Novels like A Guide to Performing in Horror Films
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- 151 The Daoist's Notebook 道门笔记 On a rainy night in Suzhou, a night watchman comes across a barefoot, waterlogged corpse. Its face is blue, its fangs bared, and beneath the black chrysanthemum mark between its brows, something writhes under the flesh, making the skin bulge in terrifying waves. The Thunder Talisman from Longhu Mountain has barely warmed in his hands when the corpse vanishes, leaving only a sickly-sweet black mist curling around an old Daoist at the street corner. Hong Ying, a Miao woman, watches her golden sil 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 152 Little Ghost Doctor 小诡医 Beneath the bustling modern city lies a hidden world of unorthodox medicine: In ordinary people’s understanding, medicine can only treat physical illnesses. But in the shadows, there are unorthodox doctors who possess ancient traditions and can treat “supernatural ailments” that conventional medicine cannot cure, including possession by evil spirits, displaced souls, and curses or poison created through sorcery. These ancient schools of medicine have remained hidden among ordinary people for tho 29Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 153 Death Novel: Judgment 死亡小说:审判 Death Novel: Judgment 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统 The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 EN You Slaughter Wraiths by the Dozen? But I'm a Save-Scumming Wraith! 你杀诡如麻？可我是回档诡异！ [Infinite flow + game + mild horror + no heroine + turn-based resets + instances + protagonist is a monster] Readers have left plenty of positive reviews. No undercover troublemakers, so give it a try. Beneath the veil of the “city,” Xu Kai stood amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. His enemies fell one after another, their eyes filled with confusion as they died. His opponents weren’t especially strong. They were more like machines. Every turn, every gesture, was perfectly timed to de 2.2kReads6.5Score255Shelves
- 156 The Mysterious Invitation [Infinite Flow] 诡异邀请函【无限流】 [Infinite Flow + horror instances + mild scares + survival] After receiving a mysterious envelope, you wake up inside a van and find yourself being taken to a cemetery to complete a week-long task: "Protect the coffin." But every night, one of your companions disappears, and the next day, you find their face inside the coffin. What kind of world is this...? Dare you step into this adventure? The truth is far more terrifying than death. 974Reads—Score102Shelves
- 157 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Had a Toolbox 规则怪谈：开局一个工具箱 Reader's Guide: All the instances are original. There are no incorrect rules, but there may be a few bugs. Please go easy on me. National Fate (there's no National Fate point system, only the elimination or arrival of horrors, or individual rewards). So contestants from other countries will appear, but the story won't keep putting them down. Even in the worst world, there are souls that shine, though their endings may not be good. There are livestreams, but they make up only a small part of the 4.7kReads8.8Score446Shelves
- 158 The Gray Realm’s Devotee 灰界信徒 After I was dismembered, my consciousness awoke in the restroom of an abandoned psychiatric hospital. A stranger's face stared back at me in the mirror. A phone lay on the sink, its screen displaying a message: “Welcome to the Ashen Realm Human Resources Department. Employee ID: 444. Your first performance target: survive tonight.” This is a bizarre world formed as the “Ashen Realm” seeps into reality. Grudges become rules, memories become currency, and humans are its cheapest disposable resourc 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 635Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Gathering All the Tenderness 揽尽温柔 [The short drama Deep in Malice is now streaming. Search for it on Tomato to watch!] [Mystery romance + sweet love + one-on-one romance + lawyer vs. manga artist + love at first sight] When Jiang Nan wakes up, the person who had been stalking and harassing her is dead at her feet. Jiang Nan, holding a bloodstained knife, is the only suspect. Just as she sinks into despair, the man she fell in love with at first sight when she was eighteen becomes her defense attorney. Chen Zui asks casually, “Do 2.3kReads9.2Score270Shelves
- 161 The Patient of Ill Fate 厄命病人 Greed, deceit, sophistry, argument, a need to perform: I possess every weakness in the world. The self-serving man who crawled out of a heap of corpses is using a hundred people’s bodies to piece together a Mother Goddess of his own. | Ensemble cast | Infinite-flow | Performative villain protagonist | Dark and twisted instances | Some manipulative, heavy material | | The protagonist’s values!!! His values are messed up!! Proceed with caution! | “Hello, my name is Zhou Ni.” As green trees wither 458Reads8.2Score109Shelves
