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Author
Year
Subgenre
Setting
The Shining
Stephen King1977Psychological HorrorOverlook Hotel
Dracula
Bram Stoker1897Gothic HorrorTransylvania/London
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley1818Gothic Sci-FiEurope
It
Stephen King1986Cosmic HorrorDerry, Maine
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson1959Haunted HouseHill House
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty1971Religious HorrorGeorgetown, D.C.
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski2000Experimental HorrorA shifting house
Pet Sematary
Stephen King1983SupernaturalLudlow, Maine
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia2020Gothic Horror1950s Mexico
The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft1928Cosmic HorrorR'lyeh
Bird Box
Josh Malerman2014Post-apocalypticUSA (blindfolded)
Misery
Stephen King1987PsychologicalRemote cabin
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris1988Crime HorrorFBI Academy
Ring
Koji Suzuki1991J-HorrorTokyo
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice1976Vampire HorrorNew Orleans
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James1898GothicBly Manor
Beloved
Toni Morrison1987Literary HorrorPost-Civil War Ohio
Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin1967Occult HorrorNew York City
The Ritual
Adam Nevill2011Folk HorrorScandinavian wilderness
Uzumaki
Junji Ito1998Manga HorrorKurôzu-cho, Japan

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