettling book that I've ever read, the idea of the house in the book really creeped me out, and the moment involving that poor little dog still haunts me.
One of the possession books I really loved was A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. It really balances the supernatural with mental health. It’s from the perspective of the sister of the possessed person, so you get to see the deterioration of the whole family through her eyes. It was eerie but also heartbreaking.
Great video! Thanks.
Have just come across your channel. Love your list! I’ve not really read much horror and have been thinking I should try something, and looking for top notch recommendations. Your list is the first one I’ve watched and actually been really sold on almost all the books, rather than just thinking “meh” to it all. So thank you!
house of leaves is one of the books I'm reading at the moment. I'm only on the second part of the Navidson Records, but I can feel myself being dragged into this ride. I myself feel a little obsessed with where this book is taking me and I agree it's scary in the sense of mental health and feeling yourself slipping further away from reality
I'm so excited to add some of these to my list! I always love horror, but like most people I really seek it out particularly in the Fall. I need to read the Ring series! I think Mike Flanagan's Netflix adaptations (Hill House and Bly Manor) of classic horror are really beautiful, interesting, complex, creepy pieces of art, but I think you sort of have to approach them as inspired by the themes and images and general milieu of whatever it is they're adapting and less as direct adaptations. I really like them both as individual entities entering the larger conversation around the works they're adapting, but generally don't fuss too much about how they're adapting the base material. I think Bly Manor is a slightly closer adaptation in that it encapsulates many of the events of The Turn of the Screw, but it imagines a world and plot around them that are inspired by other James stories, other classic horror, and a number of other things. I think it's less scary than Hill House, but I think it really understands the way that good horror can be a vehicle for discussions about things: love, loss, mental health/illness, etc etc etc.
His adaptations on Netflix are simply amazing works of art with actors who performed beautifully. The funeral scene(HOHH) is unreal.
Great screen personality (not saying it's a put-on; you seem to be quite genuine and sincere.) Admirable openness about what you fear and why you enjoy fearing it...except when you don't. Oh, you have many other strengths, as well, and your video on your favorite horror books provided me with an intro. to your work which I knew would be interesting and enjoyable...and it was that and more! Must go because my keypad seems to be possessed, but has, in ugly old reality, is a part of this tablet I have that has fallen off my bed, my favorite chair, the kitchen table, an obscene number of times and is now revenging itself by behaving in a way too funky...hell...cruel is a better word, to serve as my collaborator any longer.
I have to say, though, that I, too, really "enjoy" the tales of Thomas Ligotti, which I first heard on RUclips. (Score at least ONE for the much-maligned YT.) Thanks for the memory (ha!) Keep well, and continued success to you. k.k.
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I also watched The Ring at a very young age and it traumatized me for sure, I have the first three books in the ring series but I haven't been able to bring myself to read them yet lol
Based on the imagery, I don't think the book is as scary as the films but they do add so much context to the story and have a heap of unlikeable characters that you can really get into rooting for their downfall
omg the girls face in the closet... scarred me as a child, i can still picture it so vividly lmao
Loved this video! Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite authors! I also agree that Pet Sematary is the novel by King that scared me the most. I still haven't finished it because getting through the scenes of grief after the son dies is too difficult. And if you haven't read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, then I definitely recommend it! It's not horror, but it's an apocalyptical short-story collection that deals with how humans have destroyed Earth so badly that they invade Mars and end up destroying it as well. It is my favorite novel I've ever read.
House of leaves really interests me now because from how you explained it it’s giving me very Junji Itos Uzumaki vibes! (highly recommend if you haven’t read it before)
The southern reach trilogy (annhilation, authority, acceptance), the king in yellow , revival by SK, The Road, The Croning, at the mountains of madness, the dark tower books,, and a short story by SK called the Ten o'clock people are mine
Ring is one of my favourite books, it and Spiral freaked me out! They’re not scary necessarily, it’s just the way it sits in your head for ages afterwards. Love it!
