The Best Horror Literature: The Ring Trilogy

I proudly proclaim that The Ring is one of the worst movies ever, and, for the record, Ringu is not that awesome either. The books those movies are based on, however, are absolutely amazing. I've said it before and I'll say it again: go read a book. And then after you read that, there are two others! That's right: a trilogy! The second book, Spiral, is just as good as Ring; the third, Loop, is pretty terrible (think The Ring meets Escape from New York meets Blade Runner).


These books were all written by Koji Suzuki, who is often hailed as the "Japanese Stephen King." This isn't surprising, because he writes extremely well. The idea that watching television could kill you is revolutionary but...(spoiler alert!)...the idea that a video could contain a virus, which mutates and is, for all intents and purposes, the perfect killer, is AWESOME.




Oh, and here's a picture of Suzuki with his latest horror novel, which is printed on rolls of TOILET PAPER.