- 162 I’m an Actor in a Horror World 我在恐怖世界当演员 [Infinite Loop + Death Games + Horror Worlds + Original Scenarios + No Female Lead] (The protagonist has limits he won’t cross + System (mostly useless) + Items + The protagonist isn’t superhuman) If you were asked to act in a real horror movie, would you be willing? Guan Long is one lucky guy: he was chosen to take part in one terrifying film after another. There’s the bizarre rest stop on the highway, another “floor” that suddenly appears on a rooftop, and eerie voices calling from elevators, 664Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 163 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 On the Night We Get the House, My Husband Pretends to Be Poor and Leaves with Nothing 交房夜，装穷老公净身出户 On Moving-In Night, My Poor Husband Left With Nothing 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Rule Horror: I Am Above the Rules 规则怪谈：吾即规则之上 [Dual Male Leads] [Both Powerful] [攻 Focus] [Nonhuman] [Mutually Exclusive] [Happy Ending] [Lighthearted, Invincible Protagonist] [Brain-Off Power Fantasy] [Off-the-Charts Sweetness] [Multiple Side Couples] [Final Boss] [Rules-Based Horror] [Pure-Hearted, Wooden Top × Cold-Faced, Short-Tempered Bottom] ⚠️ This novel is currently being revised. The revision has reached Chapter 141. Shi Mo had lived for tens of millions of years and was bored nearly out of his mind. He had created the rules-base 28kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves
- 166 I Transmigrated Into Infinite Nightmare Events 我穿越了无限噩梦事件 Transmigrate into the Infinite Nightmare Incidents, where you have the chance to obtain everything you've ever dreamed of: money, power, beauties, strength, and even more lives... as long as you can survive the incidents! "Dawn of the Apocalypse" "Buddha's Sin" "Nightmare Hospital" "Wasteland"... Welcome to the Nightmare. 889Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 167 Horror Cinema: My Teammate Is Yukino Yukinoshita 恐怖影院：我的队友是雪之下雪乃 [The rating has only just come out, and it’ll rise later] [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Horror Dungeons] + [Anime Crossover, Multiple Heroines] “Welcome to the Nightmare Screening Room. Here, you’re not an audience member sitting in the theater. You’re a participant in a real horror movie!” Guan Hong accidentally stumbles into a bizarre horror theater. There’s no popcorn here, only endless survival missions and vengeful evil spirits ready to peel off your skin at any moment. First screeni 992Reads6.2Score104Shelves
- 168 Death on Delivery 死亡外卖 Never try to save money when ordering takeout! After ordering a meal that wasn't clean, strange events keep happening, and his coworkers begin dying one by one. Some takeout costs you money. Some takeout costs you your life. My other completed novel, The Hell Company, is over a million words long. Come check it out, dear readers~~ 2.4kReads8.7Score226Shelves
- 169 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 90Reads8.9Score251Shelves
- 170 Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼 The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈：镜像 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Rule Horror: Even Satan Should Have Your Name Tattooed on His Back! 规则怪谈：撒旦背后都该纹上你！ [Horror + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Live Streaming + Comedy] The supernatural has returned, and rule-based horror games have descended upon the world. Zhang Mingyu is chosen by the Horror Space to represent Longguo in challenges within the horror worlds. If he survives, Longguo receives rewards for its national destiny! If he dies, Longguo will be invaded by the supernatural! Zhang Mingyu's first challenge is the hell-difficulty scenario “Evil Spirit Dormitory.” While the other chosen 819Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 173 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves
- 174 The Book of Deathbed Confessions: The Sickly Beauty Sweeps Through Infinite Worlds 死亡忏悔录：病美人横扫无限流 (My dears, the rating just opened, so it’ll gradually rise. Updates are steady every day, so feel free to follow along~) [Infinite Flow + Two Powerful Leads + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Everyone’s Favorite + Horror Instances] Bai Xue has died once, yet she can’t even remember how. In this life, she is the most useless member of the Bai family, a sickly girl who coughs after walking a few steps and pants for ages after saying three words, pale as a porcelain doll ready to shatter a 1.7kReads8.1Score320Shelves
