98 Supernatural Horror writing prompts

Daily Supernatural Horror Prompt

An ancient deity is accidentally summoned during a college fraternity initiation ritual.

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Supernatural horror genre incorporates elements of the unknown and the supernatural to incite fear. It explores humanity's encounters with the inexplicable, often involving ghosts, demons, or otherworldly entities.

1. A young child begins speaking in ancient tongues in their sleep, foreshadowing horrific events.
2. In a quiet coastal town, sea creatures begin emerging from the water, taking human form.
3. An antique mirror purchased at a yard sale reveals disturbing, ghostly reflections.
4. A family moves into a new house and discovers the dolls left in the attic come to life at night.
5. A town covered in eternal night where shadows consume anyone who tries to leave.
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6. An urban explorer documenting their exploration of abandoned places accidentally records a ghostly figure.
7. A horror writer's terrifying creations begin to come to life.
8. An insomniac begins to see nightmarish creatures in their waking life.
9. A series of mysterious and gruesome deaths surround a cursed artifact displayed in a museum.
10. A small town is cursed so the inhabitants cannot die but suffer terrible afflictions instead.
11. A widow moves into a Victorian mansion and is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner.
12. An amusement park is built on a burial ground, causing the attractions to come to life in horrifying ways.
13. A teenager gains the ability to see people's death dates above their heads.
14. A photographer finds that the people they photograph disappear in real life but appear trapped in the developed photos.
15. A group of friends play with a Ouija board and accidentally summon a malevolent spirit.
16. A young woman babysits a child who claims to have an imaginary friend, only to discover the friend is very real and very deadly.
17. In a small town, the dead come back to life every night and reenact their deaths.
18. A cursed book in a library causes anyone who reads it to enact the horrors within its pages.
19. A family begins to be tormented by their ancestors' sins after moving into their ancestral home.
20. A sleepwalker begins to bring back objects from their dreams, not all of them pleasant.
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21. An abandoned asylum starts attracting thrill-seekers after rumors of its haunted past resurface.
22. An elevator ascends to the 13th floor of a building that only has 12 floors.
23. A new drug on the street allows users to speak to the dead, with horrific consequences.
24. A haunted shipwreck washes ashore and brings its ghostly crew with it.
25. A young girl's imaginary friend turns out to be a spirit with a vengeful agenda.
26. A group of friends on a road trip find themselves in a town that doesn't exist on any map.
27. A lonely widower brings his wife back from the dead, but she returns different.
28. A lighthouse keeper is haunted by the spirits of shipwrecked sailors, demanding retribution.
29. An old well is discovered in a village, anyone who drinks from it starts seeing horrific visions.
30. A possessed painting changes its form to reflect the viewer's deepest fears.
31. A mysterious fog descends upon a town, bringing with it terrifying shadow creatures.
32. A hiker lost in the woods stumbles upon a cabin that is home to an ancient witch.
33. A child's toy phone begins receiving calls from the other side.
34. An archaeologist unleashes an ancient curse after opening a sarcophagus.
35. An online horror game begins to bleed into real life for its players.
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36. A group of tourists are trapped in a haunted castle when their guide mysteriously disappears.
37. A seance goes horribly wrong, leaving the participants possessed by malevolent spirits.
38. A doppelganger starts replacing people in a small town, one by one.
39. An old recluse dies leaving behind a house full of cursed objects.
40. A young woman's reflection starts behaving independently, harboring a sinister agenda.
41. An old film found in an attic shows the viewer's death.
42. A mysterious black cat leads a curious man into a haunted house.
43. A night watchman at a museum experiences supernatural occurrences after a new exhibit is installed.
44. A group of friends camping in the woods find ancient symbols on trees and then they start disappearing one by one.
45. A construction crew unearths a forgotten crypt, releasing vengeful spirits upon the town.
46. A man wakes up one day to find all his neighbors have turned into soulless shells overnight.
47. A snowglobe reveals horrific scenes from the future to anyone who shakes it.
48. A paranormal investigator is called to a school where the children have been seeing a ghostly apparition.
49. A dreamcatcher hung above a bed begins to release nightmares instead of catching them.
50. An infamous haunted house attraction turns out to be genuinely haunted.
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51. A young boy inherits his grandfather's ability to communicate with spirits, but not all of them are friendly.
52. An ancient deity is accidentally summoned during a college fraternity initiation ritual.
53. A seemingly normal family is haunted by an invisible entity that moves things around in their home.
54. An antique dealer sells a cursed object, bringing misfortune to the buyer.
55. A group of urban explorers discover a haunted underground city.
56. A horror-themed escape room traps participants with real ghosts.
57. A woman inherits a family heirloom that houses a powerful and vengeful spirit.
58. A group of ghost hunters encounter a malicious entity during a routine investigation.
59. A small child starts to see a man who isn't there. The same man his mother used to see when she was a child.
60. A basement door in a newly purchased home is discovered to be a gateway to Hell.
61. A local legend about a cursed forest turns out to be horribly true when a group of teenagers decide to explore it.
62. An ancient tome found in a dusty bookstore unleashes a demonic entity when read aloud.
63. An old forgotten cemetery becomes a hot spot for paranormal activity on Halloween night.
64. A vengeful spirit begins terrorizing a family after a tree is cut down in their backyard.
65. A mirror maze in a carnival starts showing terrifying alternate realities to its visitors.
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66. A medium begins to see her clients' departed loved ones during her day-to-day life.
67. A seemingly innocent doll is discovered to be a vessel for an evil spirit.
68. An old puppet theater is haunted by the spirits of the puppeteer and his marionettes.
69. A couple staying at a haunted bed and breakfast experience terrifying supernatural occurrences.
70. A teenager starts to relive the same horrific night in her dreams, each time with more real consequences.
71. A cursed jack-in-the-box brings horrifying creatures to life.
72. A group of friends visit a haunted plantation and awaken vengeful spirits.
73. An old pocket watch carries the curse of its previous owners.
74. A woman who can see auras begins to see dark figures standing behind people.
75. A man buys a cursed painting at an auction that brings his nightmares to life.
76. A group of high school students perform a play that accidentally summons the spirits of the characters.
77. A music box found at a yard sale plays a tune that summons the dead.
78. A paranormal researcher purchases a haunted mansion, only to become its next victim.
79. An old rocking chair in a thrift shop is haunted by the ghost of its previous owner.
80. A series of unsolved murders from the past resurface as ghostly apparitions.
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81. An old Victorian dress sewn with hair from the deceased begins to affect its wearer.
82. A woman sees the ghost of her deceased husband, but he's not the loving man she remembers.
83. A paranormal entity takes the form of a terrifying clown to feed on fear.
84. A man's new pair of glasses allow him to see the spirit world.
85. An old camcorder records ghostly presences that are not visible to the naked eye.
86. A tarot card reader draws the death card for every reading she performs.
87. A spirit relives its murder every night in the house it was killed in.
88. A woman is haunted by her doppelganger who predicts her impending death.
89. An old boarding school is haunted by the spirits of students who died there years ago.
90. A cursed talisman brings ill fortune to a small seaside town.
91. A wedding ring passed down through generations harbors a vengeful spirit of a wronged bride.
92. A local cemetery becomes a portal for spirits during a lunar eclipse.
93. A man is tormented by the spirit of a woman he wronged years ago.
94. A paranormal entity uses technology to communicate with the living.
95. A medium's séance opens a portal to a malicious spirit world.
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96. A student researching local legends unwittingly releases an ancient curse.
97. A haunted train carriage carries passengers to their untimely death.
98. A possessed typewriter types out death sentences for anyone who uses it.
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