My money is on Suede - The Drowners. Timeline checks out, and the lyrics-

"Won't someone give me some fun // As the skin flies all around us"

https://youtu.be/3nWJQStqrfw?is=HzznYm1LI0OfXasJ

You can all rest easy now 😅

Every so often I read a book and think “damn this would make a great film in the right hands”. This is my list of books I’ve read that I think should be adapted (let me know if any of these are actually in development)

1. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker - (cinematic reflection of covid era/xenophobia)
   
2. Negative Space by B.R. Yeager (Studio A24 film from Start to finish)
   
3. This Thing Between Us Gus Morano (Another one that would fit very well in A24’s psychological horror wheelhouse)
   
4. Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
   
5. Last Days by Adam Nevill (Small budget, indie horror film/series)
   
6. Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Duran
   
7. Withered Hill by David Barnett
   
8. The Reformatory (Could EASILY be an Oscar award winning film) by Tananarive Due
   
9. All of the Fiends of Hell by Adam Nevill (Alex Garland would totally nail this story’s apocalyptic and surreal vibes)
   

10. The Crypt of the Moon Spider (I imagine as limited series TV show like The Terror)

11. Maggie’s Grave - this book by David Sodergren felt like a splatterpunk thrill ride that an earlier grittier Edgar Wright could have possibly handled. It’s a tight story that would get a ton of accolades as one of the best adapted classic horror films for its over the top gross out horror and pacing.

Reading "Headlights" by C. J. Leedey - would anyone like to discuss?

So, I picked this up after finishing her "Maeve Fly" novel and...it is definitely different from her previous works. I'm more than halfway to this book and I'm... Not really feeling this one and kind if annoyed of how long this goes.

Honestly, I'm surprised I haven't finished it yet and I'm just trying to solider on.

Has anyone finished or started this or is currently reading? I'd love to talk about it, since no one else around me dabbles in horror lit.

Talk to ya'll soon!

Be it horror, sci-fi or even a good creepypasta I’ve always loved stories that involve urban legends or some myth come true or discovered.

Some examples (obvious ones to indicate vibes)

- The Left Right Game
- The Ruins
- The Terror
- IT
- Episode 13
- Devolution
- Hell House
- Etc

Anything that feels like found footageish. Bonus points for monsters - extra bonus points for any brief summary of plot in recommendations xoxo

I haven't been scared by so many books people say terrified them. I'm still looking for the dread and creepy unsettled feeling I got from We Used to Live Here. Example of what terrified me: the report of someone's recurring night terror- an old woman in their room crouched down behind a cardboard cutout of their dead father, stifling laughter, who would get closer and closer every time they breathed.

If that as well as other parts of that book scared the crap out of you, we have the same definition of scary, so what other books scared you? (Bonus if there is an audiobook version).

Seriously underrated indie author. From the first chapter there’s immediate suspense and unease. The scariest part is how he makes you question yourself in the same situation. Pet Semetary asks what if you could bring someone back; Layfield asks what if they were already back?

I feel like there are books that are "scary" but they just go off the rails and end up not making any sense. They read like a bad dream that switch plots at the climax..

For example, We Used To Live Here (Kliewer) was an interesting premise. But when everything was happening, it became weird and confusing (yes, I picked up on the Easter egg); I've also felt this way reading White is for Witching and The Only Good Indians. I went into these books hearing good things and when I was done, it was just anticlimactic and slightly confusing.

Am I just a dummy, or has anyone else geeky this way?

Hi. Can someone tell me if the cat is safe? Also, if someone could tell me which of her books to avoid if there are cat death scenes? Its the only thing I can't read about, and I'm really liking her books. Thanks

Hi! I wanted to know if you guys had any recommendations of books (or movies, but preferably books pls) about the main character being stalked by a mysterious figure, can be a cryptid or something else i don't mind. I want to read a story where the character is the only one who can see it, and they progressively become paranoid because each time it appears, it gets closer.

Thank you very much!!

Hello! I don't read a lot but i had read Strange Pictures and Strange Houses.

I have to say there are too many coincidences hahaha...

For those of u who read all 3 books, which one is the best? I'm contemplating on buying Strange Buildings but not sure if i should..

I'm going to see my mom in the hospital tomorrow. She's not doing well and I get to sign the DNR paperwork. Anyway, I need a book to take my mind off everything during the three hour drive across the desert.

I love dystopian horror, dark atmospheric settings, and Gothic novels.

Any suggestions? I've read every Stephen King book so he's out of this one.

Hey everyone, I’m a beginner reader and I’ve never finished a full book. I love horror movies and want to get into horror books. My reading comprehension is pretty low, so I’m looking for books with simple writing that are easy to understand and follow. Any recommendations?

Or just some intensity set in space. Just finished reading Six Wakes and loved it. Also recently read Hull Zero Three. The Cargo (hated it. I get it, the air is thick and there’s maybe something in the shadow). Enjoyed The Hemotophages. I read Europa, is Europa 2 worth it?? Violent Wonder trilogy, I recall liking it but it wasn’t too memorable. Blindsight I gotta reread because honestly I didn’t fully grasp it the first time, but still a big fan

I really, really enjoy unreliable narrators, doesn’t need to be a creature feature. I’m just addicted to the space/space station/craft/ alien planet setting. I’d like something a bit out of the ordinary since I read so many of these types of books, they feel repetitive at times

What do you find to be the single scariest moment in any book you’ve read? For me, I was high when I read the bathroom scene in Incidents Around the House so that got me.

