horror books to read before the movie drops
ordered by when the adaptation actually comes out, so you don't finish two months too late like i did with pet sematary
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1
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
flanagan's redo got pushed to 2027, retitled the exorcist: martyrs, johansson's in it. the book is meaner than the 73 movie in places
2
Incidents Around the House - Josh Malerman
chastain's movie got retitled other mommy, drops october. malerman wrote it recent enough that the adaptation is basically day one
3
Carrie - Stephen King
4
Remain (M. Night Shyamalan & Nicholas Sparks)
genuinely didn't expect these two names on the same cover. releases october, more thriller than straight horror but it's on my radar
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