- 175 Film and TV Crossover: Crashing Into Horror Movies 综影：乱入恐怖电影 Think you've figured out every horror movie trope? This time, you're no longer a spectator. As the curtains rise on countless classic horror worlds all at once, familiar jump scares become the only rules you can rely on to survive. Use Sadako's rules of transmission in The Ring, and predict Death's deadly logic in Final Destination. This isn't a flight from danger, but the craziest practical challenge for a horror fan: use every bit of your understanding of fear to dismantle it, reshape it, and 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 26.9kReads7.9Score3.3kShelves
- 177 When Rule-Based Horror Meets Minecraft 当规则怪谈遇上MC Li Yan has just finished his final year of middle school and taken the high school entrance exam. He's clearly stronger in some subjects than others: great at science, not so good at the humanities. His Chinese is decent, but English drags him down. He's frustrated with his estimated score of just over 600, so, with his parents' permission, he turns on the computer he hasn't used in a year and starts playing Minecraft. He's not very good at survival or command-block builds, but he's great with r 184Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 178 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 179 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score126Shelves
- 180 Survival Game: I’m a Master of Professional Disguises 求生游戏，我是职业变装大佬 Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Survival Game + Multiple Worlds + Infinite-Flow At the start of the survival game, she drew what everyone agreed was the most useless skill: disguise? Others laughed at her bad luck, but she laughed at them for failing to see through her. She joined an aquarium, where affairs, embezzlement, and murder followed one after another! Then she transferred to a luxury mall, only to get caught up in a PUA trap and a make-or-break sales target, while also having to hel 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 I Survive the Haunted Lodge’s Horror Instances Through Deduction 我在诡舍恐怖副本里靠推理存活 [Infinite Flow] [New Book: Lost in a Horror Instance, Surviving Through Deduction] [Not Fanfiction] [Pure Logic and Deduction] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Two Male Leads, No Romance] After Lu Chao received an envelope, he was taken away to a place called the Ghost Lodge: Human Realm Reception Station. When he woke up, he was already facing a horror house instance. The ghosts wouldn't attack at random. But they did have specific times when they could strike. Only when the ghosts were unable 3.6kReads5.2Score260Shelves
- 182 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 4.5kReads6.0Score374Shelves
- 183 My Pale Life 我苍白的一生 My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts? 473Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 184 36,036 Terrifying Stories You’ll Regret Not Reading 不看后悔的36036个恐怖故事 [Standalone Stories] [Paranormal Events] [Unbelievable] [Forest Spirits] [True Cases] [Rural Ghost Stories] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter tells a self-contained story adapted from the encounters of a shamaness who can see spirits, and the strange, gripping tales surrounding each young friend she meets. 314Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 The Yin and Yang Overlap 阴阳重叠 Freshman Lin Xiaoxue arrives at Room 304 in the old campus dormitory of Nanguang University. She carries an unknown “boundary-attracting constitution,” and the moment she steps into the building, steeped in eerie rumors, she is swept into a string of inexplicable events: sobbing from Room 307, a shadow in Classroom 404, and campus secrets that grow clearer with every passing night. As midnight becomes the meeting point of the worlds of the living and the dead, small overlaps begin occurring afte 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Thriller Game: Slaughtering the Entire Village from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局屠杀全村村民 [Romance + not overpowered + one female lead] A mysterious cloud suddenly appears at Jinghai City's Central Primary School in Gaojing. Ye Tianming's father, the head of the universe's number one meteorology team, hurries to the scene with the entire team. A man dies mysteriously in the mist. His son, Ye Tianming, arrives at the scene wearing a suit and tie. The boy's consciousness grows hazy. When he wakes again, he finds himself transmigrated to the day of the college entrance exams. A strange —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The Night of the Slaughter at the Abandoned Water Station: I'm the Only Survivor! 废弃水站屠杀夜，活着的只有我！ On the night of the massacre at the abandoned water station, I was the only one left alive! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Doomsday Capitalist: The Yin Soldiers and the Female Emperor Are All Mine 末世资本家：阴兵女帝全都要 [Apocalypse + Tycoon + System + Rules-Based Horror + Multiple Heroines + Invincible + Feel-Good + Illustrated] The Age of Netherfog descended. An ancient psionic civilization collapsed, strange domains spread everywhere, and rules of death shrouded the world. While everyone else fought desperately to survive in the strange domains, Lu Yuan took control of the Netherbank Capital Board System and became the CEO who took over a bankrupt civilization. Swipe a Netherbank black card to negotiate and r 61Reads—Score125Shelves