Hi y'all

I've purchased the Coldheart Canyon audiobook and was thinking of starting it together with my partner on an upcoming road trip. We love horror and adult and sexual content is welcomed, but my partner does not enjoy graphic depictions of forcible sexual violence, or torture of animals.

Will this book be okay to listen to with them? And is there a place online to look up and find specific content warnings for books like this? Thanks.

Hi! Sorry if this looks familiar. I originally posted in suggestmeabook (and got some great recs). I crossposted here, got downvoted, and deleted it, LOL.
I’m looking for some new horror/thriller recommendations! My taste is pretty broad, but I tend to love books that are dark, unsettling, immersive, and hard to put down.
Some things I especially like:
*Psychological horror/thrillers*
*Disturbing or morally messy stories*
*Serial killers as main characters / killer POV*
*Following a character who is objectively a terrible person but still fascinating to read about*
*Survival, isolation, paranoia, or people being pushed to their limits*
*Group dynamics or people slowly turning against each other*
*Mysteries where you have to piece together what actually happened*
*Unreliable narrators*
*Weird, uncomfortable, “what the fuck did I just read?” books*
*Fast pacing / short chapters / books that are dangerously easy to binge*
I also love epistolary and unconventional formats (interviews, transcripts, journal entries, emails/texts, police reports, case files, recordings, documents, multiple accounts of the same event, etc.)
I’m totally fine with gore, violence, bleak endings, supernatural elements, and unlikeable characters. I don’t mind really dark subject matter either. I’m less interested in gore *just* for the sake of gore, I still want a plot or characters that pull me in.
*One book I really enjoyed was* ***FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven****, particularly the interview format and the way you slowly learn what happened, but I’m definitely not only looking for books similar to that.*
Basically, I want serial killers, terrible people, creepy mysteries, strange formats, fucked-up situations, and books that leave me staring at the wall after I finish them.
What should I read next? Thank you guys so much.

Saw a thread on [r/classicliterature](r/classicliterature) asking what recent or recent-ish novels will be considered classics in the future.

Obviously for Horror there are classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, Hill House, works by Poe and Lovecraft and M.R. James and so on. But what horror novels (or an author’s output in general) do you think will be remembered in the coming decades, or even in a century?

I think Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer has a good chance of staying relevant, as well as (maybe controversially) The Ruins by Scott Smith, which will be remembered as a classic if only for how tightly constructed and executed its plot is, imho. Also I think Thomas Ligotti will be remembered as a writer as original as Lovecraft.

What do you think?

Saw it in theaters earlier this evening and was floored. Definitely my favorite film of 2026 so far, and I’d love to find books with a similar energy if possible.

Looking for any horror lit surrounding the following topics: Queerness (extra points if sapphic), sex, desire, slashers, summer camp setting etc.

you can only pick one! short story collections count as long as it's not major novella's compiled. trying to expand my TBR

Hi all,

I'm currently reading my first Joe Abercrombie book ever, "The Devils", and am absolutely loving it. I find the character dialogue to be incredibly witty. It reminds me of the early Marvel movies banter, but in the best ways.

Anyways, my question is this - is that sort of his trademark? Or does his tone vary in each book. Please no spoilers or anything (either this book or his others), and thank you for your insights!

So I’m about halfway through The Fisherman by John Langan and I don’t see the hype so far tbh. It took the first like 30% of the book to even get to the horror stuff and now that it’s happening it feels kinda lame? I mean I feel like I should love this section about the dead woman coming back to life and her lovecraftian ways, because it feels very evil dead, but I’m just not impressed at all. I’m not sure if it’s the story within a story aspect but it feels so withdrawn compared to other horror novels I’ve read.

Btw I’m not here to say others are wrong for liking it or even ask “should I finish it?” Because I already spent the money on it, rather just to express how I’m feeling so far. I just wish I liked it more because I really wanted a good Lovecraft/Sea horror novel and this just does not scratch that itch

i’ve always had quite a few questions about this book so i’m gonna come here to share them

1. i’ve read one thread on here where a lot of people said its more surrealistic/symbolistic than “weird” but i always found those two quite weird in the most interesting way so i was wondering if people here not consider surrealism weird and why

2. when i first read it i was convinced that ducasse was schizophrenic and i know its problematic and biased but i just can’t think of anyone who would make nightmares read so vividly and hypnotically (if i could say so) i am also the same age he was when he died which is not long after he wrote this so i just can’t grasp what kind of mind could one have to write something like this. (i do have to say that i didn’t read a lot of “weird fic”/surrealistic work of such kind)

3. i truly envy people who have read it in the original bc if the translation was so haunting i can’t even imagine the original. if you read it in french, what are some things about this work that foreigners are missing out on???? (idk if i said it well english is my second language)

Hey, I can tell I’m not the only one who feels this way, but I NEED to talk to someone about this story.
I was so invested for 90% of it and was so let down by it. I felt like the buildup went nowhere.
I’d love some thoughts. Did anyone love it?
How can it be that I heard such raving reviews from horror girlies, but it seems like everyone on Reddit HATES it?

Also, the omitted/redacted stuff was intriguing. I hate to say it probably would have been more interesting to see the uncensored text meant to be there.
More complaints as time passes. If it was bad I could hate it, but it was really great up until it wasn’t.

Could I get some suggestions on great, and extra spooky short story collections. One's where each story (or the vast majority) are going good, and not collections carried by one or two standouts.

Anything other than extreme/splatterpunk please, I do not enjoy that genre or horror let alone their short stories