You are my favourite book tuber, and I trust your recommendations - and this video gave me some great new book ideas I’ve never heard about. Very excited but also.....scared
Oh thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy the videos 😊
Your voice is perfect for narrating audiobooks.
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A while ago found a huge book with a collection of Stephen King novels in one volume and I think I might read some of it soon because of this video. I've never read horror before and I don't know why?!!! Lol.
Stephen King is really good if you're just getting into it since he offers different levels of horror and he tends to focus on his characters. I feel like Carrie or Misery would be good to start with if they're in the collection. Hope you enjoy it! 😊
Great post-apocalyptic book is Swan Song. It's a big fat one! Kind of on the same lines of The Stand but I like it much better.
Going to read ALL the ones I haven't read, so thank you for this video. I love your taste. I hope you do more. :)
The mental health detrition and how that greatly effects character interaction is really understated when people talk about house of leaves.
i’m so glad someone else loves the haunting of hill house 😭 i adore it and i’ve never heard anyone else talk about it and… the netflix adaption is not as good. haunting of bly manor i found to be quite good tho 🤷🏼♀️
what? the netflix adaptaion is definetly better, and bly manor was complete garbage compared to season 1
The hand holding scene is the single most terrifying page I have ever read. I had a physical reaction, and threw the book across my bedroom. "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is also incredible. I love Shirley Jackson.
I recommend the 1963 version of The Haunting. Although it is black and white which I know doesn’t work for everyone, maybe it takes them out of it… I’m not sure since I grew up with a lot of black and white classics.
Really great to hear someone giving praise to Ray Russell. He's definitely an unsung talent. You've listed some good books here.
Shirley Jackson was a genius. Her short story collection Dark Tales is completely unnerving. What I love most about her books/stories, particularly Hill House and The Sundial, is that Jackson understood the scariest monsters of all: the people whom you live amongst. I interviewed Tobe Hooper, the director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", about 20 years ago and asked him what scared him most of all. He grinned and said: "The neighbors."
The haunting of hill house is barely a book. It's the worst thing I've ever read and the most boring and the writing was so pretentious. It pissed me off that I wasted money on it.
The ring gave me nightmares as a kid too lol but nothing new since I still have nightmares every day 🤷🏽♀️😂Have you read we have always lived in the castle? I loved it! Also loved war of the worlds!
Yes that was the first Shirley Jackson novel that I read, I love it so much!
I had wanted to read Ring for ages then found it in a charity shop for £1, couldn't believe it. It's a great book and like you, I think the book is so underrated and needs to be talked about more
That was a great presentation, thank you !The last one you mentioned really looks terrrifying as I still have nightmares involving a surreal rotting room inside of a tilting house .I will most definitely look for these books that I have yet read and , many thanks fot endorsing my Shirley Jackson !!
The mental health issues you mention resonate particularly for me. There is a"condition", the family curse, if you will, that runs down one side of my family in the men. It is a kind of cross between bipolar and seizure disorder. But it resulted in my father being, when I was a child, an incredibly frightening person at times. So the film version of The Shining hits me where it hurts, since, if you pay attention, nothing in - with the exception of the ESP thing - is supernatural. So being locked up all winter with a maniac. Yeah, see my point?
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oh gosh you're talking about the exorcist. :'D I love horror but that book just conceptually scares me so much that I really had to push myself to watch your review of it, and then my laptop randomly turned off and ever since I've been petrified of it. XD
I totally agree, the concept is horrifying. But it's actually not that bad when reading it, it's more so the reputation around it that makes it seem scary. That's mad about your laptop turning off though!
@@RGsDevilship yeah my laptop had a bad battery so that's probably why, but it scarred me a bit. For me it was mostly that my mum always talked about it as the scariest film ever, and that horror films in general just are way too scary for me. Now watching your video I think it's so funny that you had a similar experience with the bird, though. 😂
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is one of the scariest books I've ever read, and the is my go-to recommendation for anyone looking for a terrifying read.
Modern horror with a very unusual plot. Got my copy in schiphol airport and didn’t put it down until I finished it 3 days later.
