Dread is a horror role playing game, designed to be played in single sessions. While you probably can have a character come back for "sequels" it's not a focus of the game. I found this game due to Table Top, and the $3 price point fell into the "what the heck" of impulse purchasing.

The basic mechanic is you use a tower of bricks which Table Top couldn't call Jenga, whenever you would roll dice. If the tower falls, your character is removed from the game, typically via death after it gets going.

Character creation is via a question and answer page you do at the start of the game. There are no stats, it's all very narrative. Over all I like the idea of it, and really want to play it. I even got a new Jenga tower, which of course is a completely unrelated purchase to this game :P

Watch the episode of Table Top on this one, if it is at all intriguing give the whole book a go. Wil did one of the scenarios they give you in the book for his review, but there are two more.