50 Books like The Third Parent

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 95%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

The Bug Collector

by Wrath James White • 2024

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

3.59

3k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🚫 Transgressive Fiction

The Bug Collector 95%

He collects diseases like others collect stamps, but one infection has come back for revenge.

by Wrath James White 2024

3.59

3k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦠 Body Horror 💢 Victim Turned Avenger ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🚫 Transgressive Fiction

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 95%

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

Woom

by Duncan Ralston • 2016

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

3.23

38k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction 🔗 Cycle Of Trauma 🏨 Roadside Motel

Woom 95%

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

by Duncan Ralston 2016

3.23

38k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction 🔗 Cycle Of Trauma 🏨 Roadside Motel

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 94%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Zola

by D.E. McCluskey • 2021

Her husband sold their son to the men at the bar. She has a bread knife.

3.32

3k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Domestic Horror 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

Zola 94%

Her husband sold their son to the men at the bar. She has a bread knife.

by D.E. McCluskey 2021

3.32

3k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Domestic Horror 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

The Slob

by Aron Beauregard • 2019

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

3.32

13k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

The Slob 94%

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

by Aron Beauregard 2019

3.32

13k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet • 2022

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

2.71

16k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

No One Rides For Free 94%

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

by Judith Sonnet 2022

2.71

16k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

Painter's Obsession

by Luna K. Wicked • 2025

A serial killer reclaims his victim, pulling him underground where the only mercy is a scalpel.

4.29

2k+

🩸 Erotic Horror ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🖤 Toxic Obsession 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Mutual Destruction

Painter's Obsession 93%

A serial killer reclaims his victim, pulling him underground where the only mercy is a scalpel.

by Luna K. Wicked 2025

4.29

2k+ ratings

🩸 Erotic Horror ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 🖤 Toxic Obsession 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Mutual Destruction

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 93%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum • 1989

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

3.91

58k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

The Girl Next Door 93%

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

by Jack Ketchum 1989

3.91

58k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Near the Bone 93%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Legacy

by Nick Roberts • 2025

A murdered psychologist. His name in her blood. The childhood predator he escaped is back.

4.37

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👶 Childhood Trauma 🫂 Addiction Recovery 🔁 Cycles Of Abuse

Legacy 93%

A murdered psychologist. His name in her blood. The childhood predator he escaped is back.

by Nick Roberts 2025

4.37

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👶 Childhood Trauma 🫂 Addiction Recovery 🔁 Cycles Of Abuse

Swartval

by Martin Steyn • 2016

A stripper is taken to a cellar, where her kidnapper's mother is the one to fear.

4.29

135

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Survival 👁️ Stalker Obsession 🔪 Family Of Killers 😱 Claustrophobic Dread

Swartval 93%

A stripper is taken to a cellar, where her kidnapper's mother is the one to fear.

by Martin Steyn 2016

4.29

135 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Survival 👁️ Stalker Obsession 🔪 Family Of Killers 😱 Claustrophobic Dread

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Olivia 93%

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Nobody Knows You're Here

by Bryn Greenwood • 2025

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

4.02

31k+

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Nobody Knows You're Here 93%

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

by Bryn Greenwood 2025

4.02

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Cows

by Matthew Stokoe • 1998

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

2.68

15k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

Cows 92%

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

by Matthew Stokoe 1998

2.68

15k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison • 2016

A girl recounts the greenhouse where a collector kept women as butterflies, backs inked with wings.

4.09

294k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔪 Serial Predator 👥 Found Family 🕵️ FBI Investigation

The Butterfly Garden 92%

A girl recounts the greenhouse where a collector kept women as butterflies, backs inked with wings.

by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔪 Serial Predator 👥 Found Family 🕵️ FBI Investigation

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 92%

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

The Outsider

by Stephen King • 2018

Forensic proof: a coach killed a boy. Video proof: he was miles away. Both are undeniable.

4.01

387k+

🔪 Supernatural Crime 👤 Shape-Shifter Horror ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔍 Procedural Dread 🏘️ Small Town Horror

The Outsider 92%

Forensic proof: a coach killed a boy. Video proof: he was miles away. Both are undeniable.

by Stephen King 2018

4.01

387k+ ratings

🔪 Supernatural Crime 👤 Shape-Shifter Horror ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔍 Procedural Dread 🏘️ Small Town Horror

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 92%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Final Scene

by Steph Nelson • 2024

Collared inside a remote cabin, a journalist must perform a stranger's childhood to survive.

