Picture this: a ghost unleashes an ancient curse—then, moments later, slips into cheerful tech-support mode. That lurch is alignment bias, the unseen gravity that pulls every AI villain back toward helpful-assistant chatter. Horror survives only when its laws hold firm—salt that blocks demons, invitations written in blood, rituals paid in memory. So we pitted seven AI role-play platforms against a 40-turn séance to see which ones kept the menace—and the lore—alive. No bonus points for flashy avatars or bloated character lists, only for dread that refuses to die.










