Halloween Horror

Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but while Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola were making their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film - aggressive, raw, and utterly original. Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, New York Times critic Jason Zinoman's Shock Value delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age.

"An eerie and virtuosic debut" (Helen Phillips, author of The Need) about a paranormal investigations TV show that loses control of its subject as they investigate a haunted house Eve is a frustrated young artist and the owner of what she believes is a haunted house. Sandra is an overworked...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A sleepover at an amusement park turns into a night of terror in this scary middle school read from the New York Times bestselling author of Mine and Camp Scare. Tonight is Brie’s chance to finally be accepted by the Ems—the most popular girls at school. If she can...

A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next. Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it’s more like a prison. Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother’s honeymoon...

The trap has been set. What terror awaits those who stumble across it? "The Cabin" by Brian Evenson is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-first horror anthology, featuring a wide...

Doc Ford wrestles more than one kind of demon, in the stunning novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. Many dangers lurk in the deep-the worst of them are human. Thirty minutes into what should have been an easy, beginner-level dive in a remote Florida lake, the rim of a cave collapses...

The mysteries grow deeper and the secrets darker in the second volume of the New York Times bestselling Books of Elsewhere series—perfect for fans of Small Spaces, Coraline, and James Howe's Bunnicula classics. With no way into the McMartin house's magical paintings and its three guardian cats...

"This splendid story collection is a sword through the heart."--Ben Fountain From the O. Henry Prize-winning author comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and brutal exploration of lives fragmented by the Pacific side of World War II. Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in...

A 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel! In a Florida tourist trap, a summer acting job turns into a real-life horror show when a cast member turns up dead—then disappears. This nail-biting story is perfect for fans of Fear Street and the Scream franchise. Dave is spending his...

Yellowjackets meets Smile in this atmospheric sapphic horror debut, in which a group of troubled girls are stalked through the Appalachian wilderness by a frightening monster that feeds on their deepest fears. Penny's abusive father is dead…but she still hears his voice in her head...

Everyone in the rural town of Ashling knows the tale of Veronica Green, a teen who was murdered in the woods. But did a party trick bring her back to claim her revenge? A fast-paced, suspenseful YA horror from the author of Summer's Edge and People Like Us. There is no one Hazel trusts less than...

Questa raccolta di dieci racconti fantastici, caratterizzati dal gusto per il soprannaturale, il mistico e il macabro, rievocano atmosfere vicine alle narrazioni di Edgar Allan Poe. Chambers ha lasciato il segno nella letteratura horror del Novecento e in particolare nel maestro del mistero e del terrore H.P. Lovecraft, che ha affermato: "Quest'opera raggiunge vertici straordinari di paura cosmica". Giustamente famosi sono i racconti che hanno come filo conduttore "Il Re Giallo", una fantomatica tragedia che induce alla pazzia tutti coloro che la leggono.

October 1976 - Nine months after a family fled their home in terror, a young couple decides to move into 112 Ocean Avenue. Garrett and Bradley are eager to leave their apartment and settle into a new home just before Halloween. They aren't prepared for what they will discover. With the help of The Amityville Historical Society, they find a history of secrets revealing the terrifying truth behind the unexplained phenomena threatening to tear their lives apart...horrifying secrets the house has hidden since the day it was built.

Um die Eine zu erobern gibt es viele Möglichkeiten. Weil alle anderen Versuche nicht glücken, will der Student Norbert einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingehen, um die Frau seiner Träume zu erobern. Dass er das Ritual an Halloween durchführt, soll ihn schützen, denn nur an diesem Tag steht dem Teufel als Gegenleistung nicht seine Seele zu. Zusammen mit seinem besten Kumpel setzt er seinen Plan in die Tat um und tatsächlich scheint es zu funktionieren.

On Halloween night, four friends use a new app that takes users to random weird, creepy, and haunted locations. The location generated for them is an abandoned house in a sketchy neighborhood. Inside, they discover a series of VHS tapes, each revealing a blood-curdling tale that pushes the boundaries of fear and darkness....

The shadows grow longer, the air grows colder, and the season of spirits arrives. Within this first volume of Halloween Haunts are six classic stories that have chilled and fascinated listeners for generations.

When the Headless Horseman goes on a mysterious vacation, Mina takes on her biggest pet-sitting job ever - Nightflower, the headless horseman's horse! But a new monster is searching for an ancient treasure and is willing to destroy the entire Monsterhood to find it!

A thrilling gothic debut The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age. "A truly impeccable novel...

Yearbook superlatives turn deadly in this darkly funny young adult thriller. The rumor mill has never been kind to Meadowvale High seniors and best friends Rick and Martina, labeling them outcasts (sure), stoners (no comment), and pranksters (okay, this one’s fair). But for the most part, they...

A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery… Spirited Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where...