I've read some really negative reviews of Hex that all say things like "boring, nothing happens" I was so confused, because I bloody LOVED it. I feel like those reviewers just didn't understand the point of the book
I don't often enjoy these kinds of videos, but your comments were unusually insightful. Shirley Jackson is a true master. You said it better than I could have, for sure.
Hi Roya! Thanks for a great book list and review. I never knew about The Case Against Satan, so I just bought it on Amazon! I recently read Under the Skin by Michael Faber. You mentioned liking all things extra-terrestrial-- if memory serves -- so I thought I'd mention it. I REALLY enjoyed it (movie's great, too). Peace.
I am so glad you brought up Ray Russell's work! He is absolutely brilliant! 🖤
Your voice is soooo soothing 🖤
Thank you 😅
Perhaps for the book discussions you want to have you should start a digital (or local) bookclub. I love the Haunting of Hill House although it may be one of the few books where I prefer the (older 1963) film. I didn’t watch the newer film because just from the previews I thought it looked rather ruined by the special effects. The unseen tends to be more frightening in my opinion.
I am so glad I found your channel. I love this list. I am always looking for more horror novels.
Hope you found a book you'll enjoy!
I had to check your profile to be sure of your origin. Sounded Irish yet was kind of Nova Scotia or thereabouts :-) King's Pet Sematary is well done and adheres to the philosophical principles of the horror genre. Fritz Leiber rocks the horror. . . the horror
loved this, great to get more of an insight into your taste. also exciting to see you getting a sponsorship- go you!!!
Yay! I'm so happy you enjoyed it 😊 thank you!
omg the bird event during exorcist. I had a car wreck happen while I was ready Blood Crazy from Simon Clarke and it terrified me. I was 14 at the time and was afraid to look outside.
I'm reading House of Leaves now and let me tell you... the hype is REAL!!! It's truly one of only a handful of horror novels that actually crawl under my skin and really unnerve me.
I'm so glad you're enjoying it, it's so unsettling
I cant find it on kindle :(
@@ashleyrodeheffer2251 honestly this is a book you MUST read a physical copy of. Order the remastered full color edition.
I’m actively not reading through any of the comments as I just started house of leaves last night. Read through the introduction last night before bed and omg. Weird dreams for sure already…. I’m not reading it at night I don’t think. After watching your full review on that book I definitely won’t be reading it at night.
Yeah it probably shouldn't be the last thing you're thinking about before you go to sleep 😂
I love I Am Legend. Love the reboot with Will Smith, like the Omega Man with Charleton Heston, and I plan on watching Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price
I just want to say that I just discovered your channel from this video and I really enjoyed it. I haven't read all of these books on your list but some of them have gotten my interest so I may try and find them. The Exorcist is one of my favorite books and I don't hear a lot of booktubers talking about it but then again, I haven't really looked. I saw the movie first and then wanted to read the book and I loved it. there are some scenes though that got really intense especially during the exorcism. Pet Semetary is another favorite of mine. Well, I just wanted to say hi and let you know how much I enjoyed this video. I'll take a look around at some of your others.
i remember the resurrected son who was killed in WW2, staring at the sun, telling everyone their secrets, near 40 years and i still think about that scene...
Pet Sematary was an excellent book. I read it in one day. I couldn’t put it down. I got turned on to Stephen King books after I read Salem’s Lot when it first came out. It was a great scare! All of King’s early books are great, not a bad one in the bunch. The Stand is my favorite book of all time. The Exorcist gave me bad dreams.
Great list! George Romero said that I Am Legend inspired his movie Night of the Living Dead. I didn't care for the I Am Legend movie. There is another film adaptation of I Am Legend called Last Man On Earth starring Vincent Price that you might enjoy.
Yes I still need to watch Last Man on Earth!
When I tried to read the house of leaves, I didn't know how to even make sense of it tbh. I gave up after the first chapter and returned it. This is the 2nd person to bring it up in one week lately. Maybe I should give it another try.
