OH Man i have tons!!!!
William Johnstone books!
Graham Masterton books! ANY!!! ( Manitou should be re-done today)
Baby Dolly by Ruby Jensen
Heart Shaped box by Joe Hill ( you know that Horror writer from Maines' son?)
Haunted by Tamara Thorne
Any more i rememeber i will come back to!
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I think Johnstone's more actiony horror books would work great as movies. His cowboy ethic type of main characters would go over well and I think people would have a lot of fun with that kind of movie.
Masterton would be great too. I doubt the Manitou would ever be re-made though. America's too PC any more, and having an evil medicine man just wouldn't fly. I can't even begin to imagine the riots. That or the movie would turn too political itself, focusing way more on the evils of the American white man and his treatment of the indians than what happened in the book. I'd love it if they just did a straight shot from the book though. The Wells of Hell would be great too for a cheesy good time. nothing like tentacled lobstermen getting blasted to put a smile on this guy's face.
Don't know how well Baby Dolly would work as a movie since it covered three generations. Might work as a mini-series though. Annabelle would work amazing if they didn't overdo it on the CGI on parts involving the ghost. Same with Night Thunder. The one where the husband turns into the swamp creature and chases down the woman and her children would also work great.
Haven't read Heart Shaped Box yet, but I hear it's really good. I tend to steer clear of hardcovers because they're too clunky to carry around to work and back. Plan to wait on it to hit paperback before I read it.
Already mentioned Wurm by Matthew Costello. It'd probably cost a fortune to make anymore though.
I'm still waiting for a movie version of the Damnation Game
Cain by James Byron Huggins or something like that.
It's Loose by Warner Lee.
The Elementals by Michael McDowell, though I shudder to think what they 'd do to it.
Where the Chill Waits, though I'd hope they'd fix the ending. WAY too over the top. The first half was pretty creepy and I'd prefer if they fixated more on that than the iceman cometh parts.
One Rainy Night by Laymon, possibly by the crew that made the remake of Dawn of the Dead.
Darkness Demands and Nailed by The Heart by Simon Clark.
I forget the name of the one by William Schoell where they find that book that tells how everyone will die, but that'd make a really good movie.
Pretty much everything I've read so far by David Robbins, which has been nearly enough. Helloween in particular. The Wrath would probably require way too big a budget.
The Brain Eaters by Gary Bradner. I really loved that book. Can't believe I forgot that on my previous list.
Midnight by John Russo, maybe by the people that did the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not the greatest book ever, but could be a very effect horror movie.
Again, The Light at the End and The Scream by John Skipp and Craig Spector.
I actually kind of liked Cellars by John Shirley, though it wasn't by any means one of my favorites. They really screw over the villain at the end though, and it could make a pretty good movie. I would say Wetbones too, but it was way too sexual, hyperviolent and drug related to ever come close to making it past the MPAA.
Ancient Images and The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell, though they'd have to have a director with a GREAT eye since a lot of things are about subtle atmosphere that could translate over to film perfectly provided they knew what they were doing. Definitely a lot of things to do with sound and lighting and nightmarish flashes of every day objects in a sinister light. Argento circa Suspiria probably could have done it, provided he was able to come to terms with the necessity of little things like plot and acting.
I’ve read some great books that would make fantastic movies.
Live Girls by Ray Garton
The Stake by Richard Laymon
The Summoning by Bentley Little
Headhunter by Michael Slade
Boys Life by Robert McCammon
Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson
This list could go on for a very long time.
I feel the vampire books would transfer perfect to the screen. The slasher (Headhunter) book would work well too.
If a director who cared about the book handled 'Boys Life', it to could be a great film.
Oh yeah! I forgot Robert R Mccammon! Imagine Swan song! What an awesome movie that would make in the right hands! Also Summer Of Night by Dan Simmons...would be great!
Master of Lies by Masterton would also be a great movie in the Slasher/Saw type catagory. And Walkers by Masterton would also be great as it was a great plot ! Imagine insane asylum inmates escaping through the walls!
Good call on Slade. I totally forget him (them, since it's actually a couple people under a pseudonym).
Of the McCammon books I've read so far I'd go with Stinger for working best as a movie. I haven't read Swan Song or Boy's Life yet.
Summer of Night was a great book. If they could turn that into a movie without cutting out too much I'd be one of the first in line.
Darklings by Ray Garton would work really well too. Haven't gotten around to reading Live Girls yet, but I've heard good things about it. DArklings kind of reminded me of Night of the Creeps meets The Hidden with a Satanic twist.
Of the Bentley Little books I've read so far I'd go with Revelation personally. Giant mutant satanic babies. Who else could have pulled that one off?
I can't believe you havent read swan song! You have to! I loved it! its in the same catagory as The Stand and Dark Advent
Excellent end of the world book!
I would have to say my favorite Bentley Little book was The University and The store. Can't exactly say why, but i really
couldnt put them down!
Theres another great horror writer name Kim Wilkins, Two of her books i really coulndt wait to get back to every time i had to put them down, Fallen Angel and Grimiore
Both excellent books!
Have you guys read Andrew Neiderman ( not the new or the v c andrews stuff he's churning out)or Stephen Gresham?
I tried Imp by Andrew Neiderman and was bored to tears with it. The whole hardcore Christian character acting atrociously to children was a bit much to me and I pretty much just knew what was going to happen next the whole time. I gave up about 150 pages in.
Believe it or not I haven't read The Stand or Dark Advent yet either, though I'm hoping to get around to both of them at some point. With a book like that I gotta have a lot of time to get into it, like on a vacation or something, otherwise I know it'll take like a month and a half to get through like It did.
Read a few by Stephen Gresham. I liked Dew Eyes a lot. Demon's Eye or something like that with the Masque of the Red Death tie in didn't do it for me as much, but everyone's entitled to a mediocre book from time to time.
Don't think I've ever heard of Kim Wilkins.
Surely you haven't read all the books you sale, sweet Horrorlady. Going through all of them sure would take all of your time.
Martin
Believe you me, i HAVE them but havent read all!
im slowly going through them all. So i may not have read all i sell i do have them in my own collection and WILL read them as i can!
Cannotbreatheout, you should read fallen angel by kim wilkins it was a great read !Its about a Fallen angel ( so they think) who comes to the 3 daughters of john milton, a blind poet who will write Paradise Lost In old england, they think he will help him write but she really wants to stop him from writing which happens to be a true story and will change how people see religion ....Now all this is told to a reporter ( in modern day) who comes across an old lady who has a story to tell.. an old lady who has to wonder the earth and cannot die until she tells her story and anyone who hears it will also have to wonder the earth until someone listens to her tale.... Anyway its like 2 stories interwoven, really great!
Sounds good, though more like the kind of book I read when I feel like reading something intelligent, which I haven't for a while. Last one was Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, which I couldn't see too many people liking but I rather enjoyed, just like The Name of the Rose. Haven't bothered with his others since they sound kind of pretentious judging by the Amazon reviews.
I'm working on Chain Letter by Ruby Jean Jensen at the moment. So far, so good, though I have no idea where it's going to go. Then again, I never do with one of her books. That's part of the fun.
I loved the offspring by Jack Ketchum and to a lesser extent, the sequel to it, offseason. It was about a wild band of cannibals. It was a real page turner. Helloween by David Robbins was also equally scary, although I read spook night by him and it wasnt that good. The girl next door book and movie by Jack Ketchum were also very good.
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