- 189 White Orchids at Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港的白兰花 White Orchids in Victoria Harbour 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 I Am the Perfect Eldest Senior Sister 我是完美大师姐 I’m the Perfect Senior Disciple 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 155.8kReads8.4Score24.9kShelves
- 192 Rule Horror: It Begins with My Wife’s Secret 规则怪谈：从妻子的秘密开始 Rules-based horror descends upon the world. Challengers must clear trials on behalf of their countries. If they succeed, the horror disappears; if they fail, it descends upon their country. After enduring four descents, the Flame-Summer Nation is on the verge of collapse. Just then, Qin Hao transmigrates into this world and becomes its challenger. [You have entered the rules-based horror: The Wife’s Secret.] [You have a wife as beautiful as a celestial maiden, but she seems to be hiding a deep s 7kReads8.3Score607Shelves
- 193 The Nightmare Investigation Team 梦魇调查团 This is the depths of hell, a world of nightmares. Without a resilient will, a nimble mind, and meticulous powers of observation, you can only become a demon's feed in this terrifying world. 1.4kReads8.8Score110Shelves
- 194 The Perfect Nanny 完美月嫂 The Perfect Nanny 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Master of Folk Occult Arts: My Livestream Terrifies the Entire Internet 民间秘法大师，直播吓疯全网 [Horror + no romance + comedy + innate spirit body + spirit communication + maximum fear factor] My younger sister drew the death lot, and the whole village demanded she be sacrificed. I turned on a livestream and made a century-old vengeful ghost into sashimi. From then on, haunted houses became my cafeteria, and ghost kings became takeout. The authorities begged me to work with them, the Taoist sects revered me as a master, and the underworld begged me to livestream. When fear returned and a h 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Welcome to the World of Paintings 欢迎来到画卷世界 [Infinite Flow + Horror Instances + Mystery + Highly Intelligent Heroine] Guan Xiaoxi is accidentally dragged by Mu Chengguang into the world of paintings, an otherworldly realm filled with taboos and death. In every painting, he is there, silently watching. Who is he? Why does he treat her so differently? Guan Xiaoxi has no memories from before the age of six. Her emotions and senses are impaired, and she is naturally absentminded. She is unaffected by the paintings’ mental pressure and cannot 466Reads—Score107Shelves
- 198 The Countdown Begins 倒忌时开始 Patient: Li Taiyuan, male, twenty-four years old Diagnosis: Paranoid schizophrenia “Doctor Wang, if someone told you I wasn’t ill, and that what I see is the real world, would you believe me?” [Supernatural infinite flow / no special abilities / no female lead] 4.5kReads9.0Score580Shelves
- 199 I Become a God by Wearing a Ghost in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界里披鬼成神 [Infinite-flow + mildly horror-themed + no CP + comedy antics, not a traditional dungeon story, abstract humor, may be hard to endure. The author's mental state is abnormal, and they're hopelessly immersed in their own art.] Late at night, Huang Sha fell into the same nightmare again. He was killed over and over in his dreams, unable to escape the loop. . Someone told him: You died a long time ago. There's only one way to come back to life... . The bizarre is invading reality! Every mission is a 38.3kReads8.8Score5.6kShelves
- 200 The Eerie Fate Game: How Do You Play When Your Character Is a Ghost Immortal from the Start? 诡命游戏：建号就是诡仙怎么玩？ [Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Eerie Cultivation] + [Two Worlds] + [Truly Invincible Protagonist] An endless, unrelenting fog blankets all of China, and a terrifying otherworld, the Strange Fate Realm, begins to overlap and merge with Blue Star. There, martial artists can move mountains and split rivers, living for centuries without growing old. True immortals also walk the world, wielding supernatural arts and sharing the lifespan of heaven and earth. This fills China with both fear a 65.3kReads8.4Score9.2kShelves
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