John Langan 2016
- What it is
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Horror in the countryside, with old rites · it's hiding a secret
- Genre
- Horror Fantasy
- Feels
- Melancholic Unsettling Mysterious Dark
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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It stirs you up inside · horror in the countryside, with old rites
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It gets under your skin · horror in the countryside, with old rites
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It stirs you up inside, but in science fiction
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It won't tell you everything at once, but in a mystery
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The truth comes out bit by bit · it leaves you shaken
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It ties your stomach in a knot · horror in the countryside, with old rites
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Grouped with yours in Cosmic horror where knowing is the wound
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It stirs you up inside · one family, generation after generation
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It ties your stomach in a knot · properly strange
Home Before Dark
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It's hiding a secret · properly scary
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It ties your stomach in a knot · pitch-black comedy
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It's hiding a secret · properly strange
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It ties your stomach in a knot · a long road where every step counts
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It won't tell you everything at once · it'll scare you
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It stirs you up inside · a haunted house
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It stirs you up inside · it tells it with no filter
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It gets under your skin · full of big ideas
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Only folk horror
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Like yours: living with grief · properly strange
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The truth comes out bit by bit · it'll scare you
How to Survive Camping: The Man with No Shadow
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In common with yours: folk horror · odd and endearing
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In common with yours: living with grief · it leaves you shaken
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In common with yours: living with grief · it makes you cry, in a good way
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