Veronica! I'm creating a spatial horror story and in DESPERATE need for inspiration! you seem like the right person to ask.. do you have any movie/game/podcast suggestions other than the 'obvious' (ie anatomy hill house eskew Mabel etc)? thank u in advance!!
ahhh that’s so sweet thank you 🥺 I would love to read your story afterwards if you would be comfortable!! I’m only just getting into the meat of spatial horror myself so most of knowledge is just the basics but I’ll try my best of what I can think of off the top of my head!
- it’s an obvious one so I’ll briefly mention but it wasn’t on your list but house of leaves for sure!! I’m not done with it but the spatial horror of it is off the charts and the whole passage about the house as a labyrinth is just whew.
- I just remembered this video literally existed tonight but adult swim’s This House Has People In It. Technically the story is about a disease but I feel like the house does play enough of a major role to be consider spatial horror!
- I also recommend checking out kitty horrorshow’s other works besides anatomy including her haunted cities series which are all free. while they don’t necessarily have a linear story like anatomy, they are really cool to just explore throughout and get a feel for the atmosphere
a gathering of empty places
- this might be a little basic as well because I see this video recommended all the time for this topic now but if you haven’t definitely check out Jacob Geller’s video essay Anatomy and Control: The Legacy of the Haunted House because it’s very informative and well-executed. He also included this article which I thought was a really good read.
Sometimes buildings are just born bad. A tour of evil architecture in books and movies.
that’s all I can really think of rn but I’ll probably add more when I can!! good luck on your story <3
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also shoutout to kaylee @dykivist who I really credit to getting me into the concept to begin with and who has the best tag for spatial horror ( architectural hauntings) so i really recommend checking it out and following her 💖
- just popping it to add this website I found nightmare machine which uses an ai to generate freaky versions of real places that might help provide some ideas for your story!
Nightmare Machine: AI-powered Horror
- for the tame side of architectural photo references there is the tumblr blog @/previouslylovedplaces that just shows a lot of photos of abandoned houses if you would like to go the more mundane route like the anatomy house for inspiration
- also here is an online copy of Junji Ito’s The Enigma of Amigara Fault which was probably my very first introduction to spatial horror
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hello hello, been a while. adding a few more
- my house.wad is a mod for doom 2 created as a tribute to the poster’s childhood friend and is very normal :) I’ve also linked a video essay about it if you can’t be bothered to play through yourself
MyHouse Excited to finally release this tribute map. Last August I lost a good childhood friend of mine and took it pretty hard. When I was
- this article by slap happy larry which features a lot of fun artistic renditions of spatial horror
I've been thinking about ways in which a storyteller creates a sense of unease for the audience, but spatially. We might call this spatial h
- BABBDI is a free game available on steam about trying to escape town while finding some interesting secrets along the way. It is not necessarily what I would call spatial horror as much as it is weird architecture design but man did I get disoriented trying to explore at times
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
- my house walk-through which is a very normal and average house tour
- and finally this post

























