Confinement Horror Books | Summaries & Audio

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You 90%

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

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

5150, rue des Ormes

by Patrick Senécal • 1994

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

4.08

7k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

5150, rue des Ormes 90%

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

by Patrick Senécal 1994

4.08

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

The Third Parent

by Elias Witherow • 2017

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

3.88

1k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Third Parent 90%

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

by Elias Witherow 2017

3.88

1k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

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 89%

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

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One 89%

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Apartment Across the Hall

by Jack Dane • 2025

In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.

3.55

13k+

🧩 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Villain 👁️ Suspicious Neighbor 🔗 Captivity

The Apartment Across the Hall 89%

In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.

by Jack Dane 2025

3.55

13k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Villain 👁️ Suspicious Neighbor 🔗 Captivity

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

SickER Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

3.81

924

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

SickER Bastards 89%

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.81

924 ratings

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story 89%

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 89%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

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 89%

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 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 88%

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 Service

by Krista Turner Clark • 2026

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

3.78

1k+

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult 💀 Bleak Ending 🔗 Captivity Horror

No Service 88%

A couple's backwoods camping trip turns deadly when four strangers invite them to a bonfire.

by Krista Turner Clark 2026

3.78

1k+ ratings

🪓 Backwoods Horror 🖤 Erotic Horror 🍖 Cannibal Cult 💀 Bleak Ending 🔗 Captivity Horror

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 88%

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

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman • 2014

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

4.05

213k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Bird Box 88%

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

by Josh Malerman 2014

4.05

213k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Cold Skin

by Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

10k+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

Cold Skin 88%

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007

3.66

10k+ ratings

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

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 88%

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

William

by Mason Coile • 2024

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 88%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

Such Quiet Girls

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2025

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

3.86

112k+

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

Such Quiet Girls 88%

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025

3.86

112k+ ratings

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix • 2014

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

3.65

129k+

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Horrorstör 88%

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

by Grady Hendrix 2014

3.65

129k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

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 88%

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 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 88%

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

Her Last Breath

by Taylor Adams • 2026

Two best friends descend into a remote cave where a masked stranger is already waiting.

4.15

30k+

🕳️ Cave Horror 🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 📦 Claustrophobic 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Her Last Breath 88%

Two best friends descend into a remote cave where a masked stranger is already waiting.

by Taylor Adams 2026

4.15

30k+ ratings

🕳️ Cave Horror 🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 📦 Claustrophobic 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

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 88%

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

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

51k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary 88%

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997

4.04

51k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Skeleton Crew

by Stephen King • 1985

A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.

3.97

139k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🏪 Trapped Survivors 🔪 Creature Feature ⚰️ Supernatural Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Skeleton Crew 88%

A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.

by Stephen King 1985

3.97

139k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🏪 Trapped Survivors 🔪 Creature Feature ⚰️ Supernatural Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 88%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 88%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic 88%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Inspection

by Josh Malerman • 2019

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

3.48

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Inspection 88%

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

by Josh Malerman 2019

3.48

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

The Dead House

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2015

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

3.67

8k+

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Dead House 88%

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015

3.67

8k+ ratings

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

Desperation

by Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

154k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Desperation 88%

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

by Stephen King 1996

3.86

154k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Nightwatching

by Tracy Sierra • 2024

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

3.79

48k+

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Nightwatching 88%

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

by Tracy Sierra 2024

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

by Philip Fracassi • 2025

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

4.00

8k+

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre Summary

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre 88%

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

by Philip Fracassi 2025

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

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 88%

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

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 88%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Alien

by Tim Lebbon • 2014

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

3.82

13k+

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

Alien 88%

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

by Tim Lebbon 2014

3.82

13k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

The Sentinel

by Jeffrey Konvitz • 1974

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

3.83

8k+

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 😈 Demonic Neighbors 🕯️ Church Conspiracy

The Sentinel 88%

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974

3.83

8k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 😈 Demonic Neighbors 🕯️ Church Conspiracy

The Anomaly

by Michael Rutger • 2018

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

3.77

13k+

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

The Anomaly 88%

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

by Michael Rutger 2018

3.77

13k+ ratings

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The Butterfly Garden 88%

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by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

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Slashtag 88%

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4.26

1k+ ratings

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

4.02

31k+

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Nobody Knows You're Here 88%

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

by Bryn Greenwood 2025

4.02

31k+ ratings

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