Who in your opinion is the best Horror writer

Tippfella2C

Stephen King? Peter Straub? any others?

smilerf

Richard Laymon for me was

isntlee

H.P Lovecraft

Heckler

Kinda depends on what type of horror you like.

For me, character driven long novels I'd go with King.

More in depth atmospheric, Straub.

Sex, violence and horror (supernatural or otherwise) and shorter books, Richard Laymon, Shaun Hutson.

Probably my favourite of all those traits combined in one book or another, James Herbert. Out and out horror, the Rats (and lots more). Supernatural tinge, The Shrine (ditto). In latter days the secret of Crickley hall. (Made into a TV show) And he had everything in between.

Classics, Poe, Lovecraft and of course Shelley and Stoker. Stevensons jeckyll and Hyde.

D6BC

Garth Marenghi

Earthhorse

Quite like Cliver Barker myself. But not everything he does. Books of Blood and Weaveworld were great.

Not a horror writer per se but Henry James's The Turn of the Screw is a classic.

Paddy Samurai

Brian Lumley wrote a brilliant horror series called Necroscope.If you like horror it's worth checking out.