More like Sanitarium

anchored on:horrorcontemporarypsychological horror

but

Narrow

CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Tense in tone, about psychic powers and revenge, set in small town.
The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Shining →
Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries
series5 books1959
Tense in tone.
Start with Psycho →
In the Night RoomNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel2004
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about identity and grief and loss.
ExorcistSeries
series6 books1971
About demons.
“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Exorcist →
Rosemary ReillySeries
series2 books1967
completed
Tense in tone, about demons and parenthood, set in big city.
“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rosemary's Baby →