This is a wonderful video review! I hope to watch your other videos and reviews on this subject. I look forward to more in depth analysis on these books and subject matter.
I love I am Legend. One of the last books to truly terrify me.
I ordered I Am Legend in October because it is gonna be on my November tbr. Too embarrased to say I haven't read it yet, so now is the time. =)
I really hope you like it, it's a pretty quick read
I haven't read The Exorcist but have seen the movie many times. I grew up not too far from the actual 'Exorcist Steps' so we would watch the movie then go climb the steps. I'll have to check out The Case Against Satan. I own The War Of The World's but haven't read it yet, now I'm really looking forward to it. Great list!
That's so cool that you lived near by the steps!
Finally the freaking exercise on someone's top 10 list it's about damn time man
Ventriloquist puppets are absolutely the spawn of Satan, and no one can convince me otherwise.
Also, House of Leaves is fantastic.
This is a fact, 100%! They still give me the creeps from time to time 😅
Just discovered your channel. Thanks! I've read all but last novels & share many of the opinions.
Richard Matteson has been a favorite author since I was a kid about 100 years ago.🤣 No matter the genre his work is so involving.
Appreciate you sharing your Shirley Jackson love.
this got recommended to me just in time for halloween! also i love ur purple eyeshadow...
I completely understand you about the movie The ring. For me it's the american version i watched (well only the beginning) when I was 9 or 10 and I was so traumatized by the death girl in the closet. 20 years and a lot of horror books and movies later, I still absolutely don't want to watch the movie because of that scene.
As far as apocalyptic book recs go, I recently read a couple more on the dystopian & sci fi side of things: The Wayward Pines trilogy (Blake Crouch) is amazing. The show was cool, but the books were incredible and I loved them so much!! Not "scary" but I thought some parts were! Also Run by Blake Crouch is categorized as a thriller and there is no apocalypse, but something happens that sweeps over the country and everyone that is "normal" are left to an apocalyptic experience i.e. people forming little colonies, not knowing who to trust, scavenging for supplies, and running and hiding.
Love Pet Sematary and War of the Worlds (also the musical SLAPS). A lot of classics on your list that I need to get to though! Underrated H.G Wells novel is The First Men on the Moon, if you like aliens it's basically the reverse of War of the Worlds! It's more of a science fiction novel but it's worth a look!
I hear 11 from a grown adult talking about 2003 when I was 25 and think, shit, I am old.
Really good list. The Dark by James Herbert really explores atmosphere as an entity. I highly recommend that book. I lived in Cambodia for many years after I finished UNI and didn't get get to read as much as I was used to or wanted to. Now I'm catching up. Thank you very much.
And, you haven't included H.P.Lovecraft in this list!?! If you haven't read any Lovecraft, especially with the other books on this list being your favorites, you seriously should consider doing so!
Loved the video!! ✌🏼 Can't wait to get some of these
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Welcome! It's certainly an interesting read 😅
you probably know this by now but there is two more books in the Ring series, S and Tide. Tide hasn't been translated into English yet and I don't know when it going to happen. I've started reading the series a few months ago now and currently on birthday (still waiting on my copy to arrive), I've also gotten one of my work mates into the series, she's just started loop. it's nice having someone to talk about the series with as I haven't really seen anyone talk about
I was aware of S but didn't know about Tide so thank you! But they really take their time with translating them, don't they? Very exciting for you to be able to chat about it with your friend soon! I'm still shocked by the ending of Loop 😅
You should watch the film The Haunting (1963) its based off the shirley jackson novel 'the haunting of hill house' and its absolutely brilliant. its a gothic horror, really psychological, immensly atmospheric, eerie and much much better than the netflix adaptation, its my favorite horror movie alongside The Innocents (1961) which is based off 'the turn of the screw' which is again, much better than Bly Manor netflix adaptation! I know movies pre 1990 arent as popular with my generation but theyre movies worth watching if youre a horror fan because they still hold up quite well decades later
If you like older movies, “The Haunting” is an excellent and faithful adaption of The Haunting of Hill House, and “The Innocents” is a great film version of The Turn of the Screw.
