You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight
By Kalynn Bayron
(2023)

Fun, queer YA slasher set at an immersive summer camp scare experience.

Charity plays the ‘final girl’ at the experience, but can she survive when the bodies start dropping for real?

Clown In A Cornfield
By Adam Cesare
(2020)

The town clown mascot gets homicidal and goes on a vengeful spree against the teenagers of Kettle Springs.

Can Quinn and her friends escape the cornfield massacre alive?

My Best Friend’s Exorcism
By Grady Hendrix
(2016)

When a sneaky summer skinny dip goes wrong, Abby’s best friend Gretchen goes missing. When she returns, Abby is the only one to care about the mysterious change in Gretchen’s behaviour.

Is the power of friendship enough to exorcise the demonic grip on Gretchen’s soul?

Midsommar (2019)
Dir. by Ari Aster

Bright and sunny folk horror about a rural cult in Sweden, with themes of grief and relationships.

After Dani loses her family, she goes on an anthropological trip with her emotionally-unavailable boyfriend and his friends to an isolated Swedish cult with some interesting rituals.

X (2022)
Dir. by Ti West

Slasher set in 1979. Youth, sex, jealously, and murder.

Can a group of porno filmmakers survive a trip to a rural farm owned by homicidal old people?

It (2017)
Dir. by Andy Muschietti

Based on the book by Stephen King, a remake of a horror classic. All the nostalgia of a 1980s summer, mixed with the horror of facing down the strange, fear-eating entity that lives in the sewers of Derry.

Can this band of losers defeat Pennywise the Dancing Clown?

Gravity Falls (2012-2014)
Created by Alex Hirsch

Obviously, we have to talk about the show that specifically inspired the title of this list. Not overtly a horror show, but it has plenty of elements scattered throughout.

The series follows twins Dipper and Mabel Pines as they fight monsters and uncover the mysteries of Gravity Falls–can they defeat the chaos threatening to breech the town and destroy the world?

The Midnight Club (2022)
Created by Mike Flanagan

A horror mystery following a group of teens at a hospice telling each other tales at their secret midnight meetings. Brings the perfect vibes for spooky campfire stories without the actual campfire.

As Ilonka grapples with terminal thyroid cancer, grief, supernatural entities, and cults, can she solve the mystery of Brightcliffe’s miraculous Julia Jayne?

The Wilds (2020-2022)
Created by Sarah Streicher

Plane crash drama series about survival and mystery. A group of girls crash on their way to an empowerment retreat. Season 2 adds a separate group of boys into the mix.

As they fight for survival on the deserted island, can the group discover the truth behind the crash?

The Quarry (2022)
Supermassive Games

Summer camp survival horror game with monsters, ghosts, and mystery.

Counsellors are stranded in the woods while a deadly creature roams the area. What is really happening at Hackett’s Quarry?

Firewatch (2016)
Campo Santo

Not a horror game, however it builds suspense so much that I’m going to say it fits this list. It very much plays on the fear of the unknown, and you do get stalked so…that’s horrifying.

A summer stint at an isolated fire watch tower in the Shoshone National Forest proves full of mystery when strange occurrences begin to occur. Can Henry uncover the truth?

Oxenfree (2016)
Night School Studio

Supernatural thriller mystery game with ghostly occurrences and time loops!

A beach party goes awry when a group of teens accidentally meddle with radio waves and open up a dimensional rift in a mysterious cave. Can Alex and her friends close the rift and escape the island before the possession is complete?