50 Books like Evil Genius

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

190k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group 92%

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021

3.50

190k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Itch!

by Gemma Amor • 2025

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

3.71

3k+

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

Itch! 92%

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

by Gemma Amor 2025

3.71

3k+ ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer • 2024

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

3.59

305k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

We Used to Live Here 91%

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

by Marcus Kliewer 2024

3.59

305k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

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+

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Good Girls Don’t Die 91%

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

by Christina Henry 2023

3.46

10k+ ratings

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 91%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Bright Young Women

by Jessica Knoll • 2023

Two women connected by the same killer hunt a predator the justice system let walk.

3.98

230k+

🖤 Feminist Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💔 Survivor's Guilt ⚖️ Women Seeking Justice

Bright Young Women 91%

Two women connected by the same killer hunt a predator the justice system let walk.

by Jessica Knoll 2023

3.98

230k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💔 Survivor's Guilt ⚖️ Women Seeking Justice

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

Boy Parts

by Eliza Clark • 2020

She photographs men at their most vulnerable. A gallery show sends her control spiraling.

3.71

85k+

🔥 Transgressive Fiction 🧠 Psychological Horror 👩‍🎤 Female Antihero 😈 Darkly Comic 📷 Artist Protagonist

Boy Parts 91%

She photographs men at their most vulnerable. A gallery show sends her control spiraling.

by Eliza Clark 2020

3.71

85k+ ratings

🔥 Transgressive Fiction 🧠 Psychological Horror 👩‍🎤 Female Antihero 😈 Darkly Comic 📷 Artist Protagonist

Murder Bimbo

by Rebecca Novack • 2026

A queer sex worker is hired to kill a far-right demagogue, never told she's disposable.

3.24

5k+

✉️ Epistolary Thriller 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Feminist Revenge 🌈 Queer Antihero

Murder Bimbo 91%

A queer sex worker is hired to kill a far-right demagogue, never told she's disposable.

by Rebecca Novack 2026

3.24

5k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Thriller 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Feminist Revenge 🌈 Queer Antihero

The Girls

by Emma Cline • 2016

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

3.51

245k+

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

The Girls 91%

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

by Emma Cline 2016

3.51

245k+ ratings

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

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 91%

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

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

A Certain Hunger 91%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

Olor a hormiga

by Júlia Peró • 2024

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Age Gap Relationship

Olor a hormiga 91%

An elderly recluse, her talking cat, and the young caregiver who proves desire outlives dignity.

by Júlia Peró 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🐱 Talking Cat 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Age Gap Relationship

Beautiful Ugly

by Alice Feeney • 2025

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

3.61

451k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

Beautiful Ugly 91%

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

by Alice Feeney 2025

3.61

451k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

The Unworthy

by Agustina Bazterrica • 2023

In a brutal convent, forbidden love for a fire-walking stranger becomes one woman's only hope.

3.60

52k+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🏚️ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love ✍️ Writing As Resistance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Unworthy 91%

In a brutal convent, forbidden love for a fire-walking stranger becomes one woman's only hope.

by Agustina Bazterrica 2023

3.60

52k+ ratings

🕯️ Religious Horror 🏚️ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love ✍️ Writing As Resistance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Mad Wife

by Meagan Church • 2025

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

3.86

148k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

The Mad Wife 91%

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

by Meagan Church 2025

3.86

148k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

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+

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Our Wives Under the Sea 91%

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

by Julia Armfield 2022

3.68

134k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Mirror House Girls

by Faith Gardner • 2025

Grieving and alone, she joins a communal house where therapy demands total devotion.

3.92

25k+

🔪 Cult Thriller 🖤 Found Family Gone Wrong 👁️ Manipulative Guru 💕 Sapphic Romance 🌑 Mounting Dread

The Mirror House Girls 91%

Grieving and alone, she joins a communal house where therapy demands total devotion.

by Faith Gardner 2025

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔪 Cult Thriller 🖤 Found Family Gone Wrong 👁️ Manipulative Guru 💕 Sapphic Romance 🌑 Mounting Dread

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+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment 91%

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

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

The Knockout Queen

by Rufi Thorpe • 2020

Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.

