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World’s Best Horror Word List for Mad-Libs

This horror word list might scare the pants right off you, so heads up. You could use this word list for inspiration as you write your autobiography, as well.

  1. abandon
  2. abduct
  3. abort
  4. abuser
  5. acrid
  6. adrenaline
  7. aftermath
  8. aftershock
  9. agitate
  10. agonize
  11. alarm
  12. alarm bell
  13. alchemical
  14. alchemy
  15. ambience
  16. ambulatory
  17. ammo
  18. anesthetic
  19. antagonize
  20. appall
  21. arm-twisting
  22. armor
  23. armored
  24. armory
  25. arrest
  26. arterial blood
  27. asylum
  28. attacker
  29. back away
  30. barb
  31. baseball bat
  32. batty
  33. beaker
  34. Bigfoot
  35. biohazard
  36. bite
  37. blacken
  38. blackened
  39. bleed
  40. blood
  41. blood bank
  42. blood type
  43. bloodline
  44. bloodstain
  45. bloodsucking
  46. blown-up
  47. bolt
  48. bone
  49. bone-dry
  50. boneless
  51. brace
  52. brandish
  53. brass knuckles
  54. break
  55. breathe
  56. bruise
  57. bulge out
  58. cage
  59. cartridge
  60. casing
  61. catapult
  62. catatonic
  63. cautionary
  64. Centaur
  65. changeling
  66. chemical reaction
  67. chilly
  68. choke
  69. clamber
  70. claustrophobia
  71. claw
  72. clawed
  73. clench
  74. cliche
  75. clutch
  76. collapse
  77. coma
  78. comatose
  79. combat boot
  80. congeal
  81. contaminant
  82. convulse
  83. crave
  84. crazy
  85. creep up
  86. creepy
  87. cringe
  88. crowbar
  89. cutoff
  90. damage
  91. damp
  92. damply
  93. darken
  94. dead-on
  95. deafen
  96. decapitate
  97. deject
  98. demolition
  99. descendent
  100. devastate
  101. die
  102. disable
  103. dishearten
  104. disheveled
  105. disorient
  106. disoriented
  107. drag
  108. drag out
  109. drain
  110. drained
  111. dredge up
  112. drown out
  113. early warning system
  114. eerie
  115. eerily
  116. electrical outlet
  117. electrical shock
  118. electrify
  119. empty
  120. enclave
  121. enclosed space
  122. end run
  123. escalate
  124. escapee
  125. evacuate
  126. evidence
  127. excruciating
  128. expendable
  129. explode
  130. eyes
  131. fade
  132. fade out
  133. fall
  134. fall apart
  135. fang
  136. fanged
  137. feed on
  138. felon
  139. feral
  140. fight
  141. filthy
  142. fire alarm
  143. firepower
  144. flail
  145. flame-retardant
  146. flamethrower
  147. flammability
  148. flammable
  149. flashback
  150. flashlight
  151. flat tire
  152. fledgling
  153. flinch
  154. forensic
  155. foulness
  156. frantic
  157. frenzy
  158. funeral home
  159. furious
  160. gag
  161. gelatinous
  162. ghost town
  163. gleaming
  164. Goth
  165. gunmetal
  166. hallucinate
  167. hallucinating
  168. handcuff
  169. hang
  170. harass
  171. hard steel
  172. haunt
  173. havoc
  174. Hell
  175. hellfire
  176. hematoma
  177. hide
  178. high-pitched
  179. high-voltage
  180. hiss
  181. hive
  182. hole up
  183. horrific
  184. horrify
  185. horrifying
  186. hunting license
  187. hurt
  188. hyperventilate
  189. ice pick
  190. ice-cold
  191. ignite
  192. ill-equipped
  193. immobilize
  194. infect
  195. Inferno
  196. infest
  197. infraction
  198. interrogate
  199. intimidate
  200. intimidating
  201. iron maiden
  202. isolating
  203. jailhouse
  204. kamikaze
  205. kill
  206. kiss of death
  207. knitting needle
  208. lab coat
  209. leaching
  210. letter opener
  211. levitate
  212. lifelessly
  213. loathe
  214. lunge
  215. lurch
  216. lurk
  217. lurker
  218. macabre
  219. malcontent
  220. malfunction
  221. man-sized
  222. manic
  223. manipulate
  224. maraud
  225. mayhem
  226. mean
  227. memorize
  228. menace
  229. mesmerize
  230. mesmerizing
  231. messy
  232. metallic
  233. mewl
  234. minion
  235. mold
  236. Molotov cocktail
  237. mood
  238. mucky
  239. muddy
  240. muffle
  241. mummer
  242. murky
  243. mutilate
  244. mutter
  245. nightmare
  246. nighttime
  247. ooze
  248. openmouthed
  249. overwhelm
  250. panic
  251. pant
  252. paralyze
  253. paranoia
  254. parasite
  255. pathologically
  256. patrol car
  257. percussive
  258. perimeter
  259. peripheral vision
  260. pheromone
  261. physical chemistry
  262. pinprick
  263. piranha
  264. plasma
  265. portal
  266. pounce
  267. pounding
  268. predator
  269. prickle
  270. psyche
  271. psycho
  272. pulse rate
  273. rack
  274. razor-sharp
  275. rearview mirror
  276. redline
  277. retch
  278. revulsion
  279. riot
  280. rip out
  281. roiling
  282. rope
  283. rot
  284. rubble
  285. run afoul
  286. rusty
  287. ruthlessness
  288. sabotage
  289. sadist
  290. scar
  291. scare
  292. scarily
  293. scary
  294. scavenge
  295. scorch
  296. scream
  297. screaming
  298. screech
  299. search party
  300. self-defense
  301. sewage
  302. shaky
  303. shard
  304. shatter
  305. shifter
  306. shifting
  307. shiver
  308. shivery
  309. shocking
  310. shotgun
  311. shotgun shell
  312. shove
  313. shredded
  314. shriek
  315. shrieking
  316. shudder
  317. sickeningly
  318. sickroom
  319. silver nitrate
  320. sinking feeling
  321. skid
  322. skin
  323. slap
  324. slice through
  325. slicker
  326. slime
  327. slimed
  328. slimy
  329. slither
  330. slow motion
  331. sluice
  332. sluicing
  333. smash
  334. smear
  335. smell
  336. smolder
  337. smother
  338. sneak up
  339. sociopath
  340. soundproof
  341. spat
  342. spawn
  343. splatter
  344. splattered
  345. split second
  346. squeamish
  347. squelch
  348. squirm
  349. squish
  350. squishy
  351. stab
  352. stairwell
  353. stake
  354. stalk
  355. stare down
  356. stench
  357. sticky
  358. stinging
  359. stumble
  360. stun
  361. suffocate
  362. surround
  363. survival
  364. survive
  365. survivor
  366. swarm
  367. tarantula
  368. teeter
  369. terrify
  370. terrifying
  371. thing
  372. thrash
  373. threat
  374. thump
  375. thunk
  376. ticking bomb
  377. tie down
  378. tie up
  379. tooth
  380. toxic
  381. toxicity
  382. transfusion
  383. translucent
  384. trap
  385. trapped
  386. trauma
  387. trickle
  388. twisted
  389. twitch
  390. type O
  391. unarm
  392. unconsumed
  393. unearth
  394. unpredictable
  395. unresponsive
  396. vamp
  397. vampire
  398. vampirism
  399. viciousness
  400. vulnerable
  401. whisper
  402. wince
  403. wispy
  404. wolf
  405. wreak
  406. wrench
  407. writhe
  408. yelp
  409. zealot