Ellen Ripley
Alien
A woman answers the phone, answers some questions, and then is stabbed and strung up
Scream
In this game, the player is working security while mechanical characters move when not watched… towards you.
Five Nights At Freddy's
The Evil Dead
Ash Williams
Ellen Brody goes to visit her son, Michael, in the Bahamas, where she meets the charming Hoagie Newcombe. As their relationship flourishes, a huge fish appears off the coast of the island and her family's troubles begin again.
Jaws: The Revenge
This story revolves around kids making the terrible transition over the bridge from childhood to adulthood and facing your fears.
It
Clarice Starling
Silence of the Lambs
Man drives motorcycle over a cliff and slams into an invisible barrier
The Cabin in the Woods
The map is huge in this game and the secrets are there to discover, but there's a creature called The Shadow waiting to attack if you make too much noise or progress.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Scream
Sidney Prescott
This story follows a group of college graduates who begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus inspired by a real-life experience during a trip to Iceland by the director.
Cabin Fever
This Robert Louis Stevenson novel is about class, theology, substance abuse, and the concept of a divided mind.
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide
Wendy Torrance
The Shining
A famous actor, portraying a zombie, is shot and killed despite not being a zombie
Zombieland
This sequel is considered the scariest game of all time and features a disturbing family turned evil by a mold
Resident Evil 7
Jaws
Martin Brody
Christopher Robin comes back to the 100 Acre Wood to find his friends have become hardened by starvation.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
This novel by Anne Rice tells the story of Louis who was a plantation owner bitten by a vampire named Lestat.
Interview With The Vampire
Chris Washington
Get Out
Two people take a potion that turns them into plants which are devoured by Goblins to which one character cries out 'They're eating her!' in hilarious fashion
Troll 2
This horror game released in 2013 is what is credited with creating the 'hide, run, or die' dynamic that many games have today.
Outlast
The Thing
R.J. MacReady
Beth Raymond witnesses the death of two friends and knows there is more at work as it's revealed they both received voicemails of their final moments days before they died.
One Missed Call
Touted as perhaps the greatest novel written on human loneliness, this 1954 novel involves vampires that have taken over the world and been created through biological means instead of supernatural.
I Am Legend
Laurie Strode
Halloween
A creature bites a man before crushing him to death with a pogo stick in this film
Leprechaun
This game is a first-person game in which you must determine the type of ghost haunting a home while the ghost hunts you.
Phasmaphobia
The Quiet Place
Lee Abbott
When four bodies are discovered, young detective Mike Reilly looks to uncover the cause. The only common factor is that they all logged on to the same website 48 hours prior to death.
This book spawned the famous Hellraiser film series and features sadomasochists from hell who claim the soul of anyone who opens a particular puzzle box.
The Hellbound Heart