Light Horror Books | Summaries & Audio

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 88%

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

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

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 88%

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

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

John Dies at the End 88%

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

Discount Dan

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

4.12

4k+

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Reluctant Hero 🏪 Shopkeeper Protagonist

Discount Dan 88%

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.12

4k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family 🛠️ Reluctant Hero 🏪 Shopkeeper Protagonist

Cul-de-sac Carnage

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

4.45

2k+

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy 🧟 Body Horror 🏘️ Suburban Satire

Cul-de-sac Carnage 88%

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.45

2k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy 🧟 Body Horror 🏘️ Suburban Satire

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Say Cheese and Die!

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

3.79

30k+

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

Say Cheese and Die! 88%

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.79

30k+ ratings

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

Baignade interdite

by R.L. Stine • 1994

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

3.55

10k+

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo 🤔 Imaginary Or Real 😤 Doubted Child

Baignade interdite 88%

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

by R.L. Stine 1994

3.55

10k+ ratings

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo 🤔 Imaginary Or Real 😤 Doubted Child

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 88%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

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 88%

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

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 87%

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

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Dragon Tears 87%

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

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 87%

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

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

Scritch Scratch 87%

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 87%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

What the Hell Did I Just Read

by David Wong • 2017

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

4.18

18k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

What the Hell Did I Just Read 87%

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

by David Wong 2017

4.18

18k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix • 2014

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

3.65

129k+

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Horrorstör 87%

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

by Grady Hendrix 2014

3.65

129k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

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

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Odd Thomas 87%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

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 87%

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

Nightmare Fuel

by Nina Nesseth • 2022

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

3.82

1k+

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Nightmare Fuel 87%

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

by Nina Nesseth 2022

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus 87%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

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 87%

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

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

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

3.95

7k+

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

North American Lake Monsters 87%

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013

3.95

7k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton • 2000

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

4.19

10k+

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🎃 Cozy Spooky

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House 87%

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

by Geronimo Stilton 2000

4.19

10k+ ratings

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🎃 Cozy Spooky

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

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

A Short Stay in Hell 87%

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

Uzumaki

by Junji Ito • 1998

Her seaside town unravels as spirals warp bodies, break minds, and seal every road out.

4.44

43k+

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Cursed Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌊 Coastal Town Horror

Uzumaki 87%

Her seaside town unravels as spirals warp bodies, break minds, and seal every road out.

by Junji Ito 1998

4.44

43k+ ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Cursed Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌊 Coastal Town Horror

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 87%

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

Danse Macabre

by Stephen King • 1981

What scares a society tells you what ails it. King dissects three decades of American nightmare.

3.67

32k+

🎬 Horror Criticism 🧠 Psychology Of Fear 🧟 Monster Theory 🎥 Horror Film History ✍️ Horror Writing

Danse Macabre 87%

What scares a society tells you what ails it. King dissects three decades of American nightmare.

by Stephen King 1981

3.67

32k+ ratings

🎬 Horror Criticism 🧠 Psychology Of Fear 🧟 Monster Theory 🎥 Horror Film History ✍️ Horror Writing

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

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Ghosts 87%

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Doctor Sleep

by Stephen King • 2013

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

4.13

304k+

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

Doctor Sleep 87%

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

by Stephen King 2013

4.13

304k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

11k+

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

Aliss 87%

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

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 87%

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

Slashtag

by Jon Cohn • 2023

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

4.26

1k+

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Slashtag 87%

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

by Jon Cohn 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Beyond Black 87%

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

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 87%

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

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

Welcome to Night Vale 87%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

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