The Fifty Best Horror Movies of All Time: A Personal Selection
What follows are my fifty favorite horror movies of all time
THE TOOTH FAIRY
Graham Joyce is an author it’s taken me years to discover. I’m just glad I’ve finally gotten around to making Joyce’s acquaintance, and that I’ve read his 1996 novel THE TOOTH FAIRY
THIS GHOSTING TIDE
I’m not a huge fan of the British horrormeister Simon Clark, although he has a fairly substantial following. Clark’s fans will likely appreciate this novella, even though I’m lukewarm on it
SHEEP
This novel, the first by a noted English writer, is widely considered (by the five or so people who’ve read it) one of the finest genre debuts of the nineties
THE SNAKE ORCHARDS
This relic from the “nasties” school of horror writing will always be important in my life due to the fact that back in the eighties it was one of the first grown-up horror novels I read. I was drawn, as I recall, by that eye-catching cover image, which remains quite striking
THE SOUND OF HIS HORN
Quite simply one of the most vivid and powerful tales of horrific suspense ever written
THE SPACE VAMPIRES
This interesting sci fi-tinged take on vampirism was made into the crappy movie LIFEFORCE. Don’t let that put you off, though, as the book is a careful and methodical intellectual thriller—though maybe a bit too methodical
SPANKY
A witty and enjoyable pop horror updating of FAUST which, despite Fowler’s claims that it represents a “departure and a new direction for me”, is very much in fitting with the rest of his work
SPAWN
Now here’s a premise: a mentally impaired hospital orderly buries several aborted fetuses in a field, where an electrical storm causes them to spring to life…and develop an insatiable appetite for human flesh!
THE SUBJUGATED BEAST
THE SUBJUGATED BEAST is said to be Ryan’s most overtly sadistic novel, and seeing as how Ryan is (in John Pelan’s words) the “Godmother of Splatterpunk,” that claim is not to be taken lightly