Horror book recommendations based on movies

 

 

Horror movies can lead to great horror reads...

Watching a few scary movies, it is a tradition for many at Halloween, when the various TV shows are running marathons of movies that make us go eek!   This Halloween we encourage you to check out a book or two after you watch your favorite movie and share it with a friend.   This group of pairings is by no means complete and is a work in progress.  If there are other horror movie/book suggestions please let us know.   For librarians, when putting your Halloween displays together mixing media allows you to promote reading to those who might normally just looking for a horror movie to watch.

If you liked the zombie movie Night of the Living Dead then try reading  World War Z by Max Brooks,   Dead Sea by Brian Keene, 

  The Plague of the Dead by Z A Recht , or Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne

If you liked Hellraiser the try reading Hellbound Hearts edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan

If you liked Halloween then try reading Personal Demons by Gregory Lamberson

If you like the movie Bats then try reading Vespers by Jeff Rovin or Bats out of Hell by Guy N. Smith

If you like the movie Jaws then try reading by Steve Alten

If you like the movie In the Mouth of Madness  then try reading Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft

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Halloween titles for children

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