🏠 Home Invasion Horror

The sanctuary of home is breached, and every familiar room becomes a trap. These stories weaponize domesticity itself, turning the place where you feel safest into the most terrifying setting imaginable.

Nightwatching

by Tracy Sierra • 2024

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

3.79

48k+

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Nightwatching 90%

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

by Tracy Sierra 2024

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

The Last Word

by Taylor Adams • 2023

A widow's one-star review draws a dangerous author to her isolated home to demand a retraction.

3.67

83k+

🐀 Cat And Mouse Thriller 📚 Meta Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Survival 🏠 Isolated Protagonist 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

The Last Word 89%

A widow's one-star review draws a dangerous author to her isolated home to demand a retraction.

by Taylor Adams 2023

3.67

83k+ ratings

🐀 Cat And Mouse Thriller 📚 Meta Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Survival 🏠 Isolated Protagonist 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

The Cabin at the End of the World

by Paul Tremblay • 2018

Four strangers trap a family in a remote cabin and demand a sacrifice to prevent the apocalypse.

3.32

95k+

🌫️ Ambiguous Apocalypse 👨‍👨‍👧 Family Under Siege ⚖️ Impossible Moral Choice 🙏 Apocalyptic Cult 😰 Relentless Dread

The Cabin at the End of the World Summary

The Cabin at the End of the World 89%

Four strangers trap a family in a remote cabin and demand a sacrifice to prevent the apocalypse.

by Paul Tremblay 2018

3.32

95k+ ratings

🌫️ Ambiguous Apocalypse 👨‍👨‍👧 Family Under Siege ⚖️ Impossible Moral Choice 🙏 Apocalyptic Cult 😰 Relentless Dread

Someone in the Attic

by Andrea Mara • 2024

A Dublin mother finds viral videos of her home filmed by someone living in her attic.

3.72

28k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 👀 Hidden Intruder 🎭 Fake Identity 🔍 Paranoid Atmosphere

Someone in the Attic 88%

A Dublin mother finds viral videos of her home filmed by someone living in her attic.

by Andrea Mara 2024

3.72

28k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🚪 Home Invasion 👀 Hidden Intruder 🎭 Fake Identity 🔍 Paranoid Atmosphere

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 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

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 87%

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

We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer • 2024

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

3.59

305k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

We Used to Live Here 87%

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

by Marcus Kliewer 2024

3.59

305k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

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 87%

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

Run on Red

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

3.72

99k+

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

Run on Red 87%

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

3.72

99k+ ratings

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

5150, rue des Ormes

by Patrick Senécal • 1994

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

4.08

7k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

5150, rue des Ormes 87%

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

by Patrick Senécal 1994

4.08

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

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 87%

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

Shy Girl

by Mia Ballard • 2025

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

3.82

3k+

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

Shy Girl 87%

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

by Mia Ballard 2025

3.82

3k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

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 87%

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

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 87%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

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 87%

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 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 87%

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

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

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 87%

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

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 87%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

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 87%

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

The Apartment Across the Hall

by Jack Dane • 2025

In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.

3.55

13k+

🧩 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Villain 👁️ Suspicious Neighbor 🔗 Captivity

The Apartment Across the Hall 87%

In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.

by Jack Dane 2025

3.55

13k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Villain 👁️ Suspicious Neighbor 🔗 Captivity

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

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

Night Watcher

by Daphne Woolsoncroft • 2025

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

3.70

15k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Night Watcher 86%

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

by Daphne Woolsoncroft 2025

3.70

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story 86%

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

Episode Thirteen

by Craig DiLouie • 2023

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

3.47

30k+

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

Episode Thirteen 86%

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

by Craig DiLouie 2023

3.47

30k+ ratings

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

William

by Mason Coile • 2024

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 86%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

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 86%

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

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You 86%

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 86%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

[We All Fall Down] (By

by Robert Cormier • 1991

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

3.80

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

[We All Fall Down] (By 86%

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

by Robert Cormier 1991

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman • 2014

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

4.05

213k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Bird Box 86%

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

by Josh Malerman 2014

4.05

213k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

3.50

15k+

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Dearest 86%

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

by Jacquie Walters 2024

3.50

15k+ ratings

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 86%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

The Final Scene

by Steph Nelson • 2024

Collared inside a remote cabin, a journalist must perform a stranger's childhood to survive.

3.75

25k+

🔒 Captivity Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Trauma Bond 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🎭 Forced To Perform

The Final Scene 86%

Collared inside a remote cabin, a journalist must perform a stranger's childhood to survive.

by Steph Nelson 2024

3.75

25k+ ratings

🔒 Captivity Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Trauma Bond 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🎭 Forced To Perform

The Last Days of Jack Sparks

by Jason Arnopp • 2016

An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.

3.83

14k+

🎥 Found Footage Horror 😈 Exorcism Horror 🧟 Possession Horror 🔬 Supernatural Skeptic 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Last Days of Jack Sparks 86%

An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.

by Jason Arnopp 2016

3.83

14k+ ratings

🎥 Found Footage Horror 😈 Exorcism Horror 🧟 Possession Horror 🔬 Supernatural Skeptic 🌀 Descent Into Madness

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 86%

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

The Sentinel

by Jeffrey Konvitz • 1974

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

3.83

8k+

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 😈 Demonic Neighbors 🕯️ Church Conspiracy

The Sentinel 86%

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974

3.83

8k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 😈 Demonic Neighbors 🕯️ Church Conspiracy

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

All Hallows 86%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson • 1977

A family moves into an Amityville house, unaware the evil behind six murders lives there.

3.83

139k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 📋 True Haunting Account 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Under Siege 🐷 Imaginary Friend ✝️ Priest Vs Evil

The Amityville Horror 86%

A family moves into an Amityville house, unaware the evil behind six murders lives there.

by Jay Anson 1977

3.83

139k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 📋 True Haunting Account 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Under Siege 🐷 Imaginary Friend ✝️ Priest Vs Evil

The Hive

by Ronald Malfi • 2026

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

3.72

538

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Hive 86%

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

by Ronald Malfi 2026

3.72

538 ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

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 86%

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

Every Fall

by Angela Douglas • 2025

Fleeing criminals, a mother hides in a house haunted by a ghost who understands her terror.

3.73

538

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤱 Postpartum Depression 👻 Haunted House 🎖️ PTSD

Every Fall 86%

Fleeing criminals, a mother hides in a house haunted by a ghost who understands her terror.

by Angela Douglas 2025

3.73

538 ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤱 Postpartum Depression 👻 Haunted House 🎖️ PTSD

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 86%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

The Housemaid is Watching

by Freida McFadden • 2024

A suburban mother's fresh start turns bloody when she finds a hidden room and a dead body.

3.85

1.1M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🚪 Hidden Room 🔒 Secret Past 👀 Creepy Neighbor

The Housemaid is Watching 86%

A suburban mother's fresh start turns bloody when she finds a hidden room and a dead body.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.85

1.1M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🚪 Hidden Room 🔒 Secret Past 👀 Creepy Neighbor

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

by Philip Fracassi • 2025

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

4.00

8k+

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre Summary

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre 86%

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

by Philip Fracassi 2025

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Bug Collector

by Wrath James White • 2024

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

3.59

3k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🚫 Transgressive Fiction

The Bug Collector 86%

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

by Wrath James White 2024

3.59

3k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🚫 Transgressive Fiction

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