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Books: Survival

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

Book · 2006

Cell

A mysterious phone signal turns people violent, leaving an artist trying to find his young son.

Book · 1981

Cujo

A rabid Saint Bernard turns a familiar hometown into a frightening place in Stephen King’s Cujo.

Book · 1996

Desperation

Stephen King's 1996 horror novel, twinned with a mirror story where the same people live very different fates.

Book · 1995

Intensity

A college student fights to survive a serial killer in Dean Koontz’s tense horror novel.

Book · 1990

Jurassic Park

A dinosaur park built through genetic engineering loses control in Michael Crichton's cautionary tale.

Book · 1978

The Stand

A weaponised flu empties the world, and the few left standing find themselves pulled towards one of two very different figures.

Book · 2009

Under the Dome

A small town is cut off by an invisible barrier, leaving its people to face the fear of being trapped together.

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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.