Every trope we publish for Monsters & Creatures Horror, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 3,596 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
Changing the genre and pressing Check demand reloads the trope list for that lane. 3,851 trope-and-lane readouts, last counted 2026-09-16.
| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Body Horror | 111 | 3.09% | Share down | — |
| 2 | Survival Horror | 108 | 3.00% | Share down | 1 |
| 3 | Creature Feature | 105 | 2.92% | Share up | 1 |
| 4 | Found Family | 87 | 2.42% | Share down | 345 |
| 5 | Creature Horror | 70 | 1.95% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 6 | Atmospheric Horror | 65 | 1.81% | Share up | — |
| 7 | Ensemble Cast | 62 | 1.72% | Share down | — |
| 8 | Horror | 59 | 1.64% | Share change under 15% | 204 |
| 9 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 52 | 1.45% | Share up | 56 |
| 10 | Slow Burn | 43 | 1.20% | Not called | 296 |
| 11 | Gothic Horror | 43 | 1.20% | Not called | — |
| 12 | Post-Apocalyptic | 42 | 1.17% | Share up | 496 |
| 13 | Psychological Horror | 41 | 1.14% | Share up | — |
| 14 | Survival | 41 | 1.14% | Not called | 497 |
| 15 | Slasher | 40 | 1.11% | Share change under 15% | 18 |
| 16 | Zombie Apocalypse | 39 | 1.08% | Share down | — |
| 17 | Folk Horror | 39 | 1.08% | Not called | — |
| 18 | Survival Thriller | 29 | 0.81% | Not called | 1 |
| 19 | Dual Timeline | 26 | 0.72% | Not called | 9 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.