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The Deep
by Nick Cutter
Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.
3.41
43k+
The Deep Summary
The Deep 93%
Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.
by Nick Cutter 2015
3.41
43k+ ratings
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
3.04
14k+
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom 93%
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
by Paul Tremblay 2023
3.04
14k+ ratings
Gills
by Abe Moss • 2020
A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.
3.84
639
Gills Summary
Gills 93%
A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.
by Abe Moss 2020
3.84
639 ratings
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+
Cold Skin Summary
Cold Skin 90%
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
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+
Widow's Point Summary
Widow's Point 90%
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
Rouge
by Mona Awad • 2023
Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.
3.53
51k+
Rouge Summary
Rouge 90%
Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.
by Mona Awad 2023
3.53
51k+ ratings
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+
The Last Days of Jack Sparks Summary
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
The Haar
by David Sodergren • 2022
Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.
4.02
36k+
The Haar Summary
The Haar 89%
Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.
by David Sodergren 2022
4.02
36k+ ratings
Eden
by Tim Lebbon • 2020
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
3.41
2k+
Eden Summary
Eden 89%
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
by Tim Lebbon 2020
3.41
2k+ ratings
Welcome to Dead House
by R.L. Stine • 1992
Two siblings move to Dark Falls and discover the neighborhood kids are the living dead.
3.85
42k+
Welcome to Dead House Summary
Welcome to Dead House 91%
Two siblings move to Dark Falls and discover the neighborhood kids are the living dead.
by R.L. Stine 1992
3.85
42k+ ratings
The Scar
by China Miéville • 2002
Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.
4.19
35k+
The Scar Summary
The Scar 91%
Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.
by China Miéville 2002
4.19
35k+ ratings
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+
Last Days Summary
Last Days 90%
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
Morsel
by Carter Keane • 2026
A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.
3.58
2k+
Morsel Summary
Morsel 89%
A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.
by Carter Keane 2026
3.58
2k+ ratings
A Ship of Bones and Teeth
by Karina Halle • 2023
She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.
3.74
22k+
A Ship of Bones and Teeth Summary
A Ship of Bones and Teeth 89%
She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.
by Karina Halle 2023
3.74
22k+ ratings
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+
Hemlock Island Summary
Hemlock Island 89%
Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.
by Kelley Armstrong 2023
3.44
13k+ ratings
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+
John Dies at the End Summary
John Dies at the End 89%
A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.
by David Wong 2007
3.86
85k+ ratings
Dead Silence
by S.A. Barnes • 2022
A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.
3.78
39k+
Dead Silence Summary
Dead Silence 89%
A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.
by S.A. Barnes 2022
3.78
39k+ ratings
Relic
by Douglas Preston • 1995
Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.
4.05
116k+
Relic Summary
Relic 89%
Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.
by Douglas Preston 1995
4.05
116k+ ratings
Whispers of the Deep
by Emma Hamm
A deep-sea welder is seized by an undine warrior. His mission: seduction. Her survival: his breath.
3.89
31k+
Whispers of the Deep Summary
Whispers of the Deep 90%
A deep-sea welder is seized by an undine warrior. His mission: seduction. Her survival: his breath.
by Emma Hamm 2024
3.89
31k+ ratings
And the Sea Called Her Name
by Joe Hart • 2015
The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.
3.73
429
And the Sea Called Her Name Summary
And the Sea Called Her Name 91%
The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.
by Joe Hart 2015
3.73
429 ratings
Wake
by Amanda Hocking • 2012
A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.
3.7
26k+
Wake Summary
Wake 91%
A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.
by Amanda Hocking 2012
3.7
26k+ ratings
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+
Horror Movie Summary
Horror Movie 89%
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
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+
This Wretched Valley Summary
This Wretched Valley 89%
A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.
by Jenny Kiefer 2024
3.25
13k+ ratings
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+
Parasite Summary
Parasite 89%
Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.
by Mira Grant 2013
3.68
19k+ ratings
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
3.20
2k+
Girl in the Creek Summary
Girl in the Creek 89%
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
by Wendy N. Wagner 2025
3.20
2k+ ratings
Blackwater I
by Michael McDowell • 1983
A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.
3.69
84k+
Blackwater I Summary
Blackwater I 89%
A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.
by Michael McDowell 1983
3.69
84k+ ratings
The Troop
by Nick Cutter • 2014
A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.
3.83
129k+
The Troop Summary
The Troop 89%
A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.
by Nick Cutter 2014
3.83
129k+ ratings
The Last One
by Will Dean • 2023
When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.
3.55
41k+
The Last One Summary
The Last One 91%
When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.
by Will Dean 2023
3.55
41k+ ratings
The Terror
by Dan Simmons • 2007
A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.
4.09
75k+
The Terror Summary
The Terror 90%
A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.
by Dan Simmons 2007
4.09
75k+ ratings
Shroud
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A corporate crew lands on a dark moon, unaware the alien intelligence is studying them back.
4.15
14k+
Shroud Summary
Shroud 89%
A corporate crew lands on a dark moon, unaware the alien intelligence is studying them back.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2025
4.15
14k+ ratings
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2015
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
4.30
180k+
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time 89%
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015
4.30
180k+ ratings
Episode Thirteen
by Craig DiLouie • 2023
A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.
3.47
30k+
Episode Thirteen Summary
Episode Thirteen 89%
A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.
by Craig DiLouie 2023
3.47
30k+ ratings
Our Last Echoes
by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021
An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.
3.49
4k+
Our Last Echoes Summary
Our Last Echoes 89%
An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.
by Kate Alice Marshall 2021
3.49
4k+ ratings
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+
The Restless Ones Summary
The Restless Ones 89%
A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.
by Abe Moss 2024
3.97
2k+ ratings
Of Sea and Shadow
by Will Wight • 2014
A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.
4.13
6k+
Of Sea and Shadow Summary
Of Sea and Shadow 89%
A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.
by Will Wight 2014
4.13
6k+ ratings
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999
A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.
3.5
15k+
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 89%
A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.
by Edgar Allan Poe 1999
3.5
15k+ ratings
In the Veins of the Drowning
by Kalie Cassidy
A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.
3.92
45k+
In the Veins of the Drowning Summary
In the Veins of the Drowning 89%
A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.
by Kalie Cassidy 2025
3.92
45k+ ratings
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
On the Bitter Horizon Summary
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
Annihilation
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
3.80
310k+
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation 90%
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2014
3.80
310k+ ratings
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+
Bone China Summary
Bone China 89%
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
Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools
by G.P. Taylor • 2009
A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.
3.92
118
Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools Summary
Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools 89%
A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.
by G.P. Taylor 2009
3.92
118 ratings
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+
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves 89%
A photojournalist's home defies physics: inside, an impossible dark labyrinth grows and shifts.
by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000
4.09
204k+ ratings
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+
Night Film Summary
Night Film 88%
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
Amid the Sinking Dark
by Abe Moss • 2021
Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.
4.36
565
Amid the Sinking Dark Summary
Amid the Sinking Dark 90%
Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.
by Abe Moss 2021
4.36
565 ratings
Our Wives Under the Sea
by Julia Armfield • 2022
Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.
3.68
134k+
Our Wives Under the Sea Summary
Our Wives Under the Sea 90%
Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.
by Julia Armfield 2022
3.68
134k+ ratings
The Cuck
by Aron Beauregard
Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.
3.38
2k+
The Cuck Summary
The Cuck 89%
Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.
by Aron Beauregard 2022
3.38
2k+ ratings
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+
Experimental Film Summary
Experimental Film 88%
Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.
by Gemma Files 2015
3.52
4k+ ratings
Gwen, in Green
by Hugh Zachary • 1974
A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.
3.33
460
Gwen, in Green Summary
Gwen, in Green 88%
A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.
by Hugh Zachary 1974
3.33
460 ratings
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
From the Godless Abyss Summary
From the Godless Abyss 88%
Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.
by Abe Moss 2022
4.54
224 ratings
To Those Willing to Drown
by Mark Matthews • 2025
A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.
4.08
108
To Those Willing to Drown Summary
To Those Willing to Drown 88%
A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.
by Mark Matthews 2025
4.08
108 ratings
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