50 Books like Cyclonopedia

Last Days

by Adam L.G. Nevill

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 91%

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

Phyl-Undhu

by Nick Land • 2014

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

3.56

284

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

Phyl-Undhu 93%

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

by Nick Land 2014

3.56

284 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

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 93%

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

Across the Haunted Stars

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

4.46

251

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Across the Haunted Stars 91%

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.46

251 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

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

4.33

11k+

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

Aliss 91%

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

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

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

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

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

3.86

85k+

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

John Dies at the End 91%

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

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

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

Lucky Day

by Chuck Tingle • 2025

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

3.80

13k+

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

Lucky Day 91%

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

by Chuck Tingle 2025

3.80

13k+ ratings

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm

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 91%

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

The Atrocity Archives

by Charles Stross • 2004

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

3.89

27k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

The Atrocity Archives 91%

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

by Charles Stross 2004

3.89

27k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

Cold Skin

by Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

10k+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

Cold Skin 91%

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007

3.66

10k+ ratings

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

57k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

The Hollow Places 91%

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

3.78

57k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

19k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star 91%

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020

3.96

19k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

We Love You, Bunny

by Mona Awad

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

3.43

19k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

We Love You, Bunny 91%

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

by Mona Awad 2025

3.43

19k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Beneath the Rising

by Premee Mohamed • 2020

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

3.44

1k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Beneath the Rising 92%

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

by Premee Mohamed 2020

3.44

1k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Masks of the Illuminati

by Robert Anton Wilson • 1981

A demon-haunted Englishman confesses an occult nightmare to Joyce and Einstein in a Zürich tavern.

4.04

2k+

🔮 Occult Secret Society 🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌙 Occult Initiation 👁️ Paranoid Reality 🕯️ Edwardian Occultism

Masks of the Illuminati 92%

A demon-haunted Englishman confesses an occult nightmare to Joyce and Einstein in a Zürich tavern.

by Robert Anton Wilson 1981

4.04

2k+ ratings

🔮 Occult Secret Society 🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌙 Occult Initiation 👁️ Paranoid Reality 🕯️ Edwardian Occultism

The Hive

by Ronald Malfi • 2026

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

3.70

643

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Hive 91%

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

by Ronald Malfi 2026

3.70

643 ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 91%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Night Film

by Marisha Pessl • 2013

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

3.78

96k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

Night Film 91%

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

by Marisha Pessl 2013

3.78

96k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.74

6k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point 91%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.74

6k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

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

4.15

70k+

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

A Short Stay in Hell 92%

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

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

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

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 92%

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

The Gone World

by Tom Sweterlitsch

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

3.91

30k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

The Gone World 91%

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018

3.91

30k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

Gloria

by Bentley Little • 2021

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

3.59

523

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

Gloria 91%

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

by Bentley Little 2021

3.59

523 ratings

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

This Wretched Valley

by Jenny Kiefer • 2024

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

3.25

13k+

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

This Wretched Valley 91%

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

by Jenny Kiefer 2024

3.25

13k+ ratings

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

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 91%

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

Picatrix. La scala per l'inferno

by Valerio Evangelisti • 1998

A medieval inquisitor hunts a forbidden grimoire whose words can tear open doorways to hell.

3.78

391

🏛️ Medieval Inquisition 🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Forbidden Magical Text ⏳ Multiple Timelines 👹 Demonic Possession

Picatrix. La scala per l'inferno Summary

Picatrix. La scala per l'inferno 90%

A medieval inquisitor hunts a forbidden grimoire whose words can tear open doorways to hell.

by Valerio Evangelisti 1998

3.78

391 ratings

🏛️ Medieval Inquisition 🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Forbidden Magical Text ⏳ Multiple Timelines 👹 Demonic Possession

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke

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 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 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski • 2000

A photojournalist's home defies physics: inside, an impossible dark labyrinth grows and shifts.

4.09

204k+

🗞️ Found Manuscript 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Shifting Labyrinth 🏠 Cursed House 💀 Doomed Explorers

House of Leaves 92%

A photojournalist's home defies physics: inside, an impossible dark labyrinth grows and shifts.

by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000

4.09

204k+ ratings

🗞️ Found Manuscript 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Shifting Labyrinth 🏠 Cursed House 💀 Doomed Explorers

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Library at Mount Char 92%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Puzzle Master

by Danielle Trussoni • 2023

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

3.31

10k+

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror ✡️ Jewish Mysticism 📜 Ancient Codes

The Puzzle Master 90%

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

by Danielle Trussoni 2023

3.31

10k+ ratings

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror ✡️ Jewish Mysticism 📜 Ancient Codes

Horror Movie

by Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52k+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie 90%

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

by Paul Tremblay 2024

3.25

52k+ ratings

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

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

3.82

44k+

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

Welcome to Night Vale 90%

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

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

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

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 90%

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

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 92%

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 End of Mr. Y

by Scarlett Thomas • 2006

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

3.77

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The End of Mr. Y 91%

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

by Scarlett Thomas 2006

3.77

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The Deep

by Nick Cutter

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

3.41

43k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities

The Deep 90%

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 90%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill • 2019

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

3.73

11k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

A Cosmology of Monsters 90%

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

Weaveworld

by Clive Barker

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

4.13

34k+

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

Weaveworld 90%

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

by Clive Barker 1987

4.13

34k+ ratings

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

206k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

I'm Thinking of Ending Things 91%

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016

3.50

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

Solenoid

by Mircea Cărtărescu • 2015

Between his failing body and his levitating house, a Bucharest teacher searches for a way out.

4.25

7k+

📚 Maximalist Fiction 🖤 Dark Surrealism ✍️ Failed Writer 📜 Mysterious Manuscript 👥 Lost Twin

Solenoid 91%

Between his failing body and his levitating house, a Bucharest teacher searches for a way out.

by Mircea Cărtărescu 2015

4.25

7k+ ratings

📚 Maximalist Fiction 🖤 Dark Surrealism ✍️ Failed Writer 📜 Mysterious Manuscript 👥 Lost Twin

The Anomaly

by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70k+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Anomaly 90%

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

by Hervé Le Tellier 2020

3.79

70k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

American Supernatural Tales

by S.T. Joshi • 2007

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

4.01

1k+

🏚️ American Gothic 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction ✍️ Literary Horror 🏠 Haunted House

American Supernatural Tales 90%

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

by S.T. Joshi 2007

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction ✍️ Literary Horror 🏠 Haunted House

Come Knocking

by Mike Bockoven • 2025

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

3.76

975

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

Come Knocking 90%

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

by Mike Bockoven 2025

3.76

975 ratings

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

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