Happy Summerween! For those who don’t know, ‘Summerween’ comes from an episode of the cartoon Gravity Falls, in which the townspeople enjoy Halloween so much they celebrate it for a second time in summer! This list is a few suggestions that give me a ‘Summerween’ vibes.
Books

I Was A Teenage Slasher
By Stephen Graham Jones
(2024)
After a prank goes wrong, Tolly begins to notice something strange is happening with him when bodies start dropping.
Can Tolly and his friend Amber figure out how to stop his newfound bloodlust before the people Tolly loves get hurt?
The Last Girl (aka The Mary Shelley Club)
By Goldy Moldavsky
(2021)
When Rachel joins the secretive Mary Shelley club at her posh new school, she believes she’s finally making some friends as they commit high-stakes horror pranks on the rest of the student body.
But is everything as it seems–are the other members to be trusted?


The Sacrifice
By Rin Chupeco
(2022)
A Hollywood film crew learns their lesson the hard way when they ignore the locals warning about the cursed Filipino island they intend to film their new show on.
Can their local guide Alon keep these foolish crew alive?
Films
Slash/Back
Dir. Nyla Innuksuk
(2022)
After exploring part of the wilderness they were told to keep away from, a group of Inuit girls from a small village stumble across a bizarre polar bear.
Can the group stop their Artic community from being conquered by an alien invasion?


Fear Street: 1978
Dir. Leigh Janiak
(2021)
The Sarah Fier’s curse strikes again as a bloodthirsty killer is possessed and creates havoc at Camp Nightwing?
Can Ziggy and her sister Cindy survive the massacre and finally put a stop to the legendary spell?
The Cabin in the Woods
Dir. by Drew Goddard
(2011)
A group of teens go to a remote cabin in the woods for some summer fun, only to awaken a group of hill-billy zombies. But there is something more going on–they are being watched, their decisions guided by an underground office.
Can they figure out what is really happening and why they have to die?

TV Shows

Yellowjackets (Season 3)
Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
(2025)
Against all odds, (some of) the Yellowjackts soccer team have survived the winter stranded in the Canadian wilderness after their plane crash. There frolicking in the sunshine soon turns sinister as things being to unravel once more.
Will they ever be rescued?
The Midnight Club
Created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong
(2022)
Eight terminally ill young adults secretly meet each night to tell each other scary stories at their mysterious rural hospice.
Can Ilonka piece together the strange history of the place while navigation loss and love?


Dead End: Paranormal Park
Created by Hamish Steele
(2022)
Two teens get jobs at their local theme park only to discover a secret paranormal world full of demons.
Can Barney and Norma survive the bizarre happenings at Phoenix Parks?
Games
Killer Frequency
Developed by Team17
(2023)
In 1987, Forrest Nash works for a small town local radio. Their usual broadcast is interrupted when someone cuts the phoneline out of town and kills the sheriff, leaving Nash and his assistant to take control of the 911 calls while the operator drives to the next town for help.
How many people can you help save from the wrath of local urban legend, the Whistling Man?


Sally Face
Developed by Portable Moose
(2016-2019)
The mysterious Sal moves into Addison Apartments and is greeted with death. The story gets darker and more sinister as you explore.
Can you solve the haunting mysteries of town?
Little Misfortune
Developed by Killmonday Games
(2019)
Sweet little Misfortune embarks of a dark journey to the outskirts of her small Swedish town to win her abusive mother eternal happiness, guided by the mysterious Mr. Voice.
Can Misfortune do what it takes to gain the prize?

Happy Summerween!
