Horror has always been depicted as a young person’s game. When we think of classic horror, we think of teens at a summer camp, a young mother births something evil, we never think of old people. Yet, I have found I adore horror books with old main characters.
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman (2023)
The town of Aloisville was just a normal town until the rain began. If just a single droplet touches your skin, you begin to lose memories. The longer you are in the rain, the more you forget. Laverne notes down everything in her journal. She doesn’t want to fight. Just survive.
The Dorians by Nick Cutter (2026)
What if there was a way to go back to your youth? Would you take it? The Dorians follows a group of elderly people on the verge of death who undergo an experiment. They are given a strange bio-engineered life form, which is said to de age them and keep them alive forever.
The Haar by David Sodergen (2022)
Muriel just wants to die in the same place she has always lived, the small Scottish fishing village of Witchhaven. But when an American billionaire tries to force them out, the village starts to fade. All seems lost, until a mysterious creature is washed ashore.
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (2021)
Have you ever wondered what happened to all the final girls in those slasher films? Well, they grew up. Lynette is one of many who goes to the final girl support group, but then a member of the group goes missing and everything begins to unravel.
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