Nightmares and Dreamscapes discussion

What are some of your favorite horror classics that you have read or would like to read?

Dracula and Rebecca

Vickie wrote: "Dracula and Rebecca"

I haven't read Rebecca. :)

The House on the Borderland

I have that one J. Though I haven't read it yet.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The strange case of Doctor Jeckyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hauntings by Vernon Lee.

Cool thread, Marie.

Have read: The Stand. Interview with the Vampire. Christine and Carrie. The Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness by HPL

Have read but too long ago (i.e., as a kid) so need to re-read: Frankenstein, The Raven by EAP.

Want to read: Necroscope.

Jeffrey wrote: "Cool thread, Marie. .."

Thank you, Jeffrey! :)

Jeffrey wrote: " Have read: The Stand. Interview with the Vampire. Christine and Carrie. The Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness by HPL..."

I didn't think about adding King in as Classics but I guess so since King is the Master of Horror. :)

Marie wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: " Have read: The Stand. Interview with the Vampire. Christine and Carrie. The Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness by HPL..."

I didn't think about adding King in as Class..."

Agreed. I'm gonna go with his stuff being classic at this point. :-)

So classics for me then would be:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
Christine by Stephen King
IT by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King

And while I don't know if they would be considered classics, The Dark Half & Needful Things are my favorite King novels and loooooong overdue for a reread.

How old do you consider classic?

@Dan - you can have the books as old as you want and/or whatever you feel is a classic to you. :)

Marie wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: " Have read: The Stand. Interview with the Vampire. Christine and Carrie. The Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness by HPL..."

I didn't think about adding King in as Class..."

Yeah, it kind of felt like a classic to me, Marie. Plus, with The Stand having been first published in 1978, it's 44 years old at this point! Yeesh, I'm getting up there in age.

Marie wrote: "So classics for me then would be:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
Christine by Stephen King
IT..."

These sound like solid choices, all, Marie.

Tried to keep it before 1980:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Pit And The Pendulum/The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe
Psycho by Robert Bloch
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Omen by David Seltzer
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

I read most of the books that the Universal Monsters are based on.
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jeckyl y Mr. Hyde

I've read a lot of horror new & old, but I need to read more classics especially:
The Turning of the Screw
The Haunting of Hill House

Forgot The Shining. And how could I forget Matheson! I Am Legend and Hell House.

Dan wrote: "Forgot The Shining. And how could I forget Matheson! I Am Legend and Hell House."

Oh man yes! Matheson!

Don't feel bad you all because I forgot a couple or so too! I forgot about Ghost Story by Straub and The Exorcist by Blatty! I also read another old book but I struggled with it mainly because of the writing style. I read The Willows by Algernon Blackwood a few years back. I probably need to try something different by him.

Lovecraft At the Mountains of Madness. It took a couple of reads for me to appreciate it. I can understand your feeling about The Willows @Marie. Arthur Machen is like that too. Kind of needs multiple reads sometimes but worth it. Also, The Bad Seed, William March (and the movie is great too)

Anne wrote: "Lovecraft At the Mountains of Madness. It took a couple of reads for me to appreciate it. I can understand your feeling about The Willows @Marie. Arthur Machen is like that too. Kind of needs multi..."

I need to read more Lovecraft. I read some of his work a couple or so years ago but really need to delve deeper into his stories.

I've read most of the classic horror writers: Poe, Lovecraft, M R James, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Hope Hodgeson, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley James, Oliver Onions, Robert W. Chambers, Wilkie Collins John Buchan, Robert Westall and Bram Stoker. All very good stuff.

I've read Dracula, Frankenstein, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Carmilla, and The Lodger, as part of research and inspiration for my Wax Factory series.

I have just added Carmilla & The Lodger to my list.

Here’s a list of classics:
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "I have just added Carmilla & The Lodger to my list."

Glad I could recommend. The Lodger is kind of slow but it's good if you like that sort of thing.