🦠 Parasitic Entity

A malevolent force that feeds on its host—body, mind, or soul—creating horror rooted in the violation of autonomy and the terror of being consumed from within.

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 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father 🏡 Suburban Decay

Sour Candy 90%

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 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father 🏡 Suburban Decay

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 90%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

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 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House 🤯 Descent Into Madness

The Cuck 90%

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 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House 🤯 Descent Into Madness

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 89%

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

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 89%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Chimera 89%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

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 89%

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

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont 89%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher • 2026

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

4.11

15k+

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Wolf Worm 88%

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.11

15k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

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 88%

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 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

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 88%

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

Children of Ruin

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2019

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

4.05

64k+

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Children of Ruin 87%

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019

4.05

64k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Mind Parasites 87%

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 87%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Alien

by Tim Lebbon • 2014

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

3.82

13k+

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

Alien 87%

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

by Tim Lebbon 2014

3.82

13k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 87%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Shadow Out of Time

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

3.85

7k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

The Shadow Out of Time 87%

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936

3.85

7k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

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 87%

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 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 Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess Summary

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess 87%

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021

3.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min • 2022

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

3.55

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Walking Practice 87%

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

by Dolki Min 2022

3.55

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm • 2020

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

4.10

29k+

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

There Is No Antimemetics Division Summary

There Is No Antimemetics Division 87%

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

by qntm 2020

4.10

29k+ ratings

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

All Tommorows

by C.M. Kosemen • 2006

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

All Tommorows 86%

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

by C.M. Kosemen 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

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 86%

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 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

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 86%

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

Intercepts

by T.J. Payne • 2019

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

4.09

40k+

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

Intercepts 86%

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

by T.J. Payne 2019

4.09

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

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

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

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

Frozen Hell

by John W. Campbell Jr. • 2019

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

3.73

2k+

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

Frozen Hell 86%

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

Desperation

by Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

154k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Desperation 86%

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

by Stephen King 1996

3.86

154k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

From the Godless Abyss

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

4.54

224

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

From the Godless Abyss 86%

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.54

224 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted 86%

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025

3.63

3k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Anomaly

by Michael Rutger • 2018

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

3.77

13k+

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

The Anomaly 86%

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

by Michael Rutger 2018

3.77

13k+ ratings

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 86%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

The Deep

by Nick Cutter • 2015

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

3.41

43k+

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers 🎭 Cosmic Tricksters 🖤 Grieving Father

The Deep 86%

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers 🎭 Cosmic Tricksters 🖤 Grieving Father

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Eat the Ones You Love 86%

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

3.20

2k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Girl in the Creek 86%

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

by Wendy N. Wagner 2025

3.20

2k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Wilder Girls

by Rory Power • 2019

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

3.45

101k+

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Wilder Girls 86%

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

by Rory Power 2019

3.45

101k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

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 86%

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

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name 86%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

Last Days

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2012

A filmmaker documents a dead cult and discovers its horrors are real, ancient, and hunting him.

3.71

16k+

📹 Documentary Horror 💀 Doomsday Cult 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎬 Found Footage Style 😰 Slow Burn Dread

Last Days 86%

A filmmaker documents a dead cult and discovers its horrors are real, ancient, and hunting him.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2012

3.71

16k+ ratings

📹 Documentary Horror 💀 Doomsday Cult 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎬 Found Footage Style 😰 Slow Burn Dread

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

by K. Ancrum • 2025

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Corruption of Hollis Brown 86%

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

by K. Ancrum 2025

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

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 86%

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 Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1951

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

3.88

34k+

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

The Puppet Masters 86%

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951

3.88

34k+ ratings

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

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