I have been having trouble finding a good horror author and need someone to recommend one for me please. Your help will be very much appreciated.
2007-07-01 09:35:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you like to be creeped out, and you haven't read Daphne du Maurier's later stuff, you ought to check it out. I know that she's better known for gothic-romantic-type stuff like Rebecca, but that's not really representative of her work as a whole. Du Maurier wrote the story that the Hitchcock movie The Birds was based on, and it is a lot different--and much, MUCH scarier--than the movie. Some of her other stories are Don't Look Now, The Apple Tree, and Not After Midnight (which gave me nightmares for 2 or 3 days). It's not really slasher-type stuff--well, most of it isn't--but it's incredibly disturbing and creepy: the kind of stories you have a hard time shaking off.
2007-07-01 09:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie D 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Stephen King.
Dean Koonz
Joe Hill
Clive Barker
Anne Rice
2007-07-02 04:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koonz, Clive Barker
2007-07-01 17:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the classics:
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Invisible Man
Edgar Allen Poe
2007-07-01 11:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Saul for some of the most freaky scares and suspense. H.P. Lovecraft books have the best monsters.
2007-07-01 12:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Nicky Styx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I highly reccommend the earlier works of Stephen King. If you like a touch of romance/action against a backdrop of a horror style setting, I would reccommend the Laurell K. Hamilton "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" series.
2007-07-01 09:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by mistovan 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dean Koontz. And for a little variety try a comedy/horror writer who is excellent - Christopher Moore. Pax - C
2007-07-01 09:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Shephen King is a good author and he is also one of the classic authors.
2007-07-01 09:40:05 · answer #8 · answered by mona 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen King
I tried reading books by them but thay were way to scary for me.
2007-07-01 11:06:11 · answer #9 · answered by Brittany 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
James Herbert ( try "The Rats")
2007-07-01 09:43:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