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Postby rocklobster » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:05 pm

In honor of Halloween this month, let's find out who you think writes the best horror books and or movies.
I like Stephen King myself.
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:29 am

Roald Dahl. He might not seem like a horror writer, what with James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, etc. But his short stories for adults are just spine-chilling. No wonder Alfred Hitchcock used so many of them in his short movies. My favorite Dahl story is "Man from the South."
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:52 pm

Edgar Allen Poe.Gotta go with the classics.
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Postby Nikolai Melodie » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:56 am

Stephen King is the master, really. The Shining actually really frightened me, because I am a Pansy XDD
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:14 am

I think the best Stephen King novel was probably Cujo,nothing more
scary than a rabid St.Bernard.
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Postby ClosetOtaku » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:49 pm

Lovecraft. Poe. Stephen King runs hot and cold -- I like some of his short stories, and occasionally a novel does well (like Pet Sematary), but not him exclusively.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:58 pm

There's a story in Maureen Birnbaum,Barbarian Swordsperson that is a rift on Lovecraft.
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Postby Rocketshipper » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:48 am

Stephen King for me, definitly. I'm currently trying to read through all his books, in publishing order. I'm up to "Dance Macabre". I haven't really had much experience reading other horror novelists though. Usually I read the books that get turned into movies (Jurassic Park, Phantoms, Jaws, etc.) which is how I got introduced to reading King in the first place.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:46 pm

I'm with ClosetOtaku on this one. Stephen King's pretty good (I like many of his short stories, and of course the Dark Tower series, though that's "fantasy for grown-ups" than horror), but he has a tendency to be somewhat long-winded. H. P. Lovecraft, however, has yet to disappoint me. Some stories are better than others, but none are completely not worth reading.
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Postby Sheol777 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:00 pm

H. P. Lovecraft...hands down.

King is just the stock answer everyone gives
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:38 am

:forehead: Okay, now I feel like a twit. Of course, Edgar Allen Poe! Seriously, "The Tell-Tale Heart" had me shivering for days after reading it! I really need to read more of his short stories, but I positively adore his poetry. My favorites are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven."
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Postby Danderson » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:11 pm

Never read Stephen King, though I've heard He's good......
I'm not sure if G.P. Taylors stuff is horror, but that's the closest that I've ever gotten to reading horror.....
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Postby Maledicte » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:12 am

I like Peter Straub, but I find I like his less-horror books better than his actual horror novels.
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