3.74

16k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 💄 Drag Culture 💔 Tragic Friendship

The Knockout Queen 91%

Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.

by Rufi Thorpe 2020

3.74

16k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 💄 Drag Culture 💔 Tragic Friendship

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns 91%

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

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 91%

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

Westward Women

by Alice Martin • 2026

A compulsion drives women west; after her friend vanishes, she follows a bus into the unknown.

3.52

1k+

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🕵️ Missing Women 🎭 Sinister Collector 🚌 Road Trip Horror 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Westward Women 91%

A compulsion drives women west; after her friend vanishes, she follows a bus into the unknown.

by Alice Martin 2026

3.52

1k+ ratings

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🕵️ Missing Women 🎭 Sinister Collector 🚌 Road Trip Horror 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 91%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Sister, Butcher, Sister

by K.D. Aldyn • 2025

Three sisters return to their grandfather's house while a killer's spree unearths buried secrets.

3.41

2k+

🩸 Female Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 👭 Complicated Sisters ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Sister, Butcher, Sister 91%

Three sisters return to their grandfather's house while a killer's spree unearths buried secrets.

by K.D. Aldyn 2025

3.41

2k+ ratings

🩸 Female Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 👭 Complicated Sisters ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose • 2025

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 91%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First 91%

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 91%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

The Shards

by Bret Easton Ellis • 2023

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

4.00

45k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚪 Closeted Narrator ✨ Beautiful Stranger Arrives

The Shards 91%

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023

4.00

45k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🚪 Closeted Narrator ✨ Beautiful Stranger Arrives

The Drowning Girl

by Caitlín R. Kiernan • 2012

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

3.70

6k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🎨 Art As Obsession

The Drowning Girl 91%

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

by Caitlín R. Kiernan 2012

3.70

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🎨 Art As Obsession

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

3.71

6k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 91%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown 91%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

We Call Them Witches

by India-Rose Bower • 2026

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

3.37

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

We Call Them Witches 91%

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

by India-Rose Bower 2026

3.37

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

by Elizabeth Arnott • 2026

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

3.54

18k+

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives Summary

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives 91%

Once married to murderers, three women in 1960s California pursue a new killer the police dismiss.

by Elizabeth Arnott 2026

3.54

18k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Crime Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Criminal Profiling 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Morsel

by Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.58

2k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel 90%

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

by Carter Keane 2026

3.58

2k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome 90%

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

Before We Were Innocent

by Ella Berman • 2023

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

3.40

88k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

Before We Were Innocent 90%

Ten years after covering up a friend's death, Bess's accomplice returns needing another alibi.

by Ella Berman 2023

3.40

88k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕊️ Survivor's Guilt

Shy Girl

by Mia Ballard • 2025

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

3.82

3k+

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

Shy Girl 90%

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

by Mia Ballard 2025

3.82

3k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 90%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Final Girls

by Riley Sager • 2017

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

3.82

268k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

Final Girls 90%

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

by Riley Sager 2017

3.82

268k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

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

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+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones 90%

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Jawbone

by Mónica Ojeda • 2022

A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

3.66

16k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖥️ Creepypasta Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💋 Sapphic Obsession 👩‍👧 Maternal Horror

Jawbone 90%

A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

by Mónica Ojeda 2022

3.66

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖥️ Creepypasta Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💋 Sapphic Obsession 👩‍👧 Maternal 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 90%

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

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

3.41

76k+

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat 90%

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023

3.41

76k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison • 2025

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

3.87

63k+

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3.87

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Insomnia 90%

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by Sarah Pinborough 2022

3.69

36k+ ratings

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3.37

8k+

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Whidbey 90%

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by T Kira Madden 2026

3.37

8k+ ratings

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3.68

3k+

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Finding Mrs. Ford 90%

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3.68

3k+ ratings

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4.40

1k+

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Some Strange Music Draws Me In 90%

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4.40

1k+ ratings

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