# 1 - Person sees thing that nobody else can see. Person is afraid of the Thing. Person has bad dreams. The dreams turn out to be real. In the end, the person turns out crazy. In the very end, someone is drugging the person.
#2 - Person is insane. They kill a lot of people.
#3 - There are zombies.
#4 - Something bad happened to person as a child. They are crazy now.
#5 - Torture. Lots of torture.
Those sum up probably 75% of the entire genre. But it's okay. Some authors can write those stories better than anyone ever could. Critics judge authors because of their "stereotypical" plot lines, but they don't read the book themselves. Some horror novels with these plots are extremely well written, and they deserve more credit for that.
Top Horror Novels
I googled "top horror novels" and the number one book is The Shining by Stephen King (which happens to be the book I am reading). I did not know that I was reading the best horror novel of all time. Sweet. Anyways, other books included in this list are: Dracula, Frankenstein, House of Leaves, Carrie (another Stephen King book), and Silence of the Lambs. These are considered to be classic horror novels. I am not surprised because I have defiantly heard of all these books a lot.
Top Authors
Stephen King. Stephen King pops out book every single year. That man can write. Many people don;t like Stephen King because they think he writes for the money, but he has made it clear in one of his speeches that he does not.
The second most popular horror writer is a man named Blake Crouch. I have never heard of this author but he must be pretty good if he is #2.
Honorable Mention: http://www.plot-generator.org.uk/create.php?type=14
I found this horror story plot generator and I have been messing with it for over an hour.
Articles Used
The Horror Genre
Horror: Classic Structure
5 Elements of a Good Horror Story
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