Seven horror books to enjoy Halloween without leaving home
We will all agree that any time is a good time to enjoy a horror book . Not only does the list of premieres seem endless, but the genre is in incredible shape and has a catalog of tireless stories. But if there is a day of the year designed to rejoice in the world of horror literature, that is Halloween . And what better way to do it than by turning to the classics, especially if you have always been one of those who prefer stay home reading.
Not only because the festivity calls, but also because, for a large number of Spaniards, it is the equivalent of one of the bridges most anticipated of the year . Or, what is the same, three days and four nights to enjoy the stories that have been inspiring literature, cinema or television for centuries and decades.
Seven horror books to enjoy Halloween without leaving home
DRACULA
If there is a creature that cannot be missing in any horror session, it is the vampires and, among all, perhaps not its founding member, but the most famous: Dracula. The person in charge, together with his creator bram stoker , that this type of figures enjoy unprecedented popularity in all areas. And what better time than Halloween to bring it back to life.
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FRANKENSTEIN
There is little left to say about this work. Mary Shelley that has not already been said or written. However, the story that the British writer began to draw during an evening with a group of friends, among whom was lord byron , seems touched with the wand of immortality. More than 200 years after its publication , Shelley's creature continues more alive than ever.
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THE SEED OF THE DEVIL
We could not miss on our list what is probably the most famous novel by the American writer Ira Levin, even more popular after the film adaptation of Roman Polansk i starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.
For those who haven't read the book or seen the movie, the story begins when rosemary and guy they move to a new apartment and meet some neighbors who mistrust Rosemary, especially seeing the interest they show in her when she becomes pregnant. And here we can read.
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MACABRE TALES
If you like horror, it will probably be impossible for you to choose just one of the master's stories Edgar Allan Poe . That is why we propose this compilation, which contains stories such as the black cat, The Tell-Tale Heart either The Fall of the House of Usher , illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe and translated by Julio Cortázar.
A work that also includes comments from Charles Baudelaire, great lover of the American writer and the person in charge of translating his works into French.
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ROALD DAHL'S FAVORITE GHOSTS
Ghost stories were one of the pending subjects for the Welsh writer, who assured on more than one occasion that writing a good era “extremely complicated”.
His solution was to launch a compilation with his favorites, which he began to select for a project that never saw the light of day. The result is an anthology of mystery stories and, of course, ghosts, which is well worth a little while on our bridge.
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THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DOCTOR. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE
It was born with the intention of becoming the best allegory of the eternal struggle between good and evil that human beings wage on a daily basis and, along the way, it became a portrait of dissociative identity disorder , taken to the extreme.
The story of how the respectable dr jekyl became the ruthless killer londoner Edward Hyde by consuming a substance, created by himself, which had the ability to separate humanity from evil, it is another of the classics that cannot be missed in our review.
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THE INSTITUTE
And if you miss in the list titles like The glow, carrie , _Item either doctor sleep is because instead we have decided to include the most recent work of Stephen King.
The Institute tells the story of an institution of the same name that brings together children with paranormal powers to take advantage of their abilities. there enter Luke Ellis , when his parents are murdered in the middle of the night. And, after verifying everything that happens in that atrocious place, he becomes obsessed with leaving; the only 'problem' is that no one has ever managed to escape The Institute.
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