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
HANNIBAL RISING (DB 63101)
RED DRAGON (DB 17472, LB 12315)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (DB 27020, BR 13149, LB 12314)
HANNIBAL (DB 48524, BR 12326)
Howling by Gary Brandner
HOWLING (DB 88159)
HOWLING. BOOKS 2-3 (DB 95710)
Interview with the Vampire Series by Ann Rice
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (DB 61222)
VAMPIRE LESTAT (DB 23006)
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (DB 28034)
Jaws by Peter Benchley and Hank Searls
JAWS (DB 62714, BR 02585, BT 13569)
JAWS TWO (DB 12324)
JAWS: THE REVENGE (DB 26034)
Psycho by Robert Bloch
PSYCHO (DB 19378)
PSCYHO II (DB 19431)
Ringu/Ring
RING, BOOKS 1-3 by Koji Suzuki (DB 87453)
Shining by Stephen King
SHINING (DB 51373, BR 13271)
DOCTOR SLEEP (DB 77471, BR 20278, LB 08197)
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
WARM BODIES (DB 76132)
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)
