Books about expeditions?
Looking for something like the first Jumanji movie. The one with Robin Williams. Or something like House of Leaves.
Books, in which expeditions into the unknown take place and end up rather disturbing. (HoL, Annihilation, Predator Badlands [even thos this is a movie, but the Vibe is perfect]).
I bet this question was asked before, but I never got the answer or the recommendation I was looking for.
I am not looking for something lovecraftian or weird per se, but rather something that scratches that itch about the unknown.
Something like the noises inside the infamously impossible house.
Sadly I don't know how to describe it any better then through examples.
I look for something like the planet in the new Predator (Predator Badlands) movie. Something like the house in "Piranesi" or the zone in "Annihilation". Something unbelievable, dangerous, maybe grotesque.
I do enjoy books from the horror genre the most, but dark fantasy or scifi is also very welcome. I'd also say, that the hotel from shining does not fit what I am looking for, as it's just "ghosts" or "evil" and not a "mysterious enough".
I also read all of Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwoods "The Willows" (which absolutely scrached the itch), also its retelling by T. Kingfisher.
I also read "A Short Stay In Hell", which did not really fit what I was looking for, the same goes for the "King in Yellow" or "The Fisherman". I enjoyed almost all of them, but they are not, what I yearn at the moment.
"For Tomorrow" fits better, but not exactly.
I hope you get what I am trying to say. It's very hard for me to put in words.
"Luminous Dead" wasn't alien-esque/didn't have enough creatures and secrets within the cave.
And not something where the threat is just ghosts. I've read "Stairwell in the Woods" recently and was very disappointed by the reveal at the end.
Thanks for your time and help!
And if I wrote it rather weirdly, I'll gladly try to explain it again.