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Possibly the greatest horror writer of our generation? That question I’m sure will be answered by the rebuttal posts to this thread, but with such classic works as The Thinner, Rose Madder (add your own fav title *here*) and an endless list that would probably overfill the post limit, how the hell does he do it?

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and what about Carrie, The Shining, Needful Things, It, and in my opinion, his masterpiece - 'Salem's Lot

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Like i said the list is endless, and everybody has their personal fav’s...

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I wouldn't agree. IMHO King is vastly overrated. Some of his earlier stuff was unquestionably brilliant, but his lost his way in recent years. Ramsey Campbell and Clive Barker, among others, are far better writers, in my view.

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i'm gonna have to put my vote in for Stephen King ..

he is by far THE GREATEST writer of horror .. i have other favorite authors, but King is at the very top for me(luv1212)

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One of my favourite King films, although not a horror as such was Stand by me. I must admit though that horror films are not my cup of tea but I do watch them if people have told me that they are really good.

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Horror films in general are so predictable it makes me sick, but the odd one can be good, Scream was one that bent the rules, the whole series pushed boundries for the genre in terms of film.

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I wouldn't agree. IMHO King is vastly overrated. Some of his earlier stuff was unquestionably brilliant, but his lost his way in recent years. Ramsey Campbell and Clive Barker, among others, are far better writers, in my view.

I've always admired Stephen King, but I've been disappointed with his last few books. Clive Barker is good. I just read one of his books a few months ago, but I can't remember the name..was a good though

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