Horror Aficionados discussion

I need some good horror books to read by the beach/pool for some summer vacations. I'm looking for something with a tropical/beachy feel. So far I've heard of Island by Richard Laymon and The Resort by Bentley Little.

To compare what I'm looking for to a movie.. I'm thinking of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (with the whole beach resort feel.)

Help, please? :)

Red Rain is an adult horror novel by Goosebumps creator RL Stine. The protagonist survives a devastating hurricane on an island off the South Carolina coast with far-reaching consequences. I liked it.

Awesome I'll check it out- thanks :)

Monstrosity by Edward Lee & Castaway by Brian Keene are both Horror set on Tropical islands. As long as you do not mind gory, comic book style violence they are good choices.

I actually read Castaway last summer :) but I will check out the other one. Thanks.

Here are a few:
Duma Key
The Montauk Monster
The Boy Who Drew Monsters
The Troop

Great, adding them to the list. Thank you!

OK. Not a horror or slasher book, but this dark fiction novel is certainly set at the beach: The Beach. A friend recommended it to me years ago and I'm so glad he did. It's a Lord of the Flies-type page turner.

The Ruins
"Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him..."
Really dark and creepy book. i just couldn't put it down.

The Ruins is one of my favorite horror books ever.

I have The Ruins to read here soon.. but yes I totally forgot about The Beach! It's been on my to read list for a long time. Thanks!

Oh I loved the beach, great read

It's not as well-known and appreciated as it deserves.

There is another thriller called Savages by Shirley Conran. Set on a island also. Not read it but last year while i was reading books set on tropical islands, i found this book. Its on my TBR list.

I've known about Savages for decades but have never read it. I just put it on my list. I love the occasional trashy page turner.

The initial query is "tropical" OR "beach", isn't it?

A nice shorter read for the "beach" category ( without "tropical") :Leviathan by Tim Curran.

Tressa you can get the book Savages on the kindle ^_^

The Clickers series is also a beach setting for a B monster movie style horror.

Mehmet wrote: "The Clickers series is also a beach setting for a B monster movie style horror."

And part three, Dagon Rising, is even tropical.

Hmmm I watched a film called Savages last night I wonder if it's the same as the mentioned book

Wow forgot that Ekel, you are right my friend. All the three books in the Clickers series cover the settings tropical or beach in various ways. Makes me want to read something exotic myself ^_^

Clickers is a great series! Lots of fun and lots of chills.

I just remembered this hell of a fun read: Natural Selection.

What was the story line about Rhian ?
Savages the book was about a group of wives of rich business men becoming strandered on a island.

I agree Tressa, Clickers was lots of fun.

How about

It's not a horror title, but it does involve a struggle for survival on a deserted island. The book is marketed as a romance, but the romance is actually a secondary sub-plot. The main story is about their struggle to survive for nearly two years after their plane crashes.

Mochaspresso wrote: "How about

It's not a horror title, but it does involve a struggle for survival on a deserted island. The book is marketed as a romance, but the romance is actual..."

Hm... struggle for survival? One could mention Stephen King's short story Survivor Type here.

Mochaspresso i read that book last year !

Mehmet that's not the same story I'm going to look it up now and if I do find the same book I shall return to let you know

Mehmet it's savages by Don Winslow the film was pretty good

savages by Shirley conran looks good though

Just checked Savages on the IMBd does sound good also Rhian.

I had a feeling it was based on a book it must have been mentioned before the film and I meant to look it up last night so couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this post

Thanks for so many titles! I'm adding them all to my library requests.

I read On The Island last summer, too.. and while it's not my usual genre at ALL I ended up loving it!

Thanks everyone!

Be sure to read Duma Keyif you're looking for a well-written (but disturbing) beach read. Not my favorite Stephen King book, but it will peg your creep-meter.

If you haven't already read this, one of the best and scariest Summer beach location reads is

Speaking of Benchley, his The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is a beautiful book. I read it back in the '80s and still remember how much I enjoyed it.

Here's a scary one set at the beach: The Elementals.

There's also other water-related horror by Benchley, but the only Island theme or near to water theme I can remember is Blood Island. It was an older, vintage type and involved voodoo and such on the island, interesting.

Tressa wrote: "Speaking of Benchley, his The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is a beautiful book. I read it back in the '80s and still remember how much I enjoyed it.

Here's a scary one set at the beach..."

I forgot about The Elementals, good recommendation too.

I totally forgot about Elementals too; don't even know what made me think of it. Couldn't have been all that sand...lol.

Tressa wrote: "I totally forgot about Elementals too; don't even know what made me think of it. Couldn't have been all that sand...lol."

I loved that story so much! I also bought Savages two days ago after reading this thread :)

It's a classic, Kasia! I found several on this thread that I would like to read soon.

Haven't been on in a while. Thanks for some more recs. (P.S. I love Benchley so I've read everything of his already ;) )

My library doesn't have The Elementals :(

Hopefully they have the rest.

How about...

Anything by Carl Hiaasen or Tim Dorsey.

Fragment - Warren Fahy

yesss can't wait to read through this thread. i'm going on vacation in a few weeks and im thinking about trying to get a tropical horror book lol.

Love this one for a island vibe ;-) Off Season

BUMPING this post up! thanks guys! going on another island vaca soon and almost forgot to get my books ready...

I own The Elementals already so that's a must read for my trip.

It's not tropical, but it does involve the beach and an island:



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