50 Books like Bellevue

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 93%

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

The Graceview Patient

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

3.45

3k+

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

The Graceview Patient 95%

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

Hidden Pictures

by Jason Rekulak • 2022

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

4.14

623k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Hidden Pictures 94%

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

by Jason Rekulak 2022

4.14

623k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 93%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

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 93%

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

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

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

The 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 93%

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

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel 93%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

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 93%

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

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

The New Couple in 5B

by Lisa Unger • 2024

Inheriting a haunted apartment traps a writer between a death and a husband she can't trust.

3.61

67k+

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Apartment ✍️ True-Crime Writer Mc 🏚️ Toxic Inheritance 👥 Neighbors With Secrets

The New Couple in 5B 93%

Inheriting a haunted apartment traps a writer between a death and a husband she can't trust.

by Lisa Unger 2024

3.61

67k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Apartment ✍️ True-Crime Writer Mc 🏚️ Toxic Inheritance 👥 Neighbors With Secrets

A Good House for Children

by Kate Collins • 2023

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

3.59

4k+

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A Good House for Children 93%

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

by Kate Collins 2023

3.59

4k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A House of Bells

by J.T. Croft • 2021

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

3.82

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

A House of Bells 93%

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

by J.T. Croft 2021

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

3.71

34k+

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity 💀 Dark Resurrection 🌾 Isolated Moor House

We Live Here Now 93%

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity 💀 Dark Resurrection 🌾 Isolated Moor House

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

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

3.50

15k+

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

Dearest 94%

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

by Jacquie Walters 2024

3.50

15k+ ratings

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

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 94%

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

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

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

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House 93%

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 93%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

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

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 93%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns 93%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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 93%

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

Sweet Heart

by Peter James • 1991

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

3.72

2k+

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

Sweet Heart 93%

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

by Peter James 1991

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

The Shining

by Stephen King • 1977

A snowbound hotel's ghosts need a boy's psychic gift, so they drive his father to murder.

4.28

1.7M+

🏨 Haunted Hotel 👦 Psychic Child 🌀 Descent Into Madness ❄️ Winter Isolation 🍸 Alcoholic Writer

The Shining 93%

A snowbound hotel's ghosts need a boy's psychic gift, so they drive his father to murder.

by Stephen King 1977

4.28

1.7M+ ratings

🏨 Haunted Hotel 👦 Psychic Child 🌀 Descent Into Madness ❄️ Winter Isolation 🍸 Alcoholic Writer

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 93%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Asylum

by Madeleine Roux

His summer dorm was once an asylum ward. Now something in the basement knows his name.

3.64

65k+

🏚️ Haunted Asylum 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Inherited Darkness 👁️ Possession Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigation

Asylum 92%

His summer dorm was once an asylum ward. Now something in the basement knows his name.

by Madeleine Roux 2013

3.64

65k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Asylum 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Inherited Darkness 👁️ Possession Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigation

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 94%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

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 94%

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

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Boy in the Box 93%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

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 92%

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

The Reaping

by Bernard Taylor • 1980

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

3.57

915

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

The Reaping 92%

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

by Bernard Taylor 1980

3.57

915 ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

Bone China

by Laura Purcell • 2019

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

3.65

8k+

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

Bone China 92%

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

by Laura Purcell 2019

3.65

8k+ ratings

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

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 92%

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

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches 92%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

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 92%

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

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 93%

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 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

The September House

by Carissa Orlando

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

3.86

101k+

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The September House 92%

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

by Carissa Orlando 2023

3.86

101k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

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

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 92%

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

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.64

5k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning 92%

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026

3.64

5k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 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 92%

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

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 92%

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 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

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment 92%

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

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 92%

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

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