🖤 Feminist Horror

Horror that channels women's rage, bodily autonomy, and systemic oppression into visceral, terrifying storytelling. The monsters here are often patriarchal structures made grotesquely, satisfyingly literal.

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

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

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2020

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

3.66

449k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine 💀 Colonial Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Mexican Gothic

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020

3.66

449k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine 💀 Colonial Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix • 2025

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

3.89

143k+

📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

by Grady Hendrix 2025

3.89

143k+ ratings

📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

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 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture 🦷 Body Horror

Dark Sisters

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 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture 🦷 Body Horror

Ecstasy

by Ivy Pochoda • 2025

A widow joins a feral cult at her Greek resort drinking a captive god's golden blood.

3.25

1k+

🏺 Mythic Retelling 🔥 Female Rage 🩸 Generational Trauma ⛓️ Captive Deity 💃 Ecstatic Rituals

Ecstasy

A widow joins a feral cult at her Greek resort drinking a captive god's golden blood.

by Ivy Pochoda 2025

3.25

1k+ ratings

🏺 Mythic Retelling 🔥 Female Rage 🩸 Generational Trauma ⛓️ Captive Deity 💃 Ecstatic Rituals

Goddess of Filth

by V. Castro • 2021

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

3.58

10k+

🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror 💀 Latinx Horror 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 🩸 Body Autonomy

Goddess of Filth

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

by V. Castro 2021

3.58

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror 💀 Latinx Horror 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 🩸 Body Autonomy

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

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

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

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

2k+

🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor 🤝 Female Solidarity

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor 🤝 Female Solidarity

Good Girls Don’t Die

by Christina Henry • 2023

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

3.46

10k+

🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage 🫙 Claustrophobic

Good Girls Don’t Die

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

by Christina Henry 2023

3.46

10k+ ratings

🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage 🫙 Claustrophobic

Delicate Condition

by Danielle Valentine • 2023

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

3.63

20k+

🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Delicate Condition

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

by Danielle Valentine 2023

3.63

20k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Eyes Are the Best Part

by Monika Kim • 2024

A Korean American student hungers for her mother's white boyfriend. Specifically, his blue eyes.

3.78

64k+

🔥 Female Rage 🍽️ Cannibal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 👭 Protective Sister

The Eyes Are the Best Part

A Korean American student hungers for her mother's white boyfriend. Specifically, his blue eyes.

by Monika Kim 2024

3.78

64k+ ratings

🔥 Female Rage 🍽️ Cannibal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 👭 Protective Sister

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James • 2020

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

3.99

195k+

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery

The Sun Down Motel

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

by Simone St. James 2020

3.99

195k+ ratings

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery

Molka

by Monika Kim

After her boyfriend's hidden cameras expose her, the police look away. She won't.

3.69

19k+

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔥 Female Rage 🔪 Revenge Fantasy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 💧 Ghostly Sister Bond

Molka

After her boyfriend's hidden cameras expose her, the police look away. She won't.

by Monika Kim 2026

3.69

19k+ ratings

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔥 Female Rage 🔪 Revenge Fantasy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 💧 Ghostly Sister Bond

She Made Herself a Monster

by Anna Kovatcheva • 2026

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

3.57

2k+

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

She Made Herself a Monster

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

by Anna Kovatcheva 2026

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.57

267

🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Repressive Matriarch

The Temptation of Charlotte North

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.57

267 ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Repressive Matriarch

Perfect Girl

by Tracy Banghart • 2024

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

3.42

1k+

🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator 🚪 Claustrophobic

Perfect Girl

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

by Tracy Banghart 2024

3.42

1k+ ratings

🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator 🚪 Claustrophobic

Hungerstone

by Kat Dunn • 2025

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

3.90

40k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 💍 Toxic Marriage 👹 Monstrous Woman

Hungerstone

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

by Kat Dunn 2025

3.90

40k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 💍 Toxic Marriage 👹 Monstrous Woman

Turn Off the Light

by Jacquie Walters • 2026

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

3.87

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 🏠 Haunted Family Home 👯 Estranged Sisters

Turn Off the Light

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

by Jacquie Walters 2026

3.87

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 🏠 Haunted Family Home 👯 Estranged Sisters

Her Body and Other Parties

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2017

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

3.80

109k+

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🧠 Trauma And The Body 👁️ Surreal Horror

Her Body and Other Parties

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2017

3.80

109k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🧠 Trauma And The Body 👁️ Surreal Horror

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