Five Books To Read Before Halloween

Stephen King's thriller about Pennywise the killer clown will creep you out with more than just cheap thrills. There's so much symbolism within It's pages and oh so many metaphors. What hits you the hardest are the hidden meanings behind the traumas each member of the Loser's club faces.

It's not a novel, it's a poem. Probably, Poe's most famous work. What makes it creepy is the main character's slow decent into madness.

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Stephen King hails 'Hell House' as "the scariest haunted house tale ever written". If the horror legend himself loves this book, it'll definitely get you into the Halloween spirit.

Now a movie starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, the book surrounds a little town that is disturbed by the terrifying events that take place in a house on the edge of town, including the appearances of a ghostly woman dressed in all black (obviously).

For those of you interested in psychological thrillers, The Woman In Black is the book for you this Halloween season.

Sarah Schmidt's adaptation of the legendary Lizzie Borden story will make you rethink everything you think you know about that horrific day on which the Borden's were axed to death.