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Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital. Humanity needs more refugee-safe areas where food can be grown without attracting the attention of the hollow ones, and the old gothic manor is their best bet. But their home is no longer a sanctuary. It's become a trap, carefully crafted for them, lying in wait for their return. By the time they realize just how dangerous Winterbourne has become, it's already too late. The fight for survival is far from over.

Push past the curtains of your rational, safe world and explore the unnameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying fight for your life

Josephine began to suspect something was wrong with the crumbling gothic monstrosity next door when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back. No family stays at Marwick House for long. No life lingers beyond its blackened windows. No voices drift from its ancient halls. Once, Josephine swore she saw a woman's silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that's impossible. No one had been there in a long, long time.

As Keira struggles to uncover the tangled histories of some of the graveyard's oldest denizens, danger seeps from the darkest edges of the forest. A vicious serial killer was interred among the trees decades before, his spirit twisted by his violent nature. He's furious. Ravenous. And when Keira unwittingly answers his call, she may just seal her fate as his final intended victim.

Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive from the nearest town, the aging mansion is ideal for someone seeking solitude. But as she explores her new home, Elle makes a startling discovery: there's a graveyard nestled deep in the woods, containing a generation of the house's residents...all who died the same year.

A week's visit to the remote Harob Lake cabin couldn't have come at a better time for Sam. She's battling artist's block ahead of a major gallery exhibition. Staying at the lake house is her final, desperate attempt to paint the collection that could save her floundering career. It seems perfect: no neighbors, no phone, no distractions. But the dream retreat disintegrates into a nightmare when Sam sees a stranger by the lake.

Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life. A mannequin is stored in the back of your rented basement room. Sometimes its dust cloth falls off. Sometimes you feel it watching you. And sometimes it moves while you're asleep....

Nachdem ihre Mutter nach einem schweren Autounfall im Krankenhaus liegt, müssen Tara und Kyle bei ihren Großeltern wohnen, die sie noch nie zuvor gesehen haben. May und Peter Folcroft scheinen zunächst warmherzig und ihr weitläufiges Haus am Waldrand wirkt idyllisch. Doch die Kinder werden das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas sie beobachtet ...

When a violent storm cuts off their only contact with the outside world, stranding them in the haunted manor, Tara and Kyle must find a way to protect themselves from their increasingly erratic grandparents… and from the ghosts that haunt the Folcrofts' house. All at once, they're forced to confront the secrets of the manor. But can they ever hope to escape the unforgivable secret that has ensnared their family for generations?

Daniel sucht dringend einen neuen Job, als er einen mysteriösen Brief erhält. Jemand bietet ihm die Stelle des Hausmeisters in einem Anwesen namens Craven Manor an. Als er dort ankommt, läuten seine Alarmglocken. Das Gelände ist völlig zugewuchert und es ist klar, dass in dem alten Haus längst niemand mehr wohnt.

Trapped inside the ancient building's collapsing walls, Sophie and Joseph are forced to confront the horrors that hide within. Shrouded figures stalk them from the shadows. Whispers echo through the night. Unmarked graves dot the property. And the dead are not as restful as they seem…

Die Leute sagen, dass nachts die Geister einer ermordeten Familie durch die Flure von Ashburn House irren. Als Adrienne vor der Haustür des gotischen Hauses ankommt, hat sie nur einen Koffer, 20 Dollar und ihre Katze. Sie weiß nicht, warum Tante Edith ihr Ashburn vermacht hat, aber es ist ein Erbe, das sie unmöglich ablehnen kann.

Als eine Reisegruppe für eine ganze Woche einen Aufenthalt bucht, um die unheimlichen Phänomene zu untersuchen, hofft Remy, selbst endlich einige zu erleben. Und tatsächlich: Nach einer Séance nimmt die paranormale Energie so weit zu, dass Fenster zerbrechen und gespenstische Erscheinungen durch die Flure schreiten. Dann stirbt einer der Gäste und Remy zieht die Möglichkeit in Betracht, dass der Geist des einstigen Eigentümers noch in den Hallen weilt: John Carrow. Und der war ein irrer Serienmörder.

Mara ist die Tochter eines betrügerischen Spiritualisten. Ihre Kindheit war geprägt von Séancen und vorgetäuschten Geistererscheinungen. Als Mara ihre Familie verließ, schwor sie sich, dass solche dummer Aberglaube nie wieder Platz in ihrem Leben finden wird. Nun lebt sie mit ihrem Freund Neil in einer Welt, die auf Rationalität beruht.