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Classic Horror - The Great Influencers

These are the stories that started it all. If it wasn't for these, we would not have the modern classics by Stephen King and the like. Within this list, without Trilby, we wouldn't have The Phantom of the Opera; without The Vampyre, we wouldn't have Dracula; without Melmoth the Wanderer, we wouldn't have The Picture of Dorian Gray; and without The Castle of Otranto, we wouldn't have anything at all!
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
1
William Shakespeare
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
2
Horace Walpole
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
3
Ann Radcliffe
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
4
Charles Maturin
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
5
John William Polidori
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
The Bride of Lammermoor (Walter Scott)
The Bride of Lammermoor
7
Walter Scott
Wieland
Wieland
8
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
9
Matthew Lewis
Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood (James Malcolm Riley)
Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood
10
James Malcolm Riley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
11
Bram Stoker
The Lady of the Shroud (Bram Stoker)
The Lady of the Shroud
12
Bram Stoker
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
13
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
14
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
15
Henry James
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
16
Edgar Allen Poe
Tales of E.T.A. Hoffman (E.T.A. Hoffman)
Tales of E.T.A. Hoffman
17
E.T.A. Hoffman
The Best Tales of Hoffmann (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
The Best Tales of Hoffmann
18
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Trilby (George Du Maurier)
Trilby
19
George Du Maurier
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
20
Gaston Leroux
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
21
Oscar Wilde
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
22
Washington Irving
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
23
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
24
Shirley Jackson
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
25
Ira Levin
Anne Rice: Interview With the Vampire
Anne Rice: Interview With the Vampire
26
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