Did you know that the movie Candyman was based on the short story, Forbidden by Clive Barker? Maybe you already knew that the film The Ring was based on a Japanese film Ringu. But did you know that it was based on a book by Koji Suzuki?

Take the opportunity to read the books that your favorite horror films were based on. Who knows what neat insights you’ll gain?

This list is not exhaustive. Obviously, Stephen King is no slouch when it comes to turning his books into movies. When composing this list, we tried to come up with a broad selection of authors and to showcase some of the lesser-known books and movies. We hope you find something new.

Here is a selection of Horror books that movies were based upon in the TBP collection.

Series

Hannibal Lecter Series by Thomas Harris

1. HANNIBAL RISING (DB 63101)
2. RED DRAGON (DB 17472, LB 12315)
3. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (DB 27020, BR 13149, LB 12314)
4. HANNIBAL (DB 48524, BR 12326)

Howling by Gary Brandner

1. HOWLING (DB 88159)
2. HOWLING. BOOKS 2-3 (DB 95710)

Interview with the Vampire Series by Ann Rice

1. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (DB 61222)
2. VAMPIRE LESTAT (DB 23006)
3. QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (DB 28034)

Jaws by Peter Benchley and Hank Searls

1. JAWS (DB 62714, BR 02585, BT 13569)
2. JAWS TWO (DB 12324)
3. JAWS: THE REVENGE (DB 26034)

Psycho by Robert Bloch

1. PSYCHO (DB 19378)
2. PSCYHO II (DB 19431)

Ringu/Ring

1. RING, BOOKS 1-3 by Koji Suzuki (DB 87453)

Shining by Stephen King

1. SHINING (DB 51373, BR 13271)
2. DOCTOR SLEEP (DB 77471, BR 20278, LB 08197)

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

1. WARM BODIES (DB 76132)
2. BURNING WORLD (DB 88406)

Stand-Alone Novels

American Psycho

AMERICAN PSYCHO by Bret Easton Ellis (DB 32488, en español DBG 18731)

Audition

AUDITION by Ryū Murakami (DB 118769)

Bird Box

BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman (DB 79311, BR 21868)

Burnt Offerings

BURNT OFFERINGS by Robert Marasco (DB 116019)

Candyman

“Forbidden” in IN THE FLESH by Clive Barker (DB 26337)

Dark Harvest

DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge (DB 88901)

Entity

ENTITY by Frank De Felitta (DB 14322)

Exorcist

EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty (DB 12688, BR 11946, en español DB 18790)

Fall of the House of Usher

COMPLETE POEMS by Edgar Allan Poe (DB 45236)

COMPLETE STORIES by Edgar Allan Poe (DB 44929)

Ghost Story

GHOST STORY by Peter Straub (DB 13843, BR 04623)

Girl with All the Gifts

GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by M. R. Carey (DB 80678)

Hellraiser

HELLBOUND HEART by Clive Barker (DB 86114)

House

HOUSE by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker (DB 96915)

The Innocents

TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James (DB 18129, BR 06763, LB 00333)

John Dies at the End

JOHN DIES AT THE END by David Wong (DB 76551)

Last Man on Earth/Omega Man/I am Legend

I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson (DB 47903, BR 19204)

Let Me In

LET ME IN by John Ajvide Lindqvist (DB 71940)

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM by Grady Hendrix (DB 86233)

The Other

OTHER by Thomas Tryon (DB 59339)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES by Seth Grahame-Smith (DB 69090)

Ritual

RITUAL by Adam L. G. Nevill (BR 19805)

Ruins

RUINS by Scott Smith (DB 63204)

Rosemary’s Baby

ROSEMARY’S BABY by Ira Levin (DB 61169, BR 00521)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (DB 50233, BR 12583)

Stir of Echoes

STIR OF ECHOES by Richard Matheson (DB 115328)

The Thing

“Who Goes There” in BEST OF JOHN W. CAMPBELL (DB 74085)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson (DB 26614, LB 00388)

World War Z

WORLD WAR Z: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE WAR by Max Brooks (DB 65111, DB 111997, BR 21136)