Collider ranks ten horror novels it considers especially influential, tracing the genre’s development from Gothic fiction to modern psychological and supernatural horror.

– ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ is praised for making terror emerge from isolation, distrust and ambiguity.
– ‘The Exorcist’ combines demonic possession with questions of faith, suffering and scepticism.
– ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ uses a sinister carnival to explore temptation and desire.