AI Horror Story Video Ideas & Prompts
Horror story videos thrive on atmosphere, tension, and the unknown. Framesurfer's AI transforms your horror concepts into cinematic short videos with deep, dramatic narration, moody AI-generated visuals, and a dark ambient soundtrack that builds suspense scene by scene. Choose your intensity level from mysterious to intense, select your target audience, and let the AI craft a video that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Whether your story follows a group exploring an abandoned building, a cursed object changing hands, or something lurking just out of sight, the AI generates atmospheric scenes that capture the dread and tension of your narrative. Each video includes word-by-word captions for maximum engagement on social media. Browse our horror story ideas below for inspiration, or write your own premise and watch it come to life in minutes.
Example Horror Stories Videos
Made with Framesurfer — every video below was generated entirely by AI from a text prompt.
Story Ideas
Abandoned Hospital Midnight Shift
A nurse takes the overnight shift in a recently closed hospital. Patient call lights activate on their own, the bed in room 413 keeps moving by itself, and the intercom reads back her own name with a diagnosis she doesn't recognize.
Haunted Lighthouse on a Foggy Coast
A lighthouse keeper on a foggy coast begins hearing voices calling from the mist. Seven keepers have vanished over 137 years, and the light has been guiding something other than ships to shore.
Cursed Mirror in an Antique Shop
An antique shop owner discovers a vintage Venetian mirror that shows reflections with a slight delay. The reflection begins making movements of its own, and previous owners have all met the same fate.
Whispering Forest After Dark
Hikers lost in a dense forest after dark realize the trees are whispering their names. The path behind them keeps disappearing, and the voices are speaking in the tones of people who went missing here years ago.
Ghost Ship in a Frozen Harbor
A frozen harbor reveals a centuries-old ship trapped in the ice. The crew aboard still appears to be going about their duties — walking the deck, adjusting the sails — but they vanished from the historical record 200 years ago.
Basement Door That Won't Stay Closed
A family's basement door keeps opening on its own every night at 3 AM. They install locks, wedge chairs under the handle, even nail it shut — but every morning it's wide open, and something at the bottom of the stairs is counting their footsteps.
Doll That Moves at Night
A vintage porcelain doll found at a yard sale is never in the same position each morning. The family's security camera footage keeps corrupting at the same timestamp, and the doll is getting closer to the stairs each night.
Abandoned School Bus in the Woods
Deep in the woods, an abandoned school bus still has the engine running and children's laughter echoing from inside. The seats are empty, but the windows are fogged from the inside — and something just wrote 'SIT DOWN' in the condensation.
Shadow That Doesn't Match Its Owner
A man notices his shadow is making different gestures than his body. It waves when he doesn't. It reaches toward other people's shadows. And each day, it looks a little less like him and a little more like something else.
Last Transmission from a Deep Space Station
A deep space station beyond the moon picks up a signal from the void. The crew decodes it and realizes something has been answering their transmissions — something that now knows exactly where Earth is.
Town That Disappears from Maps
A small town of 814 people vanishes from every map and GPS overnight. The residents inside don't realize the outside world can no longer find them — and the town's borders are slowly shrinking.
Photographer's Cursed Camera
A photographer's vintage camera captures an extra figure in every photo — someone standing just behind the subject, getting closer in each shot. The figure is now appearing in photos she hasn't taken yet.
Elevator to a Floor That Doesn't Exist
An office building elevator occasionally stops at a floor between 6 and 7 that isn't on any blueprint. Music from a 1930s party drifts through the doors, and a woman in vintage clothing beckons from inside. Employees who step out come back different.
Create This Video with AI
Turn this horror stories idea into a complete video with AI-generated narration, visuals, captions, and music. Ready in minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I control how scary the horror story video is?
What kind of visuals does the AI generate for horror stories?
Can I use horror story videos on TikTok and YouTube Shorts?
Explore Other Genres
Children's Stories
Browse AI children's story video ideas and prompts. Create animated kids story videos with AI-generated narration, visuals, and music using Framesurfer.
History Stories
Browse AI history story video ideas and prompts. Create cinematic historical videos with AI-generated narration, period visuals, and dramatic music using Framesurfer.
Fairy Tales
Browse AI fairy tale video ideas and prompts. Create enchanting fairy tale videos with AI-generated narration, magical visuals, and whimsical music using Framesurfer.