50 Books like Apart in the Dark

The Children

by Melissa Albert

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

The Children 94%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

3k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Fiend 94%

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025

3.38

3k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

527

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls 94%

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026

3.59

527 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

965

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart 93%

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977

3.74

965 ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

It Will Just Be Us

by Jo Kaplan • 2020

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

3.63

2k+

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

It Will Just Be Us 93%

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

by Jo Kaplan 2020

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 93%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Vanishing Daughters

by Cynthia Pelayo • 2025

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

3.34

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

Vanishing Daughters 93%

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

by Cynthia Pelayo 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

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 93%

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 Restless Ones

by Abe Moss • 2024

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

3.97

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones 93%

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 93%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

Beneath the Stairs

by Jennifer Fawcett • 2022

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

3.55

5k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Beneath the Stairs 93%

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

by Jennifer Fawcett 2022

3.55

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 94%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 94%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Caretaker

by Marcus Kliewer

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

3.63

35k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Caretaker 94%

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

by Marcus Kliewer 2026

3.63

35k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Glass Girls

by Danie Shokoohi • 2025

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

3.88

822

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

Glass Girls 93%

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

by Danie Shokoohi 2025

3.88

822 ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet 93%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 93%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

Horrid

by Katrina Leno • 2020

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

3.54

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

Horrid 93%

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

by Katrina Leno 2020

3.54

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie 93%

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

Thirteen Storeys

by Jonathan Sims • 2020

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

3.79

10k+

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Thirteen Storeys 93%

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

by Jonathan Sims 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Cartas de inverno

by Agustín Fernández Paz • 1995

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

3.68

1k+

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Cartas de inverno 93%

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

by Agustín Fernández Paz 1995

3.68

1k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Collected Ghost Stories

by M.R. James • 1931

Cursed manuscripts, unraveling fabrics, and unearthly summons: classic English ghost stories.

4.12

8k+

🏛️ Antiquarian Horror 💀 Cursed Objects 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 📜 Hidden Manuscripts

Collected Ghost Stories 93%

Cursed manuscripts, unraveling fabrics, and unearthly summons: classic English ghost stories.

by M.R. James 1931

4.12

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Antiquarian Horror 💀 Cursed Objects 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 📜 Hidden Manuscripts

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

3.87

63k+

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

Play Nice 93%

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

by Rachel Harrison 2025

3.87

63k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix • 2023

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

3.63

172k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

How to Sell a Haunted House 93%

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

by Grady Hendrix 2023

3.63

172k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 93%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

You Did Nothing Wrong

by C.G. Drews • 2026

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

3.63

10k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

You Did Nothing Wrong 93%

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

by C.G. Drews 2026

3.63

10k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

1k+

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh 92%

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

by Nick Roberts 2026

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Mister Magic

by Kiersten White • 2023

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

3.55

30k+

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

Mister Magic 92%

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

by Kiersten White 2023

3.55

30k+ ratings

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

The Curse of Hester Gardens

by Tamika Thompson • 2026

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

4.17

634

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

The Curse of Hester Gardens 92%

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

by Tamika Thompson 2026

4.17

634 ratings

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

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 93%

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

Let Him In

by William Friend • 2022

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

3.25

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Let Him In 93%

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

by William Friend 2022

3.25

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill

Her inherited London flat came with neighbors who hadn't stepped outside in sixty years.

3.20

7k+

🏚️ Haunted Building 🎨 Cursed Art 🏛️ Gothic London 🖌️ Artistic Obsession 🚪 Forbidden Room

Apartment 16 93%

Her inherited London flat came with neighbors who hadn't stepped outside in sixty years.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Building 🎨 Cursed Art 🏛️ Gothic London 🖌️ Artistic Obsession 🚪 Forbidden Room

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 92%

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

The Bog Wife

by Kay Chronister • 2024

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

3.57

16k+

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Bog Wife 92%

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

by Kay Chronister 2024

3.57

16k+ ratings

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1839

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

3.84

90k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

The Fall of the House of Usher 92%

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1839

3.84

90k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

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 92%

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

The Beast You Are

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are 92%

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.33

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Silent Companions

by Laura Purcell • 2017

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

3.87

46k+

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

The Silent Companions 92%

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

by Laura Purcell 2017

3.87

46k+ ratings

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman

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 92%

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

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness 93%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

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 93%

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

Ghosts

by Edith Wharton • 1937

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

3.85

1k+

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses 👻 Ambiguous Ghosts 😰 Quiet Dread

Ghosts 92%

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

by Edith Wharton 1937

3.85

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses 👻 Ambiguous Ghosts 😰 Quiet Dread

The Grownup

by Gillian Flynn • 2014

A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.

3.55

155k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Within A Con 👦 Manipulative Child

The Grownup 92%

A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.

by Gillian Flynn 2014

3.55

155k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Within A Con 👦 Manipulative Child

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 92%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Heart-Shaped Box 92%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

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 92%

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

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee • 2019

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

3.63

154

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

Hearthstone Cottage 92%

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

by Frazer Lee 2019

3.63

154 ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

2k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The Drowning House 92%

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024

3.39

2k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

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