COMICS

• Foul Play by Jack Davis

ESSAYS

• Supernatural Horror in Literature by H.P. Lovecraft

ESSAY COLLECTIONS

• The Glass Teat by Harlan Ellison

RADIO

• A Day At The Dentist’s by Arch Oboler

• The Chicken Heart That Ate The World by Arch Oboler

• Mars Is Heaven! by Ray Bradbury

POETRY

• The Groundhog by Richard Wilbur

• Ebony and Crystal by Clark Ashton Smith

  In the afterword of Different Seasons, King mentions Smith in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

NOVELS

• Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

• Burnt Offerings by Robert Manasco

• Ghost Story by Peter Straub

• Armadale by Wilke Collins

  King cites this as a gothic novel that keeps readers hooked.

• Donovan’s Brain by Kurt Siodmak

• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

• The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson

  In the afterword of Different Seasons, King mentions Matheson in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

• The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane

• The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

• Colussus by D.F. Jones

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

• Brain Wave by Poul Anderson

  Noted as a possible influence on the movie Phase IV

• The Crash of ’79 by Paul Emil Erdman

  Noted in a section on economic horror

• The Money Wolves

  Noted in a section on economic horror

• The Big Company Look

  Noted in a section on economic horror

• McTeague by Frank Norris

  Noted in a section on economic horror

• Burn, Witch, Burn by A. Merrit

• The Metal Monster by A. Merrit

• Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk

  NOT HORROR

  Mentioned as a good novel about the struggles of a young writer.

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Cited as an exemplar of Strunk’s 13^th rule: omit needless words.

• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

  NOT HORROR

  Mentioned as an examplar of Strunk’s 13^th rule: omit needless words.

• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

  Mentioned as an examplar of Strunk’s 13^th rule: omit needless words.

• The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

  NOT HORROR

  Mentioned as an examplar of Strunk’s 13^th rule: omit needless words.

• Shoot by Douglas Fairbairn

  NOT HORROR

  Mentioned as an examplar of Strunk’s 13^th rule: omit needless words.

• The Scarf by Robert Bloch

  Cited as a great adventure novel.

  In the afterword of Different Seasons, King mentions Bloch in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

• Deadbeat by Robert Bloch

• Strange Eons by Robert Bloch

• Dracula by Bram Stoker

• Crash by J.G. Ballard

  Mentioned as an author with a gloomy distrust of the technological world

• High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

  Mentioned as an author with a gloomy distrust of the technological world

• Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard

  Mentioned as an author with a gloomy distrust of the technological world

• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

  Mentioned as an author with a gloomy distrust of the technological world

• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

  Mentioned as an author with a gloomy distrust of the technological world

• Implosion by D.F. Jones

• Time and Again by Jack Finney

  Cited by King as the great time travel novel

• Children of the Kingdom by T.E.D. Klein

• The Castle of Otranto by Horace Wapole

  Cited as an example of classic gothic

• The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

  Cited as an example of classic gothic, and King Mentions it alongside Armadale by Wilke Collins as one that will keep readers hooked.

• Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

  Cited as an example of classic gothic

  It’s worth noting that Maturin is the name of the giant, cosmic turtle that appears in many Stephen King novels.

• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

• The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

• The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan

• Revelation by Flannery O’Connor

  Noted for its opening scene in the doctor’s office

• Sanctuary by William Faulkner

  Noted for the hanging scene

• The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

• At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

  In the afterword of Different Seasons, King mentions Lovecraft in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

• The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L. Grant

• Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

• A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

  NOT HORROR

  Praised as Levin’s most well-written work

• Damon by C. Terry Cline

  Cited as an example of a humorless, thudding tract of a suspense novel

• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

  Cited as an example of a humorless, thudding tract of a suspense novel

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as a novel that understands the relationship between horror and humor

• The Living End by Stanley Elkin

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as a novel that understands the relationship between horror and humor

