Author: A. J. Sharpe

LIST: 13 Spooky Season Media Recommendations

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Need a book/movie/show/game to occupy your time this Halloween? Here’s 13 suggestions!

Books

Woodworm
By Layla Martínez
(2021)

A short ghost story about class, family, and justice.

After a young boy goes missing in a small Spanish town, one local family comes under scrutiny. What’s the story behind this strange family and their unsettling home?

The Last Girl
By Goldie Moldavsky
(2021)

Rachel Chavez joins a secret horror club at her new school, but their terrifying pranks begin to get a bit too real.

Who is the mysterious masked figure sabotaging the fear tests?

They Bloom at Night
By Trang Thanh Tran
(2025)

A bizarre red algae blooms across Noon’s hometown and odd mutants roam the streets.

Can she hunt down the monster abducting the missing people?

Movies

The Ugly Stepsister
Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt
(2025)

A girl and her mother go to horrifying lengths to catch the eye of the prince.

Will she get her happily ever after?

Sinners
Directed by Ryan Coogler
(2025)

Two brothers return to their home town to start their business, only for a band of vampires to ruin the opening.

Can they make it through the night and get out alive?

Bring Her Back
Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou
(2025)

After the death of their father, two children are fostered by a greving mother.

Does this strange woman truly have their best interests at heart?

Shows

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
Created by Echo Wu
(2024)

Chinese-American Jentry has hidden supernatural powers that a demon king is intent on taking.

Can Jentry juggle her ordinary life with the imposing dark forces that threaten to tear it apart?

Lockwood & Co
Developed by Joe Cornish
Based on books by Jonathan Stroud
(2023)

In a world where ghosts plague the living, sensitive child ghost hunters investigate hauntings.

Can Lucy really make a difference working at this small-time ghost investigation team?

Video Nasty
Screenplay by Hugh Travers
(2025)

In the 1980s, three teens embark on a mission from Ireland to England to retrieve a coveted VHS tape to add to their video nasty collection.

Can they survive the journey and the bizarre people they meet along the way?

Games

Limbo
Developed by Playdead
(2010)

A 2D puzzle-platform game about a boy searching for his sister in a creepy greyscale world.

Can he navigate his way through the world and find her?

Little Misfortune
Developed by Killmonday Games
(2019)

In this horror-adventure game, a young girl with love of glitter and a mysterious narrator make their way through a dark world of abuse, death and demons.

Who is the odd fox that follows at a distance, and what does he want?

Killer Frequency
Developed by Team17
(2023)

Horror-adventure game where a radio host and his assitant at a small town station are forced to become 911 dispatchers when a vengeful killer murders the sheriff and cuts the town off from the outside world.

Can they save the resisdents and figure out who the killer is?

Graphic Novel

Boys Weekend
By Mattie Lubchansky
(2023)

Transfem Mattie is invited to her college best friend’s bachelor party at a remote island known for its wild debauchery.

What are the strange group who are holding a conference at the same hotel really about?

I hope you find something you like on this list!

Happy Spooky Season!