50 Books like They Call Her Regret

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 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 93%

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

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 Undrowned

by K.R. Alexander • 2020

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

3.89

2k+

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Undrowned 93%

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

by K.R. Alexander 2020

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

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 93%

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

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 93%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown 93%

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

by Mark Matthews 2025

4.08

108 ratings

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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 93%

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

Portrait of a Shadow

by Meriam Metoui • 2024

Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.

3.27

297

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy

Portrait of a Shadow 93%

Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.

by Meriam Metoui 2024

3.27

297 ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy

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

House of Hearts

by Skyla Arndt • 2025

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

3.65

2k+

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

House of Hearts 92%

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

by Skyla Arndt 2025

3.65

2k+ ratings

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

Where He Can't Find You

by Darcy Coates

Something beneath this town has been taking people for a century. Now it has her sister.

3.87

19k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Teen Friend Group 🚨 Rescue Mission 🔍 Missing Sister 🕯️ Contemporary Gothic

Where He Can't Find You 92%

Something beneath this town has been taking people for a century. Now it has her sister.

by Darcy Coates 2023

3.87

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Teen Friend Group 🚨 Rescue Mission 🔍 Missing Sister 🕯️ Contemporary Gothic

Legacy of Lies

by Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Legacy of Lies 92%

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

by Elizabeth Chandler 2000

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

The Hollow 92%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

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 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 92%

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

Together We Rot

by Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

6k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot 92%

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

by Skyla Arndt 2023

3.50

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 92%

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

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 92%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

The Losting Fountain

by Lora Senf • 2024

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

3.68

121

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

The Losting Fountain 92%

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

by Lora Senf 2024

3.68

121 ratings

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

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 92%

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 Weight of Blood

by Tiffany D. Jackson • 2022

A biracial girl passes as white until a rainstorm outs her. The prom becomes the town's reckoning.

4.18

36k+

🎭 Social Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🧠 Telekinetic Powers 🖤 Passing As White 👑 Prom Night Horror

The Weight of Blood 92%

A biracial girl passes as white until a rainstorm outs her. The prom becomes the town's reckoning.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2022

4.18

36k+ ratings

🎭 Social Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🧠 Telekinetic Powers 🖤 Passing As White 👑 Prom Night Horror

Candles Burning

by Tabitha King • 2006

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

3.22

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

Candles Burning 92%

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

by Tabitha King 2006

3.22

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

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 92%

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

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 93%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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 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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

What You Leave Behind

by Wanda M. Morris • 2024

A grieving lawyer returns to coastal Georgia, where an old man defending family land disappears.

3.86

7k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic Mystery ⚖️ Legal Thriller 💔 Generational Trauma 🔑 Family Secrets 👻 Ancestral Presence

What You Leave Behind 92%

A grieving lawyer returns to coastal Georgia, where an old man defending family land disappears.

by Wanda M. Morris 2024

3.86

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic Mystery ⚖️ Legal Thriller 💔 Generational Trauma 🔑 Family Secrets 👻 Ancestral Presence

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 92%

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

Our Last Wild Days

by Anna Bailey • 2025

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

3.72

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Last Wild Days 92%

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

by Anna Bailey 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

Burn Down, Rise Up

by Vincent Tirado • 2022

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

3.72

3k+

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

Burn Down, Rise Up 92%

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

by Vincent Tirado 2022

3.72

3k+ ratings

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

Remember Me

by Christopher Pike • 2010

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

4.14

10k+

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death 🖤 Gothic Mystery 💕 Ghostly Love Story

Remember Me 92%

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

by Christopher Pike 2010

4.14

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death 🖤 Gothic Mystery 💕 Ghostly Love Story

The Lies We Conjure

by Sarah Henning • 2024

Two sisters impersonate witch heiresses at a dinner party; murder traps them inside with the killer.

3.63

2k+

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The Lies We Conjure 92%

Two sisters impersonate witch heiresses at a dinner party; murder traps them inside with the killer.

by Sarah Henning 2024

3.63

2k+ ratings

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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+

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Blackwater I 91%

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

by Michael McDowell 1983

3.69

84k+ ratings

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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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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