Patricia Windsor's 1991 novel The Christmas Killer centers on a small Connecticut town where a serial killer, one who uses poinsettias as a calling card, leaves a wake of dead bodies during the holidays. And the only person standing in his way is a psychic teenager.
The Caller may not have any phone games between the two characters, but this '80s horror is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered.
Bryan Bertino's second movie after The Strangers is an underrated delivery of POV terror.
A subtly creepy Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction segment is Precious, where a teenager can't get over her beloved cat's death. But is the cat really gone?
In the 1986 horror anthology Mania, one story tells of a man whose fear of dogs comes back to bite him.
Tales from the Paulside 