Richard Matheson's "I am Legend" has been filmed three times. The first film is "The Last Man On Earth" starring Vincent Price which was made in the 60's. The second film is "The Omega Man" starring Charleton Heston which came out in the 70's. And finally, "I am Legend" starring Will Smith. I prefer "The Omega Man" to the others. Definitely worth a view!
Three post Apocalyptic novels well worth your time are "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, (I will also recommend his Magnum Opus..."Blood Meridian" which is a different type of apocalyptic). "Riddley Walker" by Russell Hoban is set well in the future after an apocalypse and is a truly unique book! "The Dog Stars" by Peter Heller is a tremendous story set in a very contemporary post Apocalyptic setting.
Another alien invasion story worth reading is "Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
My recommendation for post apocalyptic horror is "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. I would not be surprised if you've already read it.
I actually read it only a few months ago!
I read it in a few days in 09. It's brutal and heart wrenching. The films good to.
Also, now I've finally finished watching: I really agree with the books you picked! I feel like so many horror novels aren't actually scary, but some of them, haha. Strangely enough, the one that really frightened me was Bird Box, even though I thought it was kind of awful? I had such a bad nightmare about that and ever since it's made me very uncomfortable. Also, I'm currently reading Arthur Machen's collection The Great God Pan, and while it's not about the things you mentioned here, I still really want to recommend it! It's from the 19th century so has that nice atmosphere, but then it is so different? Usually I kind of feel like these books can't really surprise or shock me anymore, simply because at this point I know Dracula is a vampire, and a lot of the horror is implied bc Victorian England was easily upset. But this is about the occult, and is immediately just so different from anything I've read before - you actually don't know what's going on, and stuff.
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I wasn't a fan of Birdbox, but I understand that all the unknown aspects about it and especially the trip down the river was really creepy. I've been wanting to read The Great God Pan for ages and plan to ask for it for Christmas 😂 I'm so glad you recommend it!
Horrorbabble has an excellent audio reading of ‘Thr Great God Pan’ here on RUclips if you don’t get it as a Christmas gift? Also: for what it’s worth I find Stephen King to be maddeningly hit or miss but I’ve found ‘Salem’s Lot’ to be far and away his best work, but including the two short stories ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ & ‘One For The Road’ as prologue and epilogue are essential!
I subscribed because OMG you are literally the coolest booktuber. I have been binge watching your videos and can I say you are my favourite booktuber!!! I love LOVE how you describe the books briefly yet with so much clarity. Your recommendations are just bloody brilliant. I was looking for good horror recs and damn I have hit the right place TYSM :) Looking forward to more videos. Ps, can you make a recommendation on psychological thriller books also?
Thank you so much! 😊I'm delighted you're enjoying my videos so far and I'll definitely look into making at thriller recommendation video
This is the type of video i needed. Been wanting to start back reading again and was looking for some recommendations for scary/horror stories. Thanks 😄
Thanks for this list. I’ve really been getting into pen and paper style RPG’s and I’m interested in reading some things that demonstrate what makes a good horror story. In turn, hopefully I might be able to create some of my own horror RPG adventures. Have you read any Lovecraft? Some consider it boring, and a difficult style to read, but he’s got some really creepy things he wrote about.
The exorcist genuinely scared the hell out of me; beautifully written! I have also loved "Rosemary's baby" and "Carmilla" which is a short gothic novel :)
Rosemary's Baby is an amazing read...I was surprised how well the movie adapts the book. Having watched the movie first, it was like reading the script, I kept seeing all the scene from the movie as I read the book.
@@mikedavis979 You are so right! I have watched the movies so many times first and read the book only after as an adult too; it's really amazing how the dialogues, the atmosphere you breath in both book and movie are the same. You basically watch the book come to life.
Ah, yes, Carmilla is excellent. There are so many supernatural stories I’ve read from that time period that I love. Another good one by the author of Carmilla is “The Ghost of a Hand”