🧬 Scientific Horror

Fiction where the pursuit of knowledge unleashes something monstrous, tapping into our deepest fears about what happens when human curiosity crosses lines nature never intended.

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic 90%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H.G. Wells • 1896

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

3.73

136k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Island of Doctor Moreau 90%

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

by H.G. Wells 1896

3.73

136k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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 90%

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

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 90%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling • 2023

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

3.52

3k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

Last to Leave the Room 89%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

3.70

16k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment 🧠 Psychological Torture 🔪 Mercy Killing

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 89%

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.70

16k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment 🧠 Psychological Torture 🔪 Mercy Killing

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 89%

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

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson • 1969

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

3.92

748

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The Philosopher's Stone 89%

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.92

748 ratings

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Darwin's Radio 89%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 89%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen • 1890

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

3.67

17k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

The Great God Pan 89%

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

by Arthur Machen 1890

3.67

17k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Watchers 89%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Absolution 89%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A respectable doctor's strange will leaves everything to a violent man his lawyer has never met.

3.91

147k+

🧠 Split Personality 🧪 Mad Scientist 🏙️ Victorian London ✉️ Epistolary Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror 89%

A respectable doctor's strange will leaves everything to a violent man his lawyer has never met.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

3.91

147k+ ratings

🧠 Split Personality 🧪 Mad Scientist 🏙️ Victorian London ✉️ Epistolary Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

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 89%

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

Frankenstien (4)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley • 1818

A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.

3.91

1.9M+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🧪 Mad Scientist ⚡ Scientific Hubris 💔 Sympathetic Monster 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

Frankenstien (4) 89%

A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818

3.91

1.9M+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🧪 Mad Scientist ⚡ Scientific Hubris 💔 Sympathetic Monster 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

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

On the Bitter Horizon

by Abe Moss • 2022

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

4.57

345

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

On the Bitter Horizon 89%

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.57

345 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

All Tomorrows

by Nemo Ramjet • 2006

Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Speculative Biology ⏳ Future History 🦴 Deep Time 🤖 Machine Intelligence 🫀 Body Horror

All Tomorrows 89%

Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.

by Nemo Ramjet 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Biology ⏳ Future History 🦴 Deep Time 🤖 Machine Intelligence 🫀 Body Horror

The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells • 1897

Mad and invisible, a scientist terrorizes a village that must hunt what it cannot see.

3.63

219k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 👻 Gothic Dread 👁️ Unseen Predator 🔮 Invisibility ⚗️ Experiment Gone Wrong

The Invisible Man 88%

Mad and invisible, a scientist terrorizes a village that must hunt what it cannot see.

by H.G. Wells 1897

3.63

219k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 👻 Gothic Dread 👁️ Unseen Predator 🔮 Invisibility ⚗️ Experiment Gone Wrong

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 Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter 88%

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition 🎬 Science Vs Spectacle 📺 Media Satire

Rolling in the Deep 88%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition 🎬 Science Vs Spectacle 📺 Media Satire

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 88%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower 88%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Dragon Factory

by Jonathan Maberry • 2010

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Rogue Agent 👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains

The Dragon Factory 88%

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

by Jonathan Maberry 2010

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Rogue Agent 👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains

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 88%

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

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

Annihilation

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014

A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.

3.80

310k+

🔮 Weird Fiction 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🦠 Body Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Annihilation 88%

A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2014

3.80

310k+ ratings

🔮 Weird Fiction 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🦠 Body Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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 88%

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

Marina

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 1999

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

4.14

98k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Marina 88%

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999

4.14

98k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice • 2016

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

3.80

10k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis Summary

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 88%

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

by Anne Rice 2016

3.80

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2022

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

3.57

41k+

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 88%

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2022

3.57

41k+ ratings

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

by William Hope Hodgson • 2014

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

4.18

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack Summary

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 88%

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

by William Hope Hodgson 2014

4.18

72 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

Revelations in Black

by Carl Jacobi • 1947

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

3.78

129

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Revelations in Black 88%

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

by Carl Jacobi 1947

3.78

129 ratings

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

I Am Legend and Other Stories

by Richard Matheson • 1954

Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.

4.00

137k+

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🧪 Scientific Vampirism 🧟 Coexisting Infected 🌍 Last Man On Earth 👹 Boogeyman Reversal

I Am Legend and Other Stories 88%

Every night, the last human alive bars his door against a vampire horde, his sanity fraying.

by Richard Matheson 1954

4.00

137k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🧪 Scientific Vampirism 🧟 Coexisting Infected 🌍 Last Man On Earth 👹 Boogeyman Reversal

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 88%

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

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

An Antarctic expedition uncovers a dead alien city. The cause of death is still there.

3.78

65k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Weird Fiction 🧊 Polar Horror 🛸 Ancient Aliens 🔬 Scientific Hubris

At the Mountains of Madness 88%

An Antarctic expedition uncovers a dead alien city. The cause of death is still there.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936

3.78

65k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Weird Fiction 🧊 Polar Horror 🛸 Ancient Aliens 🔬 Scientific Hubris

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