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Books: Body

Horror on the page: what each book is, who wrote it and how scary it gets.

Book · 2001

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher brings alien invasion and body horror together in a suspenseful novel.

Book · 1990

The Bad Place

A man loses every night to a blackout, and two private investigators uncover a frightening reason to fear what happens while he is gone.

Book · 1986

The Hellbound Heart

A criminal, a puzzle box and the Cenobites make Clive Barker’s horror novella a troubling choice for a quiet night.

Book · 1915

The Metamorphosis

A salesman wakes with an insect's body, and his family must face the change with him.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.