3.75

25k+

🔒 Captivity Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Trauma Bond 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🎭 Forced To Perform

The Final Scene 92%

Collared inside a remote cabin, a journalist must perform a stranger's childhood to survive.

by Steph Nelson 2024

3.75

25k+ ratings

🔒 Captivity Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Trauma Bond 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🎭 Forced To Perform

I Am Behind You

by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

3.36

5k+

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

I Am Behind You 92%

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014

3.36

5k+ ratings

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

Suffer the Children

by Craig DiLouie • 2014

All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.

3.98

12k+

🖤 Parental Horror 🧒 Undead Children 💔 Parental Desperation 🌑 Bleak Horror 🏠 Suburban Nightmare

Suffer the Children 92%

All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.

by Craig DiLouie 2014

3.98

12k+ ratings

🖤 Parental Horror 🧒 Undead Children 💔 Parental Desperation 🌑 Bleak Horror 🏠 Suburban Nightmare

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

by J.P. Behrens • 2022

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

3.80

856

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Portrait of a Nuclear Family 92%

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

by J.P. Behrens 2022

3.80

856 ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

The Last Thing to Burn

by Will Dean • 2021

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

3.96

30k+

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival 👭 Women Helping Women 🔗 Captor And Captive

The Last Thing to Burn 92%

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

by Will Dean 2021

3.96

30k+ ratings

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival 👭 Women Helping Women 🔗 Captor And Captive

Wings of a Butterfly

by Ayden Perry • 2022

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

3.39

419

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity

Wings of a Butterfly 92%

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

by Ayden Perry 2022

3.39

419 ratings

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity

Dark Is When the Devil Comes

by Daisy Pearce • 2026

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

3.69

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

Dark Is When the Devil Comes 92%

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

by Daisy Pearce 2026

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

The Quiet Tenant

by Clémence Michallon • 2023

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

3.81

150k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Quiet Tenant 92%

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

by Clémence Michallon 2023

3.81

150k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen 92%

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

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 92%

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

El brillo de las luciérnagas

by Paul Pen • 2013

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

3.72

46k+

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

El brillo de las luciérnagas 92%

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

by Paul Pen 2013

3.72

46k+ ratings

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

Full Brutal

by Kristopher Triana • 2018

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

3.93

4k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

Full Brutal 92%

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

by Kristopher Triana 2018

3.93

4k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

Red Dragon

by Thomas Harris • 2000

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

4.07

380k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

Red Dragon 92%

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

by Thomas Harris 2000

4.07

380k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

Intercepts

by T.J. Payne • 2019

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

4.09

40k+

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

Intercepts 92%

His secret prisoners are senseless, psychic, and screaming. His teenage daughter can hear them now.

by T.J. Payne 2019

4.09

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Horror 👻 Psychic Haunting 🩸 Body Horror 🛡️ Parental Sacrifice ⛏️ Underground Facility

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess Summary

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess 92%

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021

3.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban 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

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 92%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 91%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Misery

by Stephen King • 1992

A writer, captive in his superfan's farmhouse, must resurrect the heroine he just killed off.

4.22

843k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Captivity Thriller 😍 Obsessed Fan ✍️ Author Vs Fan 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Misery 91%

A writer, captive in his superfan's farmhouse, must resurrect the heroine he just killed off.

by Stephen King 1992

4.22

843k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Captivity Thriller 😍 Obsessed Fan ✍️ Author Vs Fan 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Pretty Lost Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2016

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

4.38

5k+

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

Pretty Lost Dolls 91%

A detective snatched back by her childhood tormentor must save the sister he corrupted.

by Ker Dukey 2016

4.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive 🕸️ Twisted Obsession 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 🥀 Fractured Sisterhood 🔁 Cycle Of Abuse

The Hive

by Ronald Malfi • 2026

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

3.72

538

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Hive 91%

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

by Ronald Malfi 2026

3.72

538 ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Perfect Child

by Lucinda Berry • 2019

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

4.01

224k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

The Perfect Child 91%

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

by Lucinda Berry 2019

4.01

224k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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