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    I love to read! What are some good Traditional Halloween Novels and Monster classics
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    Post I love to read! What are some good Traditional Halloween Novels and Monster classics – 08-14-2011,02:42 PM


    What are your favorite Halloween novels?

    Ones that are a little creepy, spooky, and get you in the Halloween spirit.

    I'm not talking about short stories, but novels with memorable characters and a great storyline.

    Traditional Halloween and Monster classics are definitely welcome.
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    Default 08-14-2011,04:07 PM
    If you like mysteries, you might try Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party. Hercule Poirot is the detective.
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    Default 08-14-2011,04:21 PM
    Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Reading it now at the suggestion of a cousin and LOVE it!!
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    Default 08-15-2011,10:16 AM
    I don't have any traditional Halloween novels in mind but my favorite scary novel is "The Stand" by Stephen King. Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" is a novella length story in a book of short story collections. Both of those authors are really good for me to get into the Halloween mood.
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    Default 08-15-2011,01:04 PM
    I Am Legend
    Hell House
    both by Richard Matheson
    I'm a Halloween Bride! 10/31/2002

    Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
    ~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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    Default 08-15-2011,09:10 PM
    I was fortunate to have read Bram Stokers Dracula BEFORE ever seeing any of the movies. So I have always had a slight obsession with that novel. Without any preconceived notions about what is going to happen, that story is genuinely creepy. Not sure how it would be otherwise, but definately worth a try.
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    Default 08-17-2011,07:38 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by creepyhomemaker View Post
    I was fortunate to have read Bram Stokers Dracula BEFORE ever seeing any of the movies. So I have always had a slight obsession with that novel. Without any preconceived notions about what is going to happen, that story is genuinely creepy. Not sure how it would be otherwise, but definately worth a try.

    One of my favorite books of all time. Have read it more times than I can count. And I too read it before seeing the movies. Just a fantastic story. The movie was more of a love-story really than a horror one, but I have to admit that Gary Oldman (sp?) was a FANTASTIC Dracula!
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    Default 08-19-2011,04:12 AM
    The Haunting by Shirley Jackson!!! So good!!
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    Default 08-19-2011,07:36 AM
    Not technically a Halloween novel, but try to find a copy of Tanith Lee's 'Kill the Dead', which relates the tale of Parl Dro the ghost-killer.

    A short read, but worthwhile. Can't say any more without spoiling it though.
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