• The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

• The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein

• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

• A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

  NOT HORROR

  Noted as a good novel about childhood

• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

  NOT HORROR

  Noted as a good novel about childhood

• Tsuga’s Children by Thomas Williams

  NOT HORROR

  Noted as a good novel about childhood

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as a great adventure novel

• Feral by Berton Rouche

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as a great adventure novel

• The Nightwalker by Thomas Tessier

  ... [T]he best werewolf novel of the last twenty years

• The Black House by Paul Theroux

• The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell

• The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell

• The Inhabitant of the Lake by Ramsey Campbell

  Described as a Lovecraft clone

• Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

  In the afterword of Different Seasons, King mentions Leiber in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

• The Sucking Pit by James Herbert

  Cited as the all-time great pulp horror novel

• The Spear by James Herbert

• The Fog by James Herbert

• Rockabilly (a.k.a. Spider Kiss) by Harlan Ellison

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as one of the best novels about the cannibalistic nature of rock ’n’ roll music

SHORT STORIES

• The Lost, Strayed, Stolen by M.F.K. Fisher

  Anne Rivers Siddons, author of The House Next Door, considered this short story a haunted house classic.

• Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time by Harlan Ellison

• Horror We? How’s Bayou? by Graham Ingles

• Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber

  Cited as a good example of urban horror

• The Companion by Ramsey Campbell

  ... [T]he best horror tale written in English in the past thirty years

• The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard

  NOT HORROR

  Cited as an example of how Robert E. Howard excelled at sword and sorcery where most others failed

• Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson

• Canavan’s Back Yard by Joseph Payne Brennan

  Noted for dealing with change in physical perspective

• Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft

• Pickman’s Model by H.P. Lovecraft

• The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long

  In the afterword to Different Seasons, King mentions Long in a list of horror authors who had given him great pleasure over the years.

• The Curse of Yig by Zelia Bishop

• The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs

• A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

• X Marks the Pedwalk by Fritz Leiber

• The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner

• The Squaw by Bram Stoker

• The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker

• Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

• Pigeons From Hell by Robert E. Howard

  ...[O]ne of the finest horror stories of our century

• The Hungry Glass by Robert Bloch

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

• The Height of the Scream by Ramsey Campbell

• The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison

• The Opener of the War by Robert Bloch

• Pleasant Dreams by Robert Bloch

• Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales by Henry S. Whitehead

• Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury

• Car Sinister (ed. Bill Prozini)

• Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker

• The Third Level by Jack Finney

  Described by King as [W]hat The Twilight Zone could have been.

• Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison

TV MOVIES

• The Aliens Are Coming

• The Night Stalker

• Dr. Cook’s Garden

TV SHOWS

• Thriller

• Bus Stop

  The series finale is cited as the single-scariest episode of a TV show. The finale is based on Robert Bloch’s short story I Kiss Your Shadow.

• The Outer Limits

  Cited as superior to Twilight Zone when it comes to horror.

• The Twilight Zone

• Night Gallery

  Noted for adaptations of Lovecraft’s Cool Air and Pickman’s Model, and the episode The Caterpillar.

MOVIES

• Dracula (dir. Tod Browning)

• Frankenstein (dir. James Whale)

• Martin (dir. George Romero)

• Alien (dir. Ridley Scott)

• The Haunting (dir. Robert Wise)

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (dir. Fred F. Sears)

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (dir. Don Siegel)

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (dir. Philip Kaufman)

• The Day the Earth Stood Still (dir. Robert Wise)

• Freaks (dir. Tod Browning)

• I Was A Teenage Werewolf (dir. Gene Fowler Jr.)

• Bad (dir. Andy Warhol)

  NOT HORROR

  Noted for one particularly grisly scene.

• Carrie (dir. Brian DePalma)

• The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin)

• The Stepford Wives (dir. Bryan Forbes)

• Duel (dir. Steven Spielberg)

• The Car (dir. Elliot Silverstein)

  Special note of opening chase in Zion National Park

• Rosemary’s Baby (dir. Roman Polanski)

• Prophecy (dir. John Frankenheimer)

• The Andromeda Strain (dir. Robert Wise)

• Colussus: The Forbin Project (dir. Joseph Sargent)

• The China Syndrome (dir. James Bridges)

• Night of the Living Dead (dir. George Romero)

• Dawn of the Dead (dir. George Romero)

• The Horror of Party Beach (dir. Del Tenney)

• Beginning of the End (dir. Bert I. Gordon)

• Night of the Lepus (dir. William F. Claxton)

• Them! (dir. Gordon Douglas)

• Gog (dir. Herbert L. Strock)

• The Omega Man (dir. Boris Sagal)

• The Last Man on Earth (dir. Sidney Salkow and Ubaldo B. Ragona)

• War of the Worlds (dir. George Pal)

  Special note of scene where three men different races and backgrounds raise the white flag

• The Changeling (dir. Peter Medak)

• The Amityville Horror (dir. Stuart Rosenburg)

• Phase IV (dir. Saul Bass)

• The Onion Field (dir. Harold Becker)

  NOT HORROR

  Mentioned in a section on the limits of "based on a true story"

• Dracula (dir. John Badham)

  Noted for one scene where Mina Harker’s grave leads to a deep tunnel.

• Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

  Noted for reveal of Bates’ mother

• The Pit and the Pendulum (dir. Roger Corman)

• They Came from Within (dir. David Cronenberg)

• The Brood (dir. David Cronenberg)

• Horrors of the Black Museum (dir. Arthur Crabtree)

• The Abominable Dr. Philbes (dir. Robert Fuest)

• The Body Snatcher (dir. Robert Wise)

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper)

• The Cat People (dir. Jacques Tourneur)

• Creature from the Black Lagoon (dir. Jack Arnold)

• The Creeping Unknown (dir. Val Guest)

• The Conqueror Worm (dir. Michael Reeves)

  One of the most revolting horror pictures to be released by a major studio in the sixties.

• Robot Monster (dir. Phil Tucker)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie

• Invasion of the Saucer Men (dir. Edward K. Cahn)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie.

• The Blob (dir. Irvin Yeaworth)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie.

• Invasion of the Star Creatures (dir. Bruno VeSota)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie.

• I Married A Monster From Outer Space (dir. Gene Fowler Jr.)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie.

• Ritual (dir. David Cronenberg)

• Tourist Trap (dir. David Schmoeller)

  Mentioned as an example of a really fun bad movie.

• The Brood (dir. David Cronenberg)

• The Evictors (dir. Charles B. Pierce)

• Sisters (dir. Brian DePalma)

  Mentioned as an example of a good horror film made on a low budget.

• Exorcist II (dir. John Boorman)

• Wait Until Dark (dir. Terence Young)

• Halloween (dir. John Carpenter)

• Coma (dir. Michael Crichton)

• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (dir. Richard Brooks)

• Midnight Express (dir. Alan Parker)

• The Bad Seed (dir. Mervyn LeRoy)

• Night of the Hunter (dir. Charles Laughton)

• Night Watch (dir. Brian G. Hutton)

• Night of the Living Dead (dir. George Romero)

• The Birds (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

• Dementia-13 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)

• Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (dir. Robert Aldrich)

• I Bury The Living (dir. Albert Band)

• Macabre (dir. William Castle)

  Mentioned by King as the first gotta-see movie he remembers.

  Also an example of an early gimmick horror film, moviegoers were given a $1,000 fright insurance policy.

• X: The Man With The X-ray Eyes (dir. Roger Corman)

• The Omen (dir. Richard Donner)

• Deliverance (dir. John Boorman)

OTHERS MENTIONED

• Cornell Woolrich

• John Wyndham

  The best writer of science fiction England has ever produced

• Roald Dahl

• Jorge Luis Borges

• John Collier

• Manley Wade Wellman

  Noted for his Silver John stories