History Creator / JamesHerbert

* ThoseWackyNazis: Notably, a huge conspiracy of these appear in ''The Spear'' as the main antagonists. Other examples also appear in Herbert works, though less prominently.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler: Kristina]] in ''The Spear''.

James John Herbert [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was one of Britain’s most prolific and biggest selling horror novelists. His stories are notable for their highly descriptive narratives and graphic depictions of sex, carnage, and destruction. His first book, ''The Rats'', was rejected by several publishers, but was finally published in 1974, and sold out within three weeks, despite (or because of) widespread criticism from reviewers for its graphic depictions of mutilation and death, some going as far to label its social commentary about the government’s neglect of the post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII London suburbs and the underclasses as too extreme. At the time of his death, he had written twenty-four novels, several short stories, and even one graphic novel, ''The City''. Some of his works have been adapted into other media, most notably ''The Rats'', which was adapted into the film ''Film/DeadlyEyes'' in 1982, and even into a 1985 computer game, titled… ''[[ShapedLikeItself The Rats]]'' for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum.

* TheJinx: ''Literature/TheJonah''s Jim Kelso courts an alarmingly recurrent succession of hazardous misfortune. [[spoiler: The ghost of his crazed twin, to all to whom he gets too close, threatens with disaster]].

* ''The Jonah'' (1981)

* BitchInSheepsClothing

* CrapsackWorld

* DaylightHorror
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: ''Shrine'' is centred around a little girl who is an apparent "faith healer", but who turns out to be possessed by the vengeful spirit of an [[NunTooHoly evil nun who practised dark magic]].]]
** Also this is apparently what happens in the ending of ''The Jonah".

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: By the ''truckload''.
%%* FromBadToWorse: Oh, ''yes''.
* FullFrontalAssault: Whenever this happens, it's usually FanDisservice.

* HauntedHeroine: A male variant in David Ash.

* PosthumousCharacter/ {{Posthumous Narration}}: ''Nobody True''.

** Averted even more notably by James True, protagonist of ''Nobody True'' and a rare case of a sympathetic and likeable [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets advertising executive]] who really didn't deserve any of the TraumaCongaLine he went through in the book.

* ''Moon'' (1985)

** David Ash, spiritualist in ''Literature/{{Haunted|1988}}'', ''Literature/{{The Ghosts of Sleath}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ash}}''.

* ''Literature/{{Ash}}'' (2013)

* FromBadToWorse: Oh, ''yes''.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Frequently.

* HumansAreBastards

* ObstructiveBureaucrat

James John Herbert [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was one of Britain’s most prolific and biggest selling horror novelists. His stories are notable for their highly descriptive narratives and graphic depictions of sex, carnage, and destruction. His first book, ''The Rats'', was rejected by several publishers, but was finally published in 1974, and sold out within three weeks, despite (or because of) widespread criticism from reviewers for its graphic depictions of mutilation and death, some going as far to label it as social commentary about the government’s neglect of the post-war London suburbs and the underclasses as too extreme. At the time of his death, he had written twenty-four novels, several short stories, and even one graphic novel, ''The City''. Some of his works have been adapted into other media, most notably ''The Rats'', which was adapted into the film ''Film/DeadlyEyes'' in 1982, and even into a 1985 computer game, titled… ''[[ShapedLikeItself The Rats]]'' for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum.

* ''Literature/TheFog1975'' (1975)

James Herbert, OBE (8th April 1943 - 20th March 2013) was one of Britain’s most bestselling and prolific horror novelists. His stories are notable for their highly descriptive narratives and graphic depictions of sex, carnage, and destruction. His first book, ''The Rats'', was rejected by several publishers, but was finally published in 1974, and sold out within three weeks, despite (or because of) widespread criticism from reviewers for its graphic depictions of mutilation and death, some going as far to label it as social commentary about the government’s neglect of the post-war London suburbs and the underclasses as too extreme. At the time of his death, he had written twenty-four novels, several short stories, and even one graphic novel, ''The City''. Some of his works have been adapted into other media, most notably ''The Rats'', which was adapted into the film ''Film/DeadlyEyes'' in 1982, and even into a 1985 computer game, titled… ''[[ShapedLikeItself The Rats]]'' for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum.

* ''The Spear'' (1978)

* ''Literature/TheFog'' (1975)

* InfantImmortality: Often horrifically inverted.

* DarkIsEvil: Quite literally in 1980's ''The Dark''.

* ''Literature/TheDark1980'' (1980)

* ''The Dark'' (1980)

* FromBadToWorse: Oh, ''yes''.

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: The mutant rats in his Rats trilogy.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat