50 Books like All Hallows

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 94%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 93%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 93%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 93%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

527

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls 93%

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026

3.59

527 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

24k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek 93%

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017

3.75

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.51

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden 92%

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024

3.51

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Mister Magic

by Kiersten White • 2023

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

3.55

30k+

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

Mister Magic 92%

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

by Kiersten White 2023

3.55

30k+ ratings

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

by J.P. Behrens • 2022

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

3.80

856

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Portrait of a Nuclear Family 92%

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

by J.P. Behrens 2022

3.80

856 ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Anathema

by Nick Roberts • 2020

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

3.97

5k+

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

Anathema 92%

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

by Nick Roberts 2020

3.97

5k+ ratings

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 92%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales 92%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 92%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Beyond the Phantom Glow 92%

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Daphne

by Josh Malerman • 2022

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

3.37

6k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Daphne 92%

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

by Josh Malerman 2022

3.37

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Small Spaces

by Katherine Arden • 2018

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

4.01

30k+

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Small Spaces 92%

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

by Katherine Arden 2018

4.01

30k+ ratings

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 92%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 92%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet 92%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Pine 92%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill • 2019

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

3.73

11k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

A Cosmology of Monsters 92%

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

The Exorcist's House

by Nick Roberts • 2022

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

3.99

23k+

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Guilt And Grief 🔬 Rational Skeptic

The Exorcist's House 92%

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

by Nick Roberts 2022

3.99

23k+ ratings

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Guilt And Grief 🔬 Rational Skeptic

The Black Phone

by Joe Hill • 2005

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

3.89

50k+

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

The Black Phone 92%

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

by Joe Hill 2005

3.89

50k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 92%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness 92%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

The Body

by Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

2k+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body 92%

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

by Bethany C. Morrow 2026

2.86

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

Stranger Things, Season One

by Matthew J. Gilbert • 2025

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

4.32

199

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family 👾 Kids Vs Monsters 🧠 Psychic Powers

Stranger Things, Season One 92%

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

by Matthew J. Gilbert 2025

4.32

199 ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family 👾 Kids Vs Monsters 🧠 Psychic Powers

You Invited It In

by Sarah Jules • 2024

A widower fakes a haunting to expose a fraud. A demon answers. His son is prey.

3.79

3k+

🖤 Demonic Possession 💔 Grief Horror ⚠️ Hoax Gone Wrong 👦 Child In Peril 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

You Invited It In 92%

A widower fakes a haunting to expose a fraud. A demon answers. His son is prey.

by Sarah Jules 2024

3.79

3k+ ratings

🖤 Demonic Possession 💔 Grief Horror ⚠️ Hoax Gone Wrong 👦 Child In Peril 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.64

5k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning 92%

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026

3.64

5k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Boy in the Box 92%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

by Christina Henry • 2025

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

3.85

5k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart Summary

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart 92%

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

by Christina Henry 2025

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 92%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Vanishing Daughters

by Cynthia Pelayo • 2025

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

3.34

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

Vanishing Daughters 92%

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

by Cynthia Pelayo 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

4.07

24k+

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🧒 Missing Children

The Silver Eyes 92%

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.07

24k+ ratings

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🧒 Missing Children

To Those Willing to Drown

by Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

108

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown 92%

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

by Mark Matthews 2025

4.08

108 ratings

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches 92%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Bog Wife

by Kay Chronister • 2024

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

3.57

16k+

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Bog Wife 92%

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

by Kay Chronister 2024

3.57

16k+ ratings

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 92%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix • 2023

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

3.63

172k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

How to Sell a Haunted House 92%

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

by Grady Hendrix 2023

3.63

172k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix • 2020

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

3.78

318k+

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door 😱 Gaslighting Horror 😂 Horror Comedy

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Summary

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 92%

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

by Grady Hendrix 2020

3.78

318k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door 😱 Gaslighting Horror 😂 Horror Comedy

Beneath the Stairs

by Jennifer Fawcett • 2022

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

3.55

5k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Beneath the Stairs 92%

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

by Jennifer Fawcett 2022

3.55

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 92%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

It Will Just Be Us

by Jo Kaplan • 2020

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

3.63

2k+

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

It Will Just Be Us 92%

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

by Jo Kaplan 2020

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey • 2020

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

3.78

92k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence 🌫️ Creeping Dread

Unspeakable Things 91%

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

by Jess Lourey 2020

3.78

92k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 91%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 91%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts 91%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 91%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Staircase in the Woods

by Chuck Wendig • 2025

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

3.54

25k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

The Staircase in the Woods 91%

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

by Chuck Wendig 2025

3.54

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

Imaginary Friend

by Stephen Chbosky • 2019

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

3.55

62k+

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

Imaginary Friend 91%

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

by Stephen Chbosky 2019

3.55

62k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

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