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Horror Novels Adapted into Films
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items Here is a list of 15 horror books that have been adapted into movies. If you’re a book and movie nerd like me you may like them too.
A fantastic yet underrated vampire movie based on the comic book series of the same name, takes place in a remote town of Alaska. During their monthlong winter night, hungry vampires strategically take advantage of the situation. A vampire race and p...
30 Days of Night
This 2006 novel about a mysterious cell phone signal that causes people to be homicidal and violent was adapted into a 2016 film starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Cell by Stephen King : r/horrorlit
Another horror classic novel from 1818 about Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation. This famous novel has seen countless film adaptations.
Frankenstein: by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
It wouldn’t be right to create this list without mentioning the one and almost only honorary mention of the classic horror Dracula. This classic has many versions including the 1992 by Francis Ford Coppola and of course the famous, and my favourite, ...
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Key Differences Between the 1992 Movie and the 1897 ...
A post-apocalyptic horror novel from 2014, where an unseen entity throws people into madness and suicide, was adapted into a popular 2018 Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock.
Bird Box: Bestselling Psychological Thriller
A book about a great white shark that terrorises the people of New England was adapted into a blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg 1975.
Jaws: The iconic bestseller and Spielberg classic
The demonic possession of a young girl. This 1971 novel was adapted into a film in 1973.
William Peter Blatty on The Exorcist: Novel to Film
The legendary film by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1959 novel, which follows the introverted Norman Bates and his sinister motel. Psycho was also later further adapted into a Netflix series Bates Motel in 2017.
Psycho by Robert Bloch - Amazon.co.uk
An author is rescued by a fan with an unstable and obsessive demeanour holds him captive. This novel was adapted into a 1990 film by Kathy Bates.
the hobbling scene in 'Misery' - book vs film, which do you prefer and why?
The 1977 novel that was adapted into the classic 1980 movie by Stanley Kubrick about a family’s spiralling into madness in an isolated hotel.
The Shining - book vs movie : r/stephenking
A Swedish vampire novel about a lonely boy who befriends a vampire. This novel was adapted into both Swedish and American remakes with the slight alteration of the name, Let Me In.
Let the Right One In: John Ajvide Lindqvist
A gothic horror about a cursed ghost haunting a remote English town was adapted into a 2012 film starring Daniel Radcliff as well as an earlier movie in the 1989 that was aired on Christmas eve.
The Woman in Black (Vintage Classics) - Hill
Cujo by Stephen King An intense horror tale of what was once a gentle St. Bernard into a ravenous raging rabid beast after an unfortunate encounter with a bat. Donna Trenton and her son are trapped in the middle of a farmyard whilst suffering in the ...
Cujo: Classic Novel by Stephen King
Before becoming an iconic film, this story was a chilling novel that delved deep into the psychological warfare between an FBI trainee and a cannibalistic serial killer. The book provides a detailed look into the mind of Hannibal Lecter and the terri...
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
What begins as a story of a young woman's excitement over a new apartment soon descends into paranoid horror as she becomes convinced her neighbours have sinister plans for her unborn child. Levin's novel is a slow-burn masterpiece, building an incre...
Rosemary's Baby (1968)