potatobrarian | Crowdsourced Horror reading/TV/movie recommendations from my library friends/colleagues at work! @potatobrarian2731 | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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Books/movies/shows I mentioned from the list:

Let the Right One In, by John Lindqvist: goodreads.com/book/show/943402.Let_the_Right_One_In?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bZjay5BOrb&rank=1

Watchers, by Dean Koontz:
goodreads.com/book/show/32423.Watchers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1Kvm0zCnoI&rank=2

The Outsider, by Stephen King:
goodreads.com/book/show/36124936-the-outsider?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=UYu1o4zpG1&rank=1

Thinner, by "Richard Bachmann", aka Stephen King:
goodreads.com/book/show/10605.Thinner?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9IsTjwjucK&rank=1

Night Shift, by Stephen King:
goodreads.com/book/show/10628.Night_Shift?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=l9WenDn4Li&rank=1

Fever Dream, by Samanta Schweblin:
goodreads.com/book/show/30763882-fever-dream?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hWyxu2U9zh&rank=1

Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss:
goodreads.com/book/show/38922230-ghost-wall

Midsommar, dir. by Ari Aster:
imdb.com/title/tt8772262

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris:
goodreads.com/book/show/29069374-my-favorite-thing-is-monsters-vol-1?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CcTQNxJyCp&rank=1

Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz:
goodreads.com/book/show/1325218.Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ym1BtFBGdO&rank=1

Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier:
goodreads.com/book/show/17899948-rebecca?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uq9ub5zPJ0&rank=1

Aterrorizados/Terrified, dir. by Demian Rugna:
imdb.com/title/tt7549892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The Legacy, by John Coyne:
goodreads.com/book/show/1044292.The_Legacy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bSAb7JMD4e&rank=1


Other books/movies/shows from the list that I didn't have time to include:

Strangers, by Dean Koontz:
goodreads.com/book/show/15676.Strangers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VjcFRo4rBM&rank=1

The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice:
goodreads.com/book/show/11901.The_Witching_Hour?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=tPw4Z9Z4Ne&rank=1

Christine, by Stephen King:
goodreads.com/book/show/10629.Christine?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5wgOAmC6s7&rank=1

Cujo, dir. by Lewis Teague:
imdb.com/title/tt0085382/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Pet Sematary, dir. by Mary Lambert:
imdb.com/title/tt0098084/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Edgar Allan Poe's stories:
"The Cask of Amontillado" (Read this in high school, LOVED it)
"The Tell-Tale Heart" (My FAVORITE Poe story!)
"The Raven"
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
"Hop-Frog"

Vincent Price's horror films

Portrait of a a Killer: Jack the Ripper: Case Closed, by Patricia Cornwell:
goodreads.com/book/show/6538.Portrait_of_a_Killer?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=t00OjRKL65&rank=1

Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany (this is actually sci-fi, but it reminds me of old-school Star Trek+the Doctor Who ep with the the train and that monster that made people mimic it):
goodreads.com/book/show/1199688.Babel_17?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=aBjxhQDIzh&rank=1

American Fantastic Tales, Vol. I, edited by Peter Straub:
goodreads.com/book/show/6254610-american-fantastic-tales

American Fantastic Tales, Vol. II, edited by Peter Straub:
goodreads.com/book/show/6313798-american-fantastic-tales

We Have Always Lived In the Castle, by Shirley Jackson:
goodreads.com/book/show/89724.We_Have_Always_Lived_in_the_Castle?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=w5mTrssKwF&rank=1

Ghost Story, by Peter Straub:
goodreads.com/book/show/19581.Ghost_Story?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VXSedY7kYG&rank=1