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1. The Changeling (1980)
directed by Peter Medak
featuring George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean MarshPeter Medak's The Changeling is among a handful of films, including The Haunting (1963), Ghost Story (1981), and Lady in White (1988), that have ... More
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2. Insidious (2011)
directed by James Wan
featuring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Angus Sampson, Barbara HersheySaw franchise veterans James Wan and Leigh Whannell team with Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli to give the familiar haunted house story ... More
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3. Tower of Terror (1997)
directed by D.J. MacHale
featuring Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Nia PeeplesSteve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. He happens ... More
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4. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
directed by Jules Dassin
featuring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford, William Gargan, Reginald Owen, Una O'ConnorThe whimsical Oscar Wilde fantasy yarn The Canterville Ghost is updated to WW2 in this economical but attractively produced MGM filmization. Charles ... More
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5. The Shining (1980)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel ... More
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6. The Evil Dead (1983)
directed by Sam Raimi
featuring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich, Sarah YorkThis auspicious feature debut from Sam Raimi -- shot on 16mm in the woods of Tennesse for around $350,000 -- secured the young director's cult status ... More
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7. Poltergeist (1982)
directed by Tobe Hooper
featuring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver RobinsWith Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hopper, Steven Spielberg had his first great success as a producer. Released around the same time as Spielberg's E ... More
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8. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
directed by Tod Williams
featuring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Sprague GraydenThe sequel to the low-budget blockbuster Paranormal Activity takes place a few months before the events of the first film. Katie (Katie Featherston), ... More
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9. The Others (2001)
directed by Alejandro Amenábar
featuring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Elaine Cassidy, Alakina Mann, Eric SykesSpanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's first English-language production is a creepy period ghost story that continues in the vein of his earlier art ... More
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10. Rose Red (2002)
directed by Craig R. Baxley
featuring Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, Judith IveyHorror specialist Stephen King claimed that his TV miniseries Rose Red was inspired by a number of sources, ranging from Shirley Jackson's The ... More
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11. 13 Ghosts (2001)
directed by Steve Beck
featuring Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Alec Roberts, Matthew Lillard, Kathryn Anderson, Shannon ElizabethList of all editionsThis haunted house chiller is the second feature from Dark Castle Entertainment, the mid-budget outfit put together in 1999 to remake the cheesy ... More
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12. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
directed by Guillermo del Toro
featuring Fernando Tielve, Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico LuppiList of all editionsGuillermo del Toro, who quickly became one of the most talked-about directors in contemporary horror films with his first two features, Chronos and ... More
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13. The Haunting (1999)
directed by Jan de Bont
featuring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Owen Wilson, Bruce DernList of all editionsIn the 1860's, industrialist Hugh Crain financed the construction of Hill House, a beautiful but forbidding mansion where Crain hoped to house a wife ... More
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14. The Woman in Black (2012)
directed by James Watkins
featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Shaun Dooley, David BurkeList of all editionsA widowed lawyer travels to a secluded village on an important assignment, and encounters a vengeful ghost with mysterious motives. After losing his ... More
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15. Night of the Demons (1988)
directed by Kevin S. Tenney
featuring Lance Fenton, Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins, Amelia KinkadeList of all editionsA group of teens plan a Halloween party at an abandoned funeral parlor in this well-crafted horror film. The home is rumored to be haunted after the ... More
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16. The Innocents (1961)
directed by Jack Clayton
featuring Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Michael Redgrave, Peter WyngardeList of all editionsIn this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of Henry James' classic novella The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss ... More
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17. High Spirits (1988)
directed by Neil Jordan
featuring Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Liam NeesonList of all editionsThe owner of an Irish castle decides to attract visitors by falsely claiming that the building is haunted, only to have a pair of real ancestral ... More
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18. The New Daughter (2009)
directed by Luis A. Berdejo
featuring Kevin Costner, Ivana Baquero, Samantha Mathis, Erik Palladino, Gattlin Griffith, Noah TaylorList of all editionsKevin Costner stars as a father who moves his pair of kids to an isolated farm only to find his daughter's changed behavior might have something to ... More
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19. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
directed by Peter Cornwell
featuring Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Amanda CrewList of all editionsInspired by the frightening true-life tale of a family that moved into a converted funeral home and subsequently fell under supernatural attack, ... More
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20. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
directed by