👹 Feral Children Horror

The terrifying side of children raised wild — stories where innocence lost to the wilderness returns as something unsettling and no longer fully human.

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 90%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

Suffer the Children

by Craig DiLouie • 2014

All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.

3.98

12k+

🖤 Parental Horror 🧒 Undead Children 💔 Parental Desperation 🌑 Bleak Horror 🏠 Suburban Nightmare

Suffer the Children 90%

All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.

by Craig DiLouie 2014

3.98

12k+ ratings

🖤 Parental Horror 🧒 Undead Children 💔 Parental Desperation 🌑 Bleak Horror 🏠 Suburban Nightmare

Chouette

by Claire Oshetsky • 2021

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

3.88

7k+

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

Chouette 89%

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

by Claire Oshetsky 2021

3.88

7k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 89%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 89%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 89%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

The Third Parent

by Elias Witherow • 2017

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

3.88

1k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Third Parent 88%

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

by Elias Witherow 2017

3.88

1k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

129k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop 88%

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014

3.83

129k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Cottage

by Lisa Stone • 2021

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

3.69

9k+

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The Cottage 88%

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

by Lisa Stone 2021

3.69

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

SickER Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

3.81

924

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

SickER Bastards 88%

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.81

924 ratings

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

The Godsend

by Bernard Taylor • 1976

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

3.77

690

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

The Godsend 88%

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

by Bernard Taylor 1976

3.77

690 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

No Service

by Krista Turner Clark • 2026

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

3.78

1k+

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult 💀 Bleak Ending 🔗 Captivity Horror

No Service 88%

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

by Krista Turner Clark 2026

3.78

1k+ ratings

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult 💀 Bleak Ending 🔗 Captivity Horror

The Slob

by Aron Beauregard • 2019

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

3.32

13k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

The Slob 88%

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

by Aron Beauregard 2019

3.32

13k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

Eden

by Tim Lebbon • 2020

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

3.41

2k+

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Eden 88%

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

by Tim Lebbon 2020

3.41

2k+ ratings

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

The Girl in Red

by Christina Henry • 2019

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

3.71

20k+

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

The Girl in Red 88%

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

by Christina Henry 2019

3.71

20k+ ratings

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana • 2020

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

3.58

3k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

They All Died Screaming 88%

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

by Kristopher Triana 2020

3.58

3k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

Full Brutal

by Kristopher Triana • 2018

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

3.93

4k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

Full Brutal 88%

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

by Kristopher Triana 2018

3.93

4k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

I Am Behind You

by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

3.36

5k+

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

I Am Behind You 88%

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014

3.36

5k+ ratings

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

3.79

28k+

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Malorie 88%

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman • 2024

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

3.56

101k+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

Incidents Around the House 88%

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

by Josh Malerman 2024

3.56

101k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

The Hunger

by Alma Katsu • 2018

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

3.59

36k+

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Hunger 88%

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

by Alma Katsu 2018

3.59

36k+ ratings

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Resurrection

by Nick Roberts • 2025

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

4.38

2k+

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child 🔮 Family Curse 🖤 Bleak Horror

Resurrection 88%

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

by Nick Roberts 2025

4.38

2k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child 🔮 Family Curse 🖤 Bleak Horror

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Near the Bone 88%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

The Devil Crept In

by Ania Ahlborn • 2017

His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.

3.65

12k+

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Monstrous Child 🩸 Maternal Horror

The Devil Crept In 88%

His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.

by Ania Ahlborn 2017

3.65

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Monstrous Child 🩸 Maternal Horror

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

3.85

35k+

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

Night of the Living Dummy 88%

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

by R.L. Stine 1993

3.85

35k+ ratings

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward • 2021

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

3.81

153k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐾 Animal Narrator 💔 Trauma Survival

The Last House on Needless Street Summary

The Last House on Needless Street 88%

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

by Catriona Ward 2021

3.81

153k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐾 Animal Narrator 💔 Trauma Survival

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

Lapvona 87%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

Cows

by Matthew Stokoe • 1998

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

2.68

15k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

Cows 87%

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

by Matthew Stokoe 1998

2.68

15k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

Welcome to Dead House

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Two siblings move to Dark Falls and discover the neighborhood kids are the living dead.

3.85

42k+

🔦 Gateway Horror 🏚️ Creepy Small Town 👫 Sibling Protagonists 👻 Undead Children ☀️ Sunlight As Weapon

Welcome to Dead House 87%

Two siblings move to Dark Falls and discover the neighborhood kids are the living dead.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.85

42k+ ratings

🔦 Gateway Horror 🏚️ Creepy Small Town 👫 Sibling Protagonists 👻 Undead Children ☀️ Sunlight As Weapon

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

51k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary 87%

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997

4.04

51k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Sundial

by Catriona Ward • 2022

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

3.78

26k+

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Sundial 87%

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

by Catriona Ward 2022

3.78

26k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 87%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

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 87%

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

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet • 2022

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

2.71

16k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

No One Rides For Free 87%

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

by Judith Sonnet 2022

2.71

16k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

Zola

by D.E. McCluskey • 2021

Her husband sold their son to the men at the bar. She has a bread knife.

3.32

3k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Domestic Horror 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

Zola 87%

Her husband sold their son to the men at the bar. She has a bread knife.

by D.E. McCluskey 2021

3.32

3k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Domestic Horror 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

Into the Dread Void

by Abe Moss • 2021

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

Into the Dread Void 87%

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen 87%

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Watchers

by A.M. Shine • 2021

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

3.87

37k+

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Watchers 87%

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

by A.M. Shine 2021

3.87

37k+ ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Vile Thing We Created

by Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

760

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created 87%

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

by Robert P. Ottone 2023

3.56

760 ratings

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose • 2025

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 87%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Island 87%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film 87%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

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 87%

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

Seed

by Ania Ahlborn • 2011

He survived possession as a boy. Decades later, the same demon is inside his six-year-old.

3.80

41k+

🖤 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse 👧 Possessed Child 🌿 Southern Gothic 💔 Tragic Horror

Seed 87%

He survived possession as a boy. Decades later, the same demon is inside his six-year-old.

by Ania Ahlborn 2011

3.80

41k+ ratings

🖤 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse 👧 Possessed Child 🌿 Southern Gothic 💔 Tragic Horror

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 87%

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

Where He Can't Find You

by Darcy Coates • 2023

A killer sews bodies in an Illinois town. Rules keep Abby safe until her sister vanishes.

3.87

19k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🫂 Found Family 🚨 Rescue Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Midwest Gothic

Where He Can't Find You 87%

A killer sews bodies in an Illinois town. Rules keep Abby safe until her sister vanishes.

by Darcy Coates 2023

3.87

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🫂 Found Family 🚨 Rescue Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Midwest Gothic

What Kind of Mother

by Clay McLeod Chapman • 2023

A palm reader returns home and discovers a missing boy whose absence has become something hungry.

3.05

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🦀 Body Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 🔍 Missing Child ✋ Psychic Protagonist

What Kind of Mother 87%

A palm reader returns home and discovers a missing boy whose absence has become something hungry.

by Clay McLeod Chapman 2023

3.05

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🦀 Body Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 🔍 Missing Child ✋ Psychic Protagonist

Anathema

by Nick Roberts • 2020

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

3.97

5k+

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