Published 11:04 IST, October 10th 2019

Halloween 2019: Horror classics to read in this spooky season

With Halloween just around the corner, the festivities are about to begin. While you wait for the fest, here are a few classics to read this Halloween season.

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With Halloween just around corner, people are er to begin festivities. Even though trick or treating part is far away, re are a lot of things one can do while waiting around. Before festivities begin, re are multiple things to do to get into Halloween vibe like bingeing on scary films and shows. Apart from those, here are a few classics for even book lovers to read this month.

Horror classics to read this Halloween Season

Shining

Stephen King is a rewned name in horror genre. Considered one of his best works, Shining revolves around Overlook Hotel where things get creepier as winter sets in. Jack Torrance, a writer, takes up job of an off-season caretaker for hotel and tices that place has become even more remote. only person to tice weird forces in area is a five-year-old gifted boy named Danny Torrance.

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Haunting of Hill House

Published in 1959, this vel is written by Shirley Jackson. book is a story based on four seekers who stumble into an unfriendly house pile called Hill House. At first, group feels that ir entire stay will just be a spooky experience only to realise later that house is garing all of its powers to make one of members one of its own.

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IT

Ar one of Stephen King’s Classics, IT is set in town of Derry, Maine. It revolves around lives of seven people who fend off an evil unnamed terror as teenrs are set to face it once again as grown adults after 27 years. Feeding on fears and flesh of town’s people, IT repeats same pattern every 27 years.

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Dracula

Dracula is a famous name in world of pararmal things. Written by Bram Stoker, this book was first published in 1897.   book is based on Vampire legends set in Transylvania, England. This book also became major base for or vampire based literary works.

Frankenstein

Written by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein is a gothic thriller. It tells story of a dedicated science student, Victor Frankenstein who assembles a human body using stolen parts from different bodies. Upon bringing his creation to life, all he gets to witness is creature's hideousness. Traumatized by his loneliness, creature turns evil and unleashes a death campaign against his creator.

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09:45 IST, October 10th 2019