50 Books like The Weight of Blood

Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

3.86

241k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Flowers in the Attic 91%

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

by V.C. Andrews 1979

3.86

241k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Carrie

by Stephen King • 1974

Carrie White is telekinetic, and a cruel prom prank is about to unleash her.

3.99

855k+

🧠 Psychic Horror 🏫 High School Bullying ✝️ Religious Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👹 Sympathetic Monster

Carrie 92%

Carrie White is telekinetic, and a cruel prom prank is about to unleash her.

by Stephen King 1974

3.99

855k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Horror 🏫 High School Bullying ✝️ Religious Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👹 Sympathetic Monster

Delicious Monsters

by Liselle Sambury • 2023

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

4.03

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Delicious Monsters 92%

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

by Liselle Sambury 2023

4.03

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

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 91%

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

Such a Pretty Smile

by Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

6k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile 91%

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

by Kristi DeMeester 2022

3.34

6k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 91%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

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 91%

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

The Gathering Dark

by Tori Bovalino • 2022

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

3.53

4k+

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

The Gathering Dark 90%

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

by Tori Bovalino 2022

3.53

4k+ ratings

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

The House of Quiet

by Kiersten White • 2025

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

3.56

1k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

The House of Quiet 90%

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

by Kiersten White 2025

3.56

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

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 90%

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

Dark Sisters

by Kristi DeMeester • 2025

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

3.81

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Dark Sisters 90%

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

by Kristi DeMeester 2025

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

This Cursed House

by Del Sandeen • 2024

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

3.60

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

This Cursed House 90%

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

by Del Sandeen 2024

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

by Kiersten White • 2018

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

3.89

23k+

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein 90%

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

by Kiersten White 2018

3.89

23k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

Cold Moon Over Babylon

by Michael McDowell • 1980

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

3.97

7k+

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Cold Moon Over Babylon 90%

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

by Michael McDowell 1980

3.97

7k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Mirror Girls

by Kelly McWilliams • 2022

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

3.95

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

Mirror Girls 90%

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

by Kelly McWilliams 2022

3.95

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

Stranger Things

by Suyi Davies • 2022

Lucas Sinclair's fresh start meets Hawkins racism and a demon that feeds on trauma.

4.07

2k+

🏚️ Supernatural Small Town 🎒 Coming Of Age Horror 🔄 Code Switching 🎭 Small Town Racism 🏀 Basketball Identity

Stranger Things 91%

Lucas Sinclair's fresh start meets Hawkins racism and a demon that feeds on trauma.

by Suyi Davies 2022

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Supernatural Small Town 🎒 Coming Of Age Horror 🔄 Code Switching 🎭 Small Town Racism 🏀 Basketball Identity

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 91%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ 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 90%

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

Daphne

by Josh Malerman • 2022

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

3.37

6k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Daphne 90%

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

by Josh Malerman 2022

3.37

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

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 90%

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

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards • 2017

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

2.94

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

We All Fall Down 90%

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

by Natalie D. Richards 2017

2.94

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

The Blonde Dies First

by Joelle Wellington • 2024

A séance summons a demon that picks off a Brooklyn friend group in horror-movie kill order.

3.56

4k+

🎬 Meta Horror 🔪 Supernatural Slasher 👯 Twin Sisters 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 💕 Sapphic Romance

The Blonde Dies First 90%

A séance summons a demon that picks off a Brooklyn friend group in horror-movie kill order.

by Joelle Wellington 2024

3.56

4k+ ratings

🎬 Meta Horror 🔪 Supernatural Slasher 👯 Twin Sisters 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 💕 Sapphic Romance

Perfect Girl

by Tracy Banghart • 2024

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

3.41

1k+

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

Perfect Girl 90%

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

by Tracy Banghart 2024

3.41

1k+ ratings

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 90%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

You Must Not Miss

by Katrina Leno • 2019

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

3.39

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

You Must Not Miss 90%

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

by Katrina Leno 2019

3.39

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

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+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

Blackwater I 90%

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

by Michael McDowell 1983

3.69

84k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

Thicker Than Water

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2015

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

3.59

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Thicker Than Water 90%

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2015

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 90%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

79k+

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory 90%

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

by Tananarive Due 2023

4.43

79k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis • 2016

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

4.14

39k+

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Female of the Species 90%

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

by Mindy McGinnis 2016

4.14

39k+ ratings

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Le sacrilège

by Patrick Isabelle • 2018

A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.

4.00

2k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 👁️ Teen Possession 🪑 Ouija Horror 🔮 Witch Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

Le sacrilège 90%

A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.

by Patrick Isabelle 2018

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 👁️ Teen Possession 🪑 Ouija Horror 🔮 Witch Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2021

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

3.50

54k+

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw 90%

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021

3.50

54k+ ratings

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

A demon possesses Abby's best friend. The exorcist flees. One girl must finish the job.

3.92

154k+

👹 Demonic Possession 🩸 Body Horror 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 🏚️ Southern Gothic

My Best Friend's Exorcism 90%

A demon possesses Abby's best friend. The exorcist flees. One girl must finish the job.

by Grady Hendrix 2016

3.92

154k+ ratings

👹 Demonic Possession 🩸 Body Horror 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 🏚️ Southern Gothic

As I Descended

by Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

4k+

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended 91%

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

by Robin Talley 2016

3.48

4k+ ratings

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Michelle Hodkin • 2011

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

4.01

191k+

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 91%

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

by Michelle Hodkin 2011

4.01

191k+ ratings

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 90%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

These Vengeful Wishes

by Vanessa Montalban • 2025

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

3.89

657

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

These Vengeful Wishes 90%

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

by Vanessa Montalban 2025

3.89

657 ratings

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

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 90%

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

The Dead House

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2015

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

3.67

8k+

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Dead House 90%

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015

3.67

8k+ ratings

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Wife Upstairs

by Rachel Hawkins • 2021

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

3.72

325k+

🕯️ Gothic Thriller 📖 Jane Eyre Retelling 🌿 Southern Gothic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Antiheroine

The Wife Upstairs 90%

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

by Rachel Hawkins 2021

3.72

325k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Thriller 📖 Jane Eyre Retelling 🌿 Southern Gothic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Antiheroine

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Beyond the Phantom Glow 90%

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Near Witch 90%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

Smothermoss

by Alisa Alering • 2024

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

3.43

5k+

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Smothermoss 89%

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

by Alisa Alering 2024

3.43

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 89%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

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 89%

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 Third Eye

by Lois Duncan • 1984

A teenage babysitter's visions find a missing child, pulling her toward a truth she cannot escape.

3.86

4k+

🔮 Psychic Detective 😔 Reluctant Psychic 🧬 Psychic Inheritance 🔍 Missing Children 📼 1980s Setting

The Third Eye 89%

A teenage babysitter's visions find a missing child, pulling her toward a truth she cannot escape.

by Lois Duncan 1984

3.86

4k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Detective 😔 Reluctant Psychic 🧬 Psychic Inheritance 🔍 Missing Children 📼 1980s Setting

I'll Watch Your Baby

by Neena Viel • 2026

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

3.52

595

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'll Watch Your Baby 89%

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

by Neena Viel 2026

3.52

595 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 89%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

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