The Haunting of Hill House’s success on Netflix proves that, like the Shirley Jackson book, many other horror classic novels ...

An advanced copy of Scream with Me! Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism by Eleanor Johnson found me in the simmering heat of summer 2025, just in time for Independence Day. I tore into the ...

Many recent horror TV shows prove how effective the medium is for the genre, and these modern books should become prestige ...

What if the monsters lurking under your bed weren’t just in your imagination? These horror novels deliver pulse-pounding ...

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Instead of watching horror movies this Halloween, why not curl up with the real masters of terror and read the original books? Who doesn’t love to ride a horror ...

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Book-to-film adaptations are nothing new, especially in genres like science fiction and horror. Many of our classics are based on horror novels: The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby, Dracula, too many ...

When we read a horror novel, it activates the brain’s fear response, releasing adrenaline and other stress hormones that put us on high alert, allowing us to experience a thrill without being in real ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...