'Christine' and 'Pet Sematary'

One of the most widely known examples of horror literature is the novel 'Christine' from 1983. It was put on the big screen almost immediately after the publishing of the book.

Arnie Cunningham, a  self-conscious 17 year old boy from an American high school.  He has no achievements in education, no success with the ladies and is targeted by a group of bullies. His life changes when he passes by Libertyville and notices a broken Plymouth fury from 1958 on the lawn.  Arnie becomes obsessed with it - he starts neglecting school, family and friends.  His parents, teachers and enemies learn what it means to cross paths with the vengeful and merciless Christine. All because Christine is an evil killer ghost car. 

'Christine' is not only a horror, but also a novel about maturing, friendship, love and the problems of the 1970s' teenagers. 

Another novel is 'Pet Sematary', which was written in 1983.  The book is about the Creed family that moves from Chicago to their new home in a small town called Ludlow, New England. It is an ideal place for the young doctor, his wife, two children and a cat. A beautiful house, nice neighbors, a road full of trucks and a forest cemetery full of tombstones erected by children. The gate to the cemetery has a sign PET SEMATARY -  not all children are good at orthography.  The new location becomes the beginning of the end of the Creed family. 

Stephen King worked on this book in a rented house in Orrington. There was an animal cemetery right behind the house. The novel appeared on the big screen in 1989, with King playing the role of the priest conducting a funeral.