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Whats a horror-themed short story or novella that you’d like to see on film
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:27 pm
the thread on The Birds got me to thinking of other short pieces of fiction that would make good horror films
i’ve always been a big fan of James Thurber, who’s usual output was mostly comic with the occasional forays into romantic melancholia - but in the August 2nd 1941 edition of The New Yorker he published the following story, which was so disturbing to his pre-war readers that many were genuinely concerned for his mental wellbeing:
The Whip-Poor-Will
i believe this could make a great horror short subject
can you think of any others
i’ve always been a big fan of James Thurber, who’s usual output was mostly comic with the occasional forays into romantic melancholia - but in the August 2nd 1941 edition of The New Yorker he published the following story, which was so disturbing to his pre-war readers that many were genuinely concerned for his mental wellbeing:
The Whip-Poor-Will
i believe this could make a great horror short subject
can you think of any others
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 6:29 pm
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:36 pm to FearlessFreep
Sandkings
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:50 pm to FearlessFreep
"Laura" by Saki
The Old Time Radio thread mentions a number of classic horror episodes (some linked) including:
"Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium" - I can't believe they got away with this ending in 1950.
Lucille Fletcher (author of the legendary "Sorry, Wrong Number") also wrote a classic "spooky old house" chiller which unfortunately was never filmed. Too bad, as it seems to be crying out for visuals: "Fugue in C Minor" -- starring Vincent Price
"How Love Came to Professor Guildea", based on the short story by Robert Hichens
"The Man Who Liked Dickens", from the story by Evelyn Waugh. The ending was later stolen by both Serling's Night Gallery and Steven King
"The Night Reveals", from a story by Cornell Woolrich
"Zero Hour", from the story by Ray Bradbury
"Three Skeleton Key" - Watchers at an isolated lighthouse see a ship approaching, but it seems to have no crew... Brilliantly terrifying episode, another one that I'm surprised was never filmed. Maybe it would have been too horrifying...
The Old Time Radio thread mentions a number of classic horror episodes (some linked) including:
"Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium" - I can't believe they got away with this ending in 1950.
Lucille Fletcher (author of the legendary "Sorry, Wrong Number") also wrote a classic "spooky old house" chiller which unfortunately was never filmed. Too bad, as it seems to be crying out for visuals: "Fugue in C Minor" -- starring Vincent Price
"How Love Came to Professor Guildea", based on the short story by Robert Hichens
"The Man Who Liked Dickens", from the story by Evelyn Waugh. The ending was later stolen by both Serling's Night Gallery and Steven King
"The Night Reveals", from a story by Cornell Woolrich
"Zero Hour", from the story by Ray Bradbury
"Three Skeleton Key" - Watchers at an isolated lighthouse see a ship approaching, but it seems to have no crew... Brilliantly terrifying episode, another one that I'm surprised was never filmed. Maybe it would have been too horrifying...
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:53 pm to Kafka
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"Zero Hour", from the story by Ray Bradbury
I believe that this was adapted for television as an episode of The Ray Bradbury theater series.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 7:02 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
quote:I'm not familiar w/RBT. I know it was done for several radio series.
I believe that this was adapted for television as an episode of The Ray Bradbury theater series
A very similar Bradbury story was filmed for Alfred Hitchcock Presents as "Special Delivery"
Posted on 4/24/26 at 8:02 pm to Kafka
Stephen King had a short story where a surgeon ate himself on a desert island
that was fricked up
that was fricked up
Posted on 4/24/26 at 8:04 pm to FearlessFreep
I’m still pissed Del Toro never got to make At the Mountains of Madness
Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:11 pm to FearlessFreep
My first thought is we need something like Deadman’s Road out in the world. It’s weird, pulpy, and not serious, but I’m kinda desperate for Weird West tales in tv or movies.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:29 pm to OWLFAN86
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Stephen King had a short story where a surgeon ate himself on a desert island
that was fricked up
Survivor Type from Skeleton Crew. I remember the last line: "Lady fingers, they taste just like lady fingers."
Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:58 pm to FearlessFreep
Blood Meridian. Carnac McCarthy’s magnum opus.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 10:01 pm to Godzilla jr
Also
Call of the Cthulhu
Call of the Cthulhu
Posted on 4/24/26 at 11:13 pm to AUveritas
Was The Jaunt also in Skeleton Crew? Probably too short for a movie but always loved that one
Posted on 4/25/26 at 1:58 am to Godzilla jr
Pretty sure that’s filming now
Posted on 4/25/26 at 2:01 am to Sun God
Speaking of Stephen King…
The sequel to Cujo is pretty scary in my opinion and very well done. They will eventually make that into a movie. Not sure how they reconcile because the book ending of Cujo is much darker than the movie ending and the sequel takes place like 40 years later
The sequel to Cujo is pretty scary in my opinion and very well done. They will eventually make that into a movie. Not sure how they reconcile because the book ending of Cujo is much darker than the movie ending and the sequel takes place like 40 years later
Posted on 4/25/26 at 10:15 am to Sun God
quote:
Was The Jaunt also in Skeleton Crew? Probably too short for a movie but always loved that one
Yes. And that is an excellent choice.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 10:22 pm to FearlessFreep
"A Colder War" by Charles Stross. During the Cold War both the US and USSR conduct research into the Cthulhu mythos with the goal of using it against the other. The story is available to read online if you look for it. Highly enjoyable.
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