Chilling horror movies based on great books that will give you nightmares

Many times horror films based on books become much more popular than their original works, and while it has many merits, the source material will always get the point for its originality. But these titles are not that far from the authors’ intentions, and some believe that in many cases they manage to surpass what they originally wanted to tell.

there is also horror movies based on such chilling books, which have now become a classic of the genre. And best of all, you can find them all on different streaming platforms, although it’s worth remembering that they’re all subject to availability in each region, which means that in your territory they may only be on other platforms.

Bird box

One of Netflix’s most recent phenomena in the genre was ‘Bird Box’, one of the horror movies based on books that caused many nightmares. Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich star in this adaptation of Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel, where the Earth is plunged into doom, when a terrible entity manifests itself only face to face.

The silence of the lambs

One of best horror and suspense movies, based on one of the great books like that, is “The Silence of the Lambs.” Jonathan Demme’s adaptation of the play by Thomas Harris, and starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, in which we meet Detective Clarice Starling, who turns to Hannibal Lecter, a ruthless killer who only he can catch another criminal. Available on Amazon Prime Video and Claro.

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American psycho

In one of the most controversial adaptations by its own author, Bret Easton Ellis, we have “American Psycho”, based on the book of the same name. Here, Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman, a successful businessman obsessed with the perfection of his body, desperately trying to fit into a world that is beyond him. Available in transparent.

hellraiser

Clive Barker was in charge of adapting his novel, ‘The Hellbound Heart’ into one of the most underrated horror films, as was ‘Hellraiser’. Frank Cotton is a man who is called by Lamont’s Cube, a riddle that makes him enter a dimension of sadistic pleasures, and if he solves it he will find only pain and torture. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

The glow

Of course, there couldn’t be a list of horror movies based on books, without a Stephen King title appearing. And not just any tape, the one directed by one of the most important minds in cinema, Stanley Kubrick with ‘The Shining’. Jack Nicholson brings to life a family man tasked with caring for an entire winter in the chilling Overlook Hotel. Available on HBO Max.