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• The Shining

  King, Stephen, 1947-,

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  A seminal classic. Rather than a simple house, the story is set in the grand old Overlook Hotel during a claustrophobic winter closure. Jack Torrence drags his indulgent wife Wendy and clairvoyant son Danny onto the spacious and scenic sight of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Good House

  a Novel

  Due, Tananarive, 1966-

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  Angela Toussaint returns to the home that has been in her family for the better part of a century. The home that the townspeople nicknamed The Good House, in honor of her grandmother's healing nature. The home where Angela's son spent his last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965,

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  "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more." A group arrives to investigate supernatural occurrences at a famous haunted house. But Hill House…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hell House

  Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013

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  The Belasco House on the other hand is anything but subtle. It prefers to forego subtle gothic eerie atmosphere, and psychological nuance, for just outright terrorizing people. A group of parapsychologists and psychics hold up in the old mansion for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Hill House

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  Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic is more haunting in its portrayal of loss and familial trauma. The ghosts are more for scenic ambiance than outright terror. It's human pain and grief that is the real monster here.

• Mapping the Interior

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Imagine if the Tardis was less "amazing wibbly wobbly timey wimey" and more, cross between American Horror Story: Murder House and Jumanji. Now imagine you are a child living there; surrounded by doors behind which a multitude of horrors lie. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Amityville Horror

  Anson, Jay, 1921-1980

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  The infamous story of a house possessing its inhabitants to commit murder. This "true story" was a smash hit in the 1970s that spawned a movie franchise, and contributed to the careers of noted demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Subsequent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Graveyard Apartment

  a Novel

  Koike, Mariko, 1952-

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  It's usually a bad sign when you sign a new lease on an apartment, and all your neighbors start moving out! Some would take that personally. But then the family pets start acting weird. Little Tamao starts talking to people who aren't there. And you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Conjuring

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  Another entry in the back catalog of "true stories" investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren. And the establishing film in the wider "Conjuring Universe." My favorite aspect is the performances. Lily Taylor is at her creepy best as a mom stretched…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amity

  Ostow, Micol

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  An scary tale with alternating perspectives. The story shifts between two decades, and the horror repeating as the house closes in on the fresh blood of a new family.

• Crimson Peak

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  An interesting retelling of the Blubeard folktale from Guillermo Del Toro. The visual effects are absolutely stunning in this return to gothic haunted house goodness.

• The Turn of the Screw

  and Daisy Miller

  James, Henry, 1843-1916

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  By now the twist in this gothic tale is fairly well known. But the foreboding ambiance and the protagonist's slow descent into madness make it the perfect tale of haunting. It's been remade and retread dozens of times, and it never gets old. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Burnt Offerings

  Marasco, Robert,

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  A husband, wife, and their young son rent a huge sprawling mansion, for super cheap, as a summer home. Everything goes swimmingly until Dad starts going crazy, and the house starts attacking poor Davy. And the old lady in the mysterious room…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rebecca

  Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

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  Is the lady haunting the house, or is the lady haunting the man? A young bride tries to fill the hole left behind, in the life, and home of her widower husband. But maybe the house itself can never forget Rebecca.