Many favorite and classic horror films were first developed as novels. Some people prefer to read the books before the movies, and some people do not learn about the books until after watching the movie. Either way, it is worth checking out these 30 scary movies that once started as best-selling books:
1. The Exorcist
2. Psycho
3. It
4. The Shining
5. The Silence of the Lambs
6. The Invisible Man
7. The Ring
8. Misery
9. American Psycho
10. Birdbox
11. Jaws
12. Cujo
13. Carrie
14. Candyman
15. The Amityville Horror
16. Pet Sematary
17. Christine
18. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
19. Coraline
20. The Turning
21. Audition
22. The Woman in Black
23. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
24. Let the Right One In
25. The Ritual
26. World War Z
27. Hellraiser
28. Frankenstein
29. Interview with the Vampire
30. Red Dragon