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Horror critic R. S. Hadji placed The Sorrows of Satan at number one in his list of the worst horror novels ever written. [ 2 ] Brian Stableford, discussing Corelli's "narcissistic" novels, described The Sorrows of Satan thus: "as delusions of grandeur and expressions of devout wish-fulfilment go, the fascination of the Devil was an ...
The horror critic R. S. Hadji placed The Lair of the White Worm at number twelve in his list of the worst horror novels ever written. [5] Historian of the horror genre H. P. Lovecraft, in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature", stated that Stoker "utterly ruins a magnificent idea by a development almost infantile." [6]
The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Horror and the Supernatural considers Smith's horror novels "endearing, imbued with lively storytelling and the tacky brilliance of the horror and science fiction cinema of the 1950s", [5] but horror critic R. S. Hadji included Smith's novel The Sucking Pit on his list of the worst horror novels ever written. [6]
The Island of Dr. Moreau. H. G. Wells is one of the major science fiction/horror writers of the 19th century. Truth be told, we could probably put most if not all of his work on this list and call ...
On the anniversary of Dracula's publishing, we look back at other epistolary horror novels, from Frankenstein to Carrie to World War Z and beyond. The post DRACULA and 15 Other Epistolary Horror ...
All the Fiends of Hell, by Adam L.G. Nevill. Nevill’s stories are full of tight interiors, narrow minds, and entities that slip under a reader’s defenses. In All the Fiends of Hell, he’s ...
The 13 Most Terrifying Horror Stories by R.S. Hadji, is a list of horror (short) stories that was published in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine [1] in the July-August 1983 edition. The list [ 2 ]
Horror also serves as one of the central genres in more complex modern works such as Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000), a finalist for the National Book Award. There are many horror novels for children and teens, such as R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series or The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey.