50 Books like We Sold Our Souls

Come Closer

by Sara Gran

Something is living in Amanda's loft, and it wants her body more than she does.

3.65

52k+

🖤 Demon Possession 🔪 Psychological Horror 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👹 Female Rage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Come Closer 90%

Something is living in Amanda's loft, and it wants her body more than she does.

by Sara Gran 2003

3.65

52k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Possession 🔪 Psychological Horror 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👹 Female Rage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

My Ex, the Antichrist

by Craig DiLouie • 2025

She loved him before she knew he's the Antichrist. Now their bands duel for the world.

3.52

2k+

🎸 Musical Horror 💀 Apocalyptic Romance 🖤 Toxic Love 🎤 Rock Band Drama 🌌 Cosmic Destiny

My Ex, the Antichrist 95%

She loved him before she knew he's the Antichrist. Now their bands duel for the world.

by Craig DiLouie 2025

3.52

2k+ ratings

🎸 Musical Horror 💀 Apocalyptic Romance 🖤 Toxic Love 🎤 Rock Band Drama 🌌 Cosmic Destiny

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 92%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

All's Well

by Mona Awad • 2021

After a drink with three strangers, a director's chronic pain vanishes, and everyone else suffers.

3.74

37k+

😈 Deal With The Devil 🩸 Body Horror 🎭 Theatre Setting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🦉 Dark Academia

All's Well 91%

After a drink with three strangers, a director's chronic pain vanishes, and everyone else suffers.

by Mona Awad 2021

3.74

37k+ ratings

😈 Deal With The Devil 🩸 Body Horror 🎭 Theatre Setting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🦉 Dark Academia

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Odd Thomas 91%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 91%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Cold as Hell 91%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Black Sheep

by Rachel Harrison • 2023

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

3.58

38k+

🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

Black Sheep 91%

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

by Rachel Harrison 2023

3.58

38k+ ratings

🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

The Devil Rides Out 91%

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

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

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 91%

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

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

The Exorcist's House

by Nick Roberts • 2022

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

3.99

23k+

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Guilt And Grief 🔬 Rational Skeptic

The Exorcist's House 91%

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

by Nick Roberts 2022

3.99

23k+ ratings

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Guilt And Grief 🔬 Rational Skeptic

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

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

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 92%

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

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

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 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

📹 Documentary Horror 💀 Doomsday Cult 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎬 Found Footage Style 😰 Slow Burn Dread

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted 90%

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025

3.63

3k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

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

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

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Dragon Tears 90%

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

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 90%

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

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 90%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

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 90%

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

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Storm Front 90%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Her Soul to Take

by Harley Laroux • 2021

A ghost hunter accidentally summons a demon, making herself the final sacrifice for a cult.

4.03

157k+

🖤 Demon Romance 🔪 Cult Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⛓️ Soul Bond 🔗 Power Exchange

Her Soul to Take 90%

A ghost hunter accidentally summons a demon, making herself the final sacrifice for a cult.

by Harley Laroux 2021

4.03

157k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 🔪 Cult Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⛓️ Soul Bond 🔗 Power Exchange

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 90%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

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

Lullaby

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2002

A lethal lullaby lets a reporter kill with a thought. He hunts every copy with a witch.

3.74

104k+

🔪 Transgressive Fiction 🎭 Satirical Horror 📖 Cursed Text 🚗 Road Trip To Hell 🖤 Morally Bankrupt Cast

Lullaby 92%

A lethal lullaby lets a reporter kill with a thought. He hunts every copy with a witch.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2002

3.74

104k+ ratings

🔪 Transgressive Fiction 🎭 Satirical Horror 📖 Cursed Text 🚗 Road Trip To Hell 🖤 Morally Bankrupt Cast

Ninth House

by Leigh Bardugo • 2019

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

4.00

408k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer ⚔️ Brutal Magic

Ninth House 92%

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

by Leigh Bardugo 2019

4.00

408k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer ⚔️ Brutal Magic

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

Anathema

by Nick Roberts • 2020

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

3.97

5k+

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

Anathema 90%

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

by Nick Roberts 2020

3.97

5k+ ratings

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

All Hallows 90%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

When I Was Death

by Alexis Henderson • 2026

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

3.63

1k+

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

When I Was Death 90%

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

by Alexis Henderson 2026

3.63

1k+ ratings

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

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 90%

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 Devil Takes You Home

by Gabino Iglesias • 2022

His daughter dead, a father becomes a cartel hitman for a heist protected by witchcraft.

3.66

14k+

🕯️ Latino Horror 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🪦 Folk Horror 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 💔 Parental Grief

The Devil Takes You Home 90%

His daughter dead, a father becomes a cartel hitman for a heist protected by witchcraft.

by Gabino Iglesias 2022

3.66

14k+ ratings

🕯️ Latino Horror 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🪦 Folk Horror 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 💔 Parental Grief

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Weavingshaw 90%

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

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 90%

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

The Dead Take the A Train

by Cassandra Khaw • 2023

When a friend flees abuse, a demon hunter must fight the abuser and a parasitic angel.

3.60

8k+

🖤 Sapphic Horror 💼 Corporate Occult ⚔️ Demon Hunter 💕 Friends To Lovers 😇 Angels And Demons

The Dead Take the A Train 90%

When a friend flees abuse, a demon hunter must fight the abuser and a parasitic angel.

by Cassandra Khaw 2023

3.60

8k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Horror 💼 Corporate Occult ⚔️ Demon Hunter 💕 Friends To Lovers 😇 Angels And Demons

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

The Hellbound Heart

by Clive Barker • 1986

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

4.08

70k+

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

The Hellbound Heart 92%

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

by Clive Barker 1986

4.08

70k+ ratings

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 91%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

The Children

by Melissa Albert

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

The Children 90%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

Slashtag

by Jon Cohn • 2023

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

4.26

1k+

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Slashtag 90%

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

by Jon Cohn 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 90%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

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 90%

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

Bone of My Bone

by Johanna van Veen • 2026

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

3.79

2k+

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Bone of My Bone 90%

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

by Johanna van Veen 2026

3.79

2k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

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 90%

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

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4.45

389

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Beyond the Phantom Glow 90%

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by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

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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

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The Shining 90%

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

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by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

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

3.66

1k+

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A Spell to Wake the Dead 90%

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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