Maybe Hammer can do them as a British answer to the Conjuring franchise).

Don’t get me wrong, Herbert has had some adaptations in the past, so it’s not as if he’s been forgotten altogether (although I’m still waiting for someone to redo Haunted as part of a full David Ash film trilogy. It seems that some authors, despite how influential their stories are, get missed, for one reason or another. And I don’t believe that Ramsey Campbell, one of the absolute giants of modern horror literature, has had more than a few either. Graham Masterton, for his entire volume of work, has (to my knowledge) had only two or three adaptations. Peter Straub has only had a few adaptations. Clive Barker, mostly known for the numerous Hellraiser sequels and a dashing of others, has mainly adaptations of various stories in his Books of Blood, nowhere near King’s volume, even percentage-wise in relation to the amount written. Even Dean Koontz, King’s contemporary and somewhat rival, has had only a handful of adaptations, despite selling about the same amount of print copies. Other writers are not as lucky as the King. And it seems as if adaptations of his stories are planned before he’s even finished the first draft, even excluding his famous dollar babies. He’s created some of the most iconic moments in horror, and we have much to thank him for. For honest, heartfelt dialogue, he’s unrivaled.

He’s my literary guru, and in terms of down-to-earth writing advice, he’s second to none. And, as so many of your fans are saying today, thanks for all the scares.I’m a massive Stephen King fan. I've read his more recent novels too, Crickley Hall and Ash, but it's the earlier novels (The Fog! So scary!) with which my horror-loving heart lies. Looking at my shelves last night, I found that ancient copies of The Rats, Domain and Lair still lurk there. At one point I even went on a mission to collect as many of his old paperbacks from charity shops as I could. Our love for each other – well, that became the supreme Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. Charming, maybe a little run down, but so peaceful. 'We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. I think the first one of his novels I read, probably around 13 or 14, was the utterly disturbing The Magic Cottage – even this short extract from Amazon sends chills down my spine: Lots of people marking Herbert's death echoed Kunzru's feelings – Herbert was someone they read as a teen, who introduced them to horror fiction, whose books they devoured.

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