It's wild to think how many horror universes started in 2022. 'Whalefall' isn't a series yet, but the setting and concepts feel like they could spawn sequels exploring other extreme environments. On the comic side, 'The Closet' from Image feels like a fresh start for a new monster mythology, which is always exciting to jump into from issue one. That quiet suburban horror vibe just hits differently when you're there from the very beginning.
I'd also keep an eye on the indie game 'Signalis', which isn't technically the start of a 'series' yet but establishes such a distinct, chilling retro-futuristic world that's begging for expansion. The storytelling leaves so much open to interpretation that a follow-up could go in any direction.
The comic series 'Step by Bloody Step' by Si Spurrier and Matías Bergara is a 2022 four-issue fantasy-horror epic with no dialogue. It follows a giant armored figure protecting a small girl through a hostile, magical world. While it's a limited series, the world-building is so dense and imaginative it feels like a glimpse into a vast, untold universe.
You're discovering the rules, the creatures, and the history purely through visuals. The horror comes from the visceral violence and the uncanny, beautiful yet deadly environments. It's a masterpiece of visual storytelling that makes you wish for a hundred more stories set in that same strange land. It's a universe in a nutshell.
The video game 'MADiSON' is a first-person psychological horror that came out in 2022. You're trapped in a house, forced to complete a ritual with an instant camera that bridges the gap between worlds. The lore revolves around a serial killer from the past and a demonic entity.
It's a standalone game, but the mechanics of the camera and the blending of realities created such a strong, playable concept. You could easily imagine a sequel or spin-off exploring another cursed object or a different victim of the same entity. The puzzle-solving and the intensely creepy atmosphere made it a standout, and that core mechanic feels like a franchise starter.
The novel 'A House with Good Bones' by T. Kingfisher is a Southern Gothic horror about a woman visiting her mother's house, only to find it slowly being reclaimed by her grandmother's oppressive, perfect decor and something sinister in the garden. It's a standalone, but Kingfisher has a knack for writing horror that feels connected by tone—domestic, witty, and deeply unsettling.
You could see this as part of a loose 'universe' of her horror novels where ordinary people encounter the weird and the terrifying in very grounded, often funny ways. It's not a direct series, but fans know what they're getting into: a specific brand of horror that's as much about character as it is about the thing in the walls.
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Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
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Willa Roane dies the same night she catches her boyfriend in bed with her sister.
Instead of waking in peace, she’s dragged onto a ghostly bus and informed—by a mocking intercom—that she’s entered the Survival Game: a twisted show where the dead are thrown into lethal, terrifying worlds for the cruel amusement of an unseen audience. The rule is simple: survive each round… or your soul is erased forever.
Her only ally is Corvin Thorne, the devastatingly beautiful stranger who yanked her off the road and onto the bus. A hybrid vampire–werewolf with a past soaked in blood, Corvin is bound by a wicked secret contract to keep Willa alive… or forfeit his own soul to the game.
As they descend deeper into the nightmare realms—from a monster-ruled Dracula Castle to ruined neon cities—Willa realizes she is the key. The deadly worlds are twisting around her darkest fears and fantasies, turning her own horror stories into elaborate traps. She isn’t just a player; she’s the author of the chaos. And the man sworn to protect her may be the only thing she can’t control.
Now Willa must rely on the dangerous man she’s falling for, a man who swore he would never love again. The heat between them is undeniable, but as their bond deepens, it’s impossible to tell which is more dangerous: the monsters hunting them… or the love that could destroy them both.
Love might be beautiful—but in this game, it’s never sweet.
It’s a weapon, a weakness,
and the one thing that might rewrite the rules of Hell itself: desire.
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Manolya Kara’s world is defined by what is missing. Her mother is gone, her father is an unreadable stranger wrapped in dangerous secrets, and now, the woman who raised her is losing her only sister to an unnatural disappearance. As the small Turkish coastal town of Akyaka descends into panic over a legendary creature that judges the guilty, Manolya is forced into a war she didn't know existed when she opens an antique box she was never meant to touch.
The result?
Guided by a snarky demon from the fall of Constantinople bound in the form of a cat, Manolya uncovers the Hellblades: rubied scimitars that bleed red light and force monsters into the open. Swept into the dangerous obsidian dimension, Manolya and her cousins must train under a ruthless weapons master and learn to fight alongside a demon, or become the next victims sacrificed to the darkness.
The Cult Of Spear (The Empress of Hell Series, Book 1)
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After seeing her own father murdered by a cultist sect inside her own home, Lariel teams up with her newest colleague and savior, the wizard Eric, to get revenge. However, things are worse than she thinks: these men want to revive the ancient Empress of Hell, and unless they do something, they may succeed.
She is so scared of life itself, people call her a weirdo, she’s sick; she’s epileptic, she doesn’t even have a friend as everybody seem to be against her.
The only place she finds solace is in a story she writes, she loves it because that is where she finds control, the only thing that obeys her command anytime, any day.
Then out of the blues, her story begins to haunt her. She could be hallucinating, but it seemed so real.
The worst part is that every of the characters in her story want her to themselves, they are powerful, mysterious, wealthy, strong, connected and blood thirsty.
Lurking in the darkness was her fears, and out of it came the most hideous of all her characters. Looking her straight in the eye he said, ”welcome to our world, BLOOD LIVES HERE!”...
You don’t wanna miss this action/crime thriller… Silence, Suspense, Love, Guilt, Betrayal, BLOOD….
I was always sick as a kid. My parents were desperate. They’d try anything. So they got me a bunch of "guardian angels."
Next thing I know, I'm set up and tossed into a horror game.
Turns out, Medusa is my godmother. The ghost girl? My childhood playmate. And the final boss, a vampire? He's my fiancé.
The first time we met, I was in a blind panic. I tripped and fell right onto his chiseled chest.
"Oh—I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking—" I gasped, looking up at him. The words tumbled out in a rush. "And you're really handsome—but I didn't mean to fall on you! I have a heart condition!"
The boss let out a laugh. He wiped the blood from his hands and swept me up into his arms.
"Don't you worry," he purred, his voice dangerously smooth. "As your fiancé, I promise... I'll fix you right up."
Does anyone else feel a pang of protectiveness over their favorite books? Part of me dreads adaptations because they can ruin the perfect, personal images I built in my head.
A bad adaptation can almost retroactively taint the book for some people. I've had friends say they can't read a certain novel now without picturing a miscast actor or a badly changed ending.
So when I see a 2022 novel I adore on an adaptation list, I feel nervous excitement. I want the team to succeed, but I also want them to stay true to the spirit, not just the plot points. It's a tough balance.
Horror in 2024 has been a wild ride so far! I practically lived in theaters this year, and 'Late Night with the Devil' absolutely wrecked me—that found-footage style mixed with live TV horror felt so fresh. Then there's 'Immaculate', which gave religious horror a gnarly feminist twist.
But the real sleeper hit? 'Stopmotion'. It’s this indie flick about a puppet animator losing her mind, and the way it blends creepy animation with psychological dread is unreal. Makes me wanna rewatch 'The House' (2022) just to compare stop-motion horror vibes.
I'm blanking on the title, but there was a book about a therapist and a patient sharing a recurring nightmare... or was it a shared delusion? Ugh, it's on the tip of my tongue. The premise alone was psychological horror gold. Maybe someone else here knows it?