My Top 10 80's Horror Novels!

[@EdwardHaas-e8x]

You came up with a really interesting list. I've never even *heard* of any of these except for Live Girls (which I'm a big fan of)! And I'm from the 80s generation and a huge horror fan.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that I could introduce a fellow horror fan to some new stuff! If you ever check any of them out, I hope you don't think they suck.

[@XanaduCastle]

the cover for walkers is so awesome and he is a writer i have wanted to try and Katie sounds really good to

[@BadTasteBooks]

It really is such a great cover! And yeah I recommend both of them! Obviously haha

[@ianandbeccagaming]

Great video! "Down on the Farm" sounds like something I'd want to check out.

[@BadTasteBooks]

If I still had my copy, I'd send it your way, but alas, I don't. It's definitely a fun one.

[@TheBookubus]

I really enjoyed The Elementals and Live Girls too! I need to check out The Lake because I love Ruby Jean Jensen but haven't read that one. Great list!

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks for watching, Alex! Yeah, it's a fun one. Definitely do!

[@Night_Nerves]

I've gotta pick up a copy of Specimens and Katie stat--great list! Making Top 10 lists is a daunting task

[@BadTasteBooks]

I was hoping you were going to chime in on this one! Yeah, those are great. Definitely do! (I still have Specimens and would be happy to send it to you for free if you're interested) It was daunting, but I'm glad I did it, and I'm looking forward to doing more.

[@Night_Nerves]

@@BadTasteBooks I'm seeing it on ebay for fairly cheap so I'll most likely just score a copy there, but thank you! I'd definitely be down to swap books sometime though

[@BadTasteBooks]

Sounds good man, just thought I'd offer. And yeah, I'm always down. Just hit me up sometime.

[@vonniedemers5683]

Have you checked out "Paperbacks From Hell"? It is a book about all the great paperbacks in horror, their covers and brief summary of the book and the reasons they attack us... It's a great book.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Yep! I love that book!

[@bighardbooks770]

Great video: love the skeleton; love the tshirt!

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks! It's a great movie! And a great skeleton, haha.

[@LiminalSpaces03]

Great list! I've only read 1 McDowell novel (Blackwater part 1) and I absolutely loved it! If only his books were easier to find!

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks for watching! If I still had these I would send them your way. I don't. I've been wanting to read Blackwater so bad, but only have part 1, and wanted to find them all first. BTW your channel looks awesome. You've got my sub.

[@HideAndRead]

You are definitely qualified. Youve displayed your expertise a few times. Im very oblivious to this kind of fiction but see a few of these often when hunting for books. Ill grab them as I see em. Thanks for sharing.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks for watching, man. And thanks for the kind words. I know horror isn't for everyone. But it's always held a special place for me.

[@TheBookGraveyard]

Rockin that Braindead shirt to! I was happy to see some books that I own but haven't read yet on this list. I'm going to have to read them just to tell you your wrong. ha! I originally had a RJJ on my list also but when I double checked the date, it was from the 90s.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Haha, I had to keep the Dead Alive references going. Also, being told I'm wrong is my favorite, please do!

[@Kitteemortis]

If you liked Katie, you would probably also like Gilded Needles by Micheal McDowell. That one is a bit closer to thriller than horror so it wouldn't be viable for your lists, but it's set in New York in the 1880s and there is a lot of murder

[@BadTasteBooks]

I would love to read everything McDowell wrote. Don't have that one in the collection yet though. Some day! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@pulpfixion.]

Good show! Those sound awsome!

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks man!

[@judynblackwell]

The '80s horror paperbacks always had the best covers. They don't make them like that anymore.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Absolutely. All book genres would benefit from bringing back original painted artwork for the covers.

[@TauZeroSF]

Some interesting titles there! I only read the Elementals, but Live Girls looked very interesting. Plus Katie.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Oh nice! Glad you've read one of them. And yeah, Live Girls is great if you like some gross splattery horror.

[@DrL_Reads]

Interesting list! How long are these books? The horrors I pick up like these are usually pretty short - approx. 150-250 pages.

[@BadTasteBooks]

That's about the length of these. In the 80s horror boom though, it was typical for publishers to ask authors to turn in "doorstopper" books of 500 or 600 pages to try to be like the popular Stephen King books of the time. Authors would often write a bunch of filler to make their required page count.

[@DrL_Reads]

@@BadTasteBooks I probably wouldn’t get 600 page horrors at this point. But maybe someday. I like the short ones.

[@BadTasteBooks]

@@DrL_Reads short horror is better for sure.

[@PulpMortem]

Fun list! Also anyone who tells you that they're qualified is completely full of it. Like there aren't a million books in every single genre that even the most well read has never even heard of. That being said I get it, I want to do this but I'm intimidated LOL.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Thanks, man, well said. Yeah, it's harder with things you respect and care about because you want to do them justice.

[@PulpMortem]

@@BadTasteBooks 100%. I am planning a Best of the Year episode in December, that is until I build up enough nerve to pull the top ten trigger.

[@BadTasteBooks]

@@PulpMortem you're qualified for the top ten scifi.

[@PulpMortem]

@@BadTasteBooks *looks around nervously (Never read Dune)

[@BadTasteBooks]

@@PulpMortem lol. It's all good. At least you didn't admit in one of your earlier videos (like I did) to thinking Dune is overrated.

[@madlynx1818]

What about the 70’s?

[@BadTasteBooks]

Haha. Honestly? I've only read 9 horror books from the 70s. Best ones are probably The Auctioneer by Joan Samson or Cannibals by Guy N. Smith.

[@kevintowle9665]

Nice video.

[@BadTasteBooks]

Hey Kevin, thanks for watching sir!