Most of us grew up reading R.L Stine’s Goosebumps under the bed covers at night, imagining ourselves in grotesque situations and having a hard time going to sleep thereafter. With creepy monsters under your bed and disgusting insects creeping up your legs, here’s a list of 5 underrated horror stories we bet won’t let you sleep at all
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Intense, dark and creepy, not only is this book inspired by actual events, it is so psychologically astute that it might just change the way you look at things once you’re done reading. Gives you the chills, doesn’t it?
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R Carey
This novel is based in a dystopian future and revolves around an innocent girl who gets infected by a lethal virus that makes her want to eat human flesh, especially that of her favorite teacher.
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Painfully beautiful and scientifically horrifying, Geek Love is the story of a carny family that sets out to breed its own exhibit of human oddities using arsenic, amphetamine and radio isotopes.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
An absolute page turner, this novel will make you never want to move to a new place again. It’s so spooky that you’d probably want to stay under the covers while you’re reading it too.
The Walkers by Graham Masterton
An abandoned castle is turned into a resort by a naive man whose young son is kidnapped by some psychotic people who show up there to stay. Need I say more?
