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1. Willy's Wonderland (2021)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.
Director: Kevin Lewis | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz
Votes: 38,532
2. Chapelwaite (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 516 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family to his ancestral home in the small, sleepy town of Preacher's Corners. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family's history and fight to end the darkness.
Stars: Adrien Brody, Emily Hampshire, Jennifer Ens, Sirena Gulamgaus
Votes: 12,058
3. Psychosis (I) (2010)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.
Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: Charisma Carpenter, Paul Sculfor, Ricci Harnett, Justin Hawkins
Votes: 2,085
4. Seizure (1974)
PG | 94 min | Horror
Jonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a weekend of fun. Then the ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Joseph Sirola, Christina Pickles
Votes: 1,128
5. Dark Seed II (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Accused of murdering his librarian girlfriend, small town horror novelist Mike Dawson must catch the shape shifting alien serial killer that did it to help a monstrous alien invader from an alien parallel dimension enter Mike's world.
Director: Michael Hiebert | Stars: Chris Gilbert, Michael Hiebert, Richard Bradbury, Sarah Stone
Votes: 68
6. The Dark Half (1992 Video Game)
Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Thad Beaumont is a successful horror novelist whose alter ego George Stark somehow becomes real and stalks him. He also frames him for a series of murders, so Thad must elude the police until he can stop George.
Director: Robert Fiorini
Votes: 13
7. Beyond Dark Dreams (2021)
72 min | Horror
Wandering alone through his dark house, a struggling writer comes into possession of a mysterious drug. Its effect causes strange hallucinations, but as the night progresses, his visions become a hellish reality.
Director: Joseph Russio | Stars: Fred Adams, Hannah S. Black, Jennifer DiBlasio, Anabel Humble
Votes: 6
8. Dangerous Creation (2021)
120 min | Thriller
Nina is a lost soul until she discovers Elijah Harris. As she starts to find purpose all is not what it seems.
Director: Andrew Alden | Stars: Kaitlyn Valor Bourque, Oisín Stack, Izaya Spencer, Phil Leslie
Votes: 12
9. In This House
5 min | Short, Horror | Post-production
Whilst working his novel, an aging writer's home becomes the hunting ground for a demon of his own creation.
Director: Jordan Brand | Stars: Malcolm Frawley, Jayden Darcy, Alyson Howland, Daniel Watson
10. Jumbee
Horror | Announced
3 generations of women are haunted across 2 continents by an ancient tribal demon.
11. Ghost Story Genesis with Peter Straub (2015 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
Star: Peter Straub
12. Ghost Story: Alice Krige - Being Alma and Eva (2015 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Star: Alice Krige
13. Ghost Story: The Visual Effects of Albert Whitlock - A Discussion with Bill Taylor (2015 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Bill Taylor, Albert Whitlock
14. The Survivor: The Legacy of James Herbert (2017 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Chris Cooke, David Flint, James Herbert
15. The Development of 'Ghost Story' (2015 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Lawrence D. Cohen, Burt Weissbourd
16. The Survivor: Robert Powell on James Herbert (2017 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Robert Powell, James Herbert
17. Scary's Reviews (2014– )
Horror
A group of freaky ghoulish horror fanatics gather to discuss movies, music and other forms of entertainment
Star: Nick Kennedy
18. Isolesque (2020)
4 min | Short, Drama, Horror
The short describes, in an allegoric and symbolic way, the quarantine's routine of a girl. The regular situation, of calm and normality, is focused on the presence of another element that ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Berardi | Star: Edith von Hammer
19.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
All Hallow's Eve
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Linda Blair guest stars as Rebecca Royce, a successful author with a multiple personality disorder. Her hit novel "All Hallows Horror" has inspired a copy cat killer who is murdering his ... See full summary »
Director: Luc Chalifour | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 35
20.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Mirror, Mirror
(1986)
PG | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
While guesting on a talk show, horror novelist Jordan Manmouth claims he is immune to being frightened by the nightmarish creatures he creates - and comes to regret the taunt when he is terrorized by a black-caped phantom.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Sam Waterston, Helen Shaver, Dick Cavett, Tim Robbins
Votes: 620
21.
Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode:
Deadliners
(1997)
TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of demonic creatures (based on Cenobites from Hellraiser (1987) franchise) kidnap people and turn them into monsters. The Ghostbusters learn that their creator is a famous author of horror novels for children that Eduardo loves.
Director: Scott Wood | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Pat Musick
Votes: 70
22.
Fantasy Island (1998–1999)
Episode:
Dying to Dance
(1998)
TV-14 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A reclusive horror novelist agrees to let a ghost who misses being alive borrow his body and live a little once again; an older woman wishes to learn to dance; Cal and Harry get marooned after trying to secretly leave the island in a boat.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Mädchen Amick, Edward Hibbert, Louis Lombardi
Votes: 21
23.
Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode:
Hate Puppet/Darkness
(2001)
TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Horror novelist is cursed to cause murderous rage towards him in everyone. / An egotistical telemarketer inherits a cursed mansion where every shadow is alive and will kill on touch.
Directors: Ian Toynton, Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Kwesi Ameyaw, William Atherton, Francis Boyle, Torquil Campbell
Votes: 97
24.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode:
In Search of Our Fathers: Stephen King, Gloria Reuben and Courtney B. Vance
(2014)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Henry Louis Gates explores the paternal ancestry of famous horror novelist Stephen King, actress Gloria Reuben and actor Courtney B. Vance. Shocking discoveries are made.
Director: Muriel Soenens | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stephen King, Gloria Reuben, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 37