Ontological Horror Books | Summaries & Audio

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

A Short Stay in Hell 90%

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

Cyclonopedia

by Reza Negarestani • 2008

Beneath her hotel bed: a manuscript revealing the Middle East is alive, oil its demonic pulse.

3.86

1k+

🔮 Theory Fiction 🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Found Manuscript 🏜️ Sentient Landscape 🗺️ Occult Geopolitics

Cyclonopedia 90%

Beneath her hotel bed: a manuscript revealing the Middle East is alive, oil its demonic pulse.

by Reza Negarestani 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🔮 Theory Fiction 🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Found Manuscript 🏜️ Sentient Landscape 🗺️ Occult Geopolitics

Authority

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014

A spy assumes command of a secret agency already hollowed out by the alien zone outside.

3.55

108k+

📎 Bureaucratic Horror 😰 Slow-Burn Dread 👥 Doppelganger 🩸 Body Horror 🛐 Eldritch Horror

Authority 90%

A spy assumes command of a secret agency already hollowed out by the alien zone outside.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2014

3.55

108k+ ratings

📎 Bureaucratic Horror 😰 Slow-Burn Dread 👥 Doppelganger 🩸 Body Horror 🛐 Eldritch Horror

Phyl-Undhu

by Nick Land • 2014

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

3.56

284

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

Phyl-Undhu 90%

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

by Nick Land 2014

3.56

284 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

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 89%

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

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti • 2011

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

4.01

10k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 89%

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

by Thomas Ligotti 2011

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

In the Dust of This Planet

by Eugene Thacker • 2011

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

3.68

3k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism ⛪ Negative Theology 🦴 Extinction Theory

In the Dust of This Planet 89%

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

by Eugene Thacker 2011

3.68

3k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism ⛪ Negative Theology 🦴 Extinction Theory

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson • 1969

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

3.92

748

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The Philosopher's Stone 89%

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.92

748 ratings

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

206k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

I'm Thinking of Ending Things 89%

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016

3.50

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm • 2020

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

4.10

29k+

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

There Is No Antimemetics Division Summary

There Is No Antimemetics Division 89%

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

by qntm 2020

4.10

29k+ ratings

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Mind Parasites 89%

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

From the Godless Abyss

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

4.54

224

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

From the Godless Abyss 88%

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.54

224 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Lucky Day

by Chuck Tingle • 2025

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

3.80

13k+

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

Lucky Day 88%

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

by Chuck Tingle 2025

3.80

13k+ ratings

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

Why Does the World Exist?

by Jim Holt • 2011

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

3.81

7k+

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

Why Does the World Exist? 88%

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

by Jim Holt 2011

3.81

7k+ ratings

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

The Vile Thing We Created

by Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

760

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created 88%

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

by Robert P. Ottone 2023

3.56

760 ratings

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

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 88%

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

Last Days

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2012

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 88%

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

What the Hell Did I Just Read

by David Wong • 2017

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

4.18

18k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

What the Hell Did I Just Read 88%

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

by David Wong 2017

4.18

18k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

Into the Dread Void

by Abe Moss • 2021

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

Into the Dread Void 88%

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

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

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Absolution 88%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film 88%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

The Deep

by Nick Cutter • 2015

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

3.41

43k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities

The Deep 88%

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill • 2019

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

3.73

11k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

A Cosmology of Monsters 88%

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

The Midnight Knock

by John Fram • 2025

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

3.34

2k+

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Midnight Knock 88%

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

by John Fram 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

19k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star 88%

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020

3.96

19k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

This Wretched Valley

by Jenny Kiefer • 2024

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

3.25

13k+

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

This Wretched Valley 88%

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

by Jenny Kiefer 2024

3.25

13k+ ratings

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling • 2023

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

3.52

3k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

Last to Leave the Room 88%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

It Sleeps Below

by William F. Gray • 2026

Something ancient beneath a lake knows her name. It took her partner. Now it wants her.

3.82

157

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🕯️ Grief As Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

It Sleeps Below 88%

Something ancient beneath a lake knows her name. It took her partner. Now it wants her.

by William F. Gray 2026

3.82

157 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🕯️ Grief As Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

John Dies at the End 88%

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

Welcome to Night Vale 88%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name 88%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Library at Mount Char 88%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

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

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 88%

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 Gone World

by Tom Sweterlitsch • 2018

A murdered family. A missing child. An agent who visits futures where humanity is always dead.

3.91

30k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕵️‍♀️ Sci-Fi Noir 🔁 Time Loop 👥 Parallel Lives ❓ Unsolvable Mystery

The Gone World 88%

A murdered family. A missing child. An agent who visits futures where humanity is always dead.

by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018

3.91

30k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕵️‍♀️ Sci-Fi Noir 🔁 Time Loop 👥 Parallel Lives ❓ Unsolvable Mystery

The Beast You Are

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are 88%

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.33

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

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 88%

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

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

Horror Movie

by Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52k+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie 88%

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

by Paul Tremblay 2024

3.25

52k+ ratings

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 88%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

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 88%

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

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

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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+

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The Last Days of Jack Sparks 88%

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

Metaphysics

by Michael J. Loux • 1997

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

3.93

354

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Metaphysics 88%

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

by Michael J. Loux 1997

3.93

354 ratings

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy 🌍 Modal Realism 🔢 Abstract Objects

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

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

3.54

4k+

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Sick Bastards 88%

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

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

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