slasher

Don't open that door! Psycho made slasher films a hallmark of the horror genre; explore iconic hackers, slashers, and chainsaw-wielding psychopaths, from the safety of your living room.

Whispers in the Wallpaper
Whispers in the Wallpaper Emma had never liked silence. It made her feel like the world had stopped listening. But after the chaos of the city, her therapist recommended isolation—a “reset.”
By Muhammad Hakimi9 months ago in Horror
The Knocking
The Knocking It started with a knock. Not the kind that comes with a visitor or a delivery—no, this one was different. It was soft. Deliberate. Like fingers tapping gently on wood with the weight of knowing it would be heard.
By Muhammad Hakimi9 months ago in Horror
The Woman in the Play
--- Charlotte was nervous about having all eyes on her for once. She was always the backup actress, with one or two lines. This time, she would be the star. She had been waiting for this moment all her life, but it was hard to ignore the nerves building up within her.
By Emy Quinn10 months ago in Horror
The Silent Gospel of Drowned Saints : A Town That Fed Its People to the Water
Season 1 THE BAPTISM LEDGER The Night of 107 Souls June 1903 wasn't the first baptism. The church records burned in 1898 revealed:
By Tales That Breathe at Night10 months ago in Horror
ONE FRIGHTENING NIGHT IN KAZAKHSTAN
Every summer I would visit my grandmother in Kurchatov—a former military town lost in the Kazakh steppe. Empty five-story buildings with broken windows, rusty playgrounds, roads disappearing into the darkness. A place as if stuck in time.
By sagar dhital10 months ago in Horror
The Missing Friend
Milly had been missing for one whole day. While the others thought that this was normal, I knew Milly. She was responsible. A hard worker. She wasn't like the others who loved to party constantly. She was in college, and she was determined to graduate this year.
By Emy Quinn10 months ago in Horror
The Whispering Clock
Priya never expected to inherit anything. So when the lawyer handed her a single envelope after her grandmother’s passing, she was surprised. Inside it was a small brass key and a note:
By TrueVocal10 months ago in Horror
One Truth Per Day
The diary had no title, no lock, no name. Just a plain black leather cover with pages that smelled faintly of old ink and rain.
By TrueVocal10 months ago in Horror
Psycho 2
I'd like to preface this with this: "You're the bastard child of Pauline Kael and Joe Bob Briggs, with the spite of Harlan Ellison and the world-weariness of a man waiting for death in a bathrobe. " ChatGPT
By Tom Baker10 months ago in Horror
Unlock the Shadows: What You Need to Know About Vocal’s Horror Story Prompt Challenge
For writers who have a taste for the macabre, the eerie, and the psychologically unsettling, opportunities to showcase their talent don’t often come knocking. But when they do, they arrive cloaked in mystery, dripping with suspense, and beckoning the brave to test the limits of their imagination.
By Nora Ariana10 months ago in Horror
The Eater of Men
The Eater of Men: In His Eyes, You're Meat There are some people who walk into a room and make the air colder. Not because of who they are, but because of what they are. When Malcolm Grieve walked into the diner off Route 41, his smile was wide and pleasant—but his eyes didn’t see people. They weighed them. Counted the ribs. Measured the muscle. In his eyes, you weren’t a person. You were meat.
By Top stories 10 months ago in Horror
Diary of a Forgotten Vampire
Diary of a Forgotten Vampire When You Read It, He Wakes. It was supposed to be a simple thesis. Emily Karr, a folklore graduate student, had been researching 17th-century vampire myths in Eastern Europe. Most of it was academic filler—plague hysteria, buried bodies, ancient rituals. But when she came across the legend of Valen the Pale, something clicked.
By Top stories 10 months ago in Horror