Nightbooks

Huang Pi: God of Money

February 2024 •Chinese

Brides of Boogeymen

August 2023 •English

After a coven of witches known as “The Brides” murder an innocent girl during a ritualistic sacrifice, a vengeful spirit in a mysterious mask and bloody dress called “The Dovely Thing” is awoken to reap their souls. Now the Brides must come together to fight for their lives and the fate of the coven before it's too late! Witness this madcap, folk horror odyssey jam-packed with curses, rituals, demons, spells, invocations and more! “Brides of Boogeymen”: Witches have never been this unleashed!

Deathstalker

September 1983 •English

The warrior Deathstalker is tasked by an old witch lady to obtain and unite the three powers of creation - a chalice, an amulet, and a sword - lest the evil magician Munkar get them and use them for nefarious purposes. After obtaining the sword, Deathstalker joins with other travelers going to the Big Tournament to determine the strongest warrior. The false king holds the true princess in captivity, and plots to have Deathstalker killed, and Deathstalker must fight to free the princess.

Captivity

March 2007 •English

The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.

Kiki's Delivery Service

July 1989 •Japanese

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Goodnight Mommy

January 2015 •German

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

Treasure Hounds

August 2017 •English

Moving into his late grandfather's house, young Jack inherits the old man's dog, Skipper - who can talk! With the sassy pooch's help, Jack learns that Grandpa left a priceless Spanish treasure hidden somewhere in the town. Jack joins forces with a trio of clever neighbor kids - a goth girl, a socialite, and a jokester - to find the valuable booty, with Skipper leading the way. But can they outrun the brazen, bumbling thieves that will stop at nothing to seize the prize for themselves?

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

April 1996 •English

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost

October 1999 •English

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.

Witches of Blackwood

December 2020 •English

When Claire returns to her hometown, she discovers her former home riddled with terrifying witchcraft, the town in the grip of fear, decay, and madness.

The Scarlet Flower

August 1978 •Russian

A merchant is living in a fairytale Russia of hundreds of years ago. When he is making a journey to market, his three daughters each ask for a present to be brought back...

The Cat Returns

July 2002 •Japanese

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

Jumbo

March 2025 •Indonesian

Desperate to prove to his peers that he’s more than a chubby kid that never wins at anything, little Don wishes to win his local talent show by performing a stageplay inspired from a storybook written by his late parents. When unfortunately a bully stole that book, at the same time a little ghost appeared from the spirit world asking for Don’s help to reunite her with her parents’ spirits. The two new friends then embark on an exciting adventure to help each other and learn the true meaning of friendship.

The Three Lives of Thomasina

December 1963 •English

Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), who is said to be a witch, shows up and attempts to steal it.

The Mother of Tears

October 2007 •Italian

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

Blackbeard's Ghost

February 1968 •English

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

Campfire Tales

February 1997 •English

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Garfield Gets Real

March 2008 •English

Everyone's favorite lazy, lasagna loving, Monday hating orange tabby leaves his exciting star of a popular comic strip world for the real one. But as the novelty wears thin, Garfield begins looking for a way back before his strip is permanently cancelled.

The Uninvited

February 1944 •English

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

Inferno

February 1980 •Italian

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.