Horror
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Horror Literature
- Stephen King
- The Shining.
- Shirley Jackson
- The Haunting of Hill House.
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Creator of cosmic horror and the Cthulhu Mythos.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Pioneer of gothic macabre and detective fiction.
- Bram Stoker
- Creator of modern vampire lore and author of Dracula.
- Clive Barker
- Hellraiser.
- Mary Shelley
- Frankenstein.
- Dean Koontz
- Prolific master of suspense, thriller, and dark speculative fiction.
- Anne Rice
- Revitalized gothic vampire fiction with Interview with the Vampire
. - Peter Straub
- Literary horror specialist and frequent Stephen King collaborator.
- William Peter Blatty
- Author of the seminal possession novel The Exorcist.
- Ray Bradbury
- Blended nostalgic wonder with dark, chilling undertones.
- Daphne du Maurier
- Master of psychological suspense and gothic templates like Rebecca and The Birds.
- Stephen Graham Jones
- Acclaimed innovator blending slasher tropes with indigenous folklore.
- Paul Tremblay
- Master of ambiguous psychological terror like A Head Full of Ghosts.
- Grady Hendrix
- Creator of darkly humorous, nostalgic, and visceral horror.
- M.R. James
- Master of the traditional ghost story and antiquarian terror.
Horror Films and Television
Horror HostsKey Directors
- James Wan
- Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring
- Ari Aster
- Hereditary, Midsommar
- Jordan Peele
- Get Out, Us, Nope
- John Carpenter
- Halloween, The Thing, The Fog
- Wes Craven
- A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes
- George A. Romero
- Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Psycho, The Birds
- Roger Corman
- House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, A Bucket of Blood
- Tobe Hooper
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, The Funhouse
- David Cronenberg
- The Fly, Videodrome, The Brood
- Stanley Kubrick
- The Shining
- Robert Eggers
- Nosferatu, Werwulf, The Witch, The Lighthouse
- Sam Raimi
- The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Drag Me to Hell
- Clive Barker
- Hellraiser, Nightbreed
- Joe Dante
- Gremlins, The Howling, Piranha
- Mike Flanagan
- Oculus, Hush, Doctor Sleep
- Guillermo del Toro
- Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Crimson Peak
- Rob Zombie
- House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Halloween
- Eli Roth
- Cabin Fever, Hostel, Thanksgiving
Horror Podcasts, Radio, and Music
Audio is an effective and popular medium for horror, proving that engaging only one of the five senses can still create tension, fear, and surprise as effectively as multi-sensory mediums.