Books like Horror by Darryl Jones

Stephen King’s 1986 horror classic follows seven children terrorized by a shape‑changing entity that takes the form of the iconic clown Pennywise, using their deepest fears to hunt them.

Stephen King’s 1983 horror classic, *Pet Sematary*, explores the perilous intersection of death, resurrection, and the dark forces that linger in rural Maine.

First‑person memoir of Neo‑classical Manhattan investment banker Patrick Bateman, whose glossy façade masks a brutal, psychopathic descent into violence.

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

Nothing, in all it's entirety.

A chilling tale of an eleven‑year‑old's demonic possession and the two priests who confront it.

In an apocalyptic near‑future, a mother and her two small children navigate a river blindfolded to avoid a terrifying entity, while the story features profanity and graphic violence.

Four university friends venture into the Arctic Circle’s Scandinavian wilderness seeking escape, only to confront ancient rituals and deadly forces lurking among untouched forest.

Two teens investigate the abandoned Waterman Mansion on Halloween, chasing the mystery of Mr. Waterman’s disappearance and his missing million dollars while confronting eerie whispers and a rumored ghost.

A comprehensive guide to the most essential films of all time, spanning classics like *2001: A Space Odyssey* to legendary Westerns and beyond, with curated reviews that highlight their cinematic significance and audience impact.

The modern horror story grew and developed across the nineteenth century, embracing categories as diverse as ghost stories, supernatural and psychological horror, medical and scientific horrors, colonial horror, and tales of mystery and premonition. This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories of the period from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed. The book includes stories by some of the best writers of the century-- Hoffmann, Poe, Balzac, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Zola--as well as established genre classics such as M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others. It includes rare and little known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W.F. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. Wherever possible stories are reprinted in their first published form, with background information about their authors and helpful, contextualizing annotation. Darryl Jones's lively introduction discusses horror's literary evolution and its articulation of cultural preoccupations and anxieties. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!

After winning the California karate championship, Daniel travels to Okinawa with Mr. Miyagi to see his mentor’s dying father and becomes entangled in old feuds, new romance, and a ruthless young karate challenger.

Dorothy Gale travels back to Oz in this comic book adaptation of Walt Disney’s dark film, confronting Princess Mombi, the Gnome King, and her companions from the original tale.

A sweeping century-spanning epic traces an indomitable Italian family's journey from Sicilian prisons to Fifth Avenue mansions, through Brooklyn, Hollywood, and the backdrop of world wars and cultural change.

"What was the worst thing you've ever done? In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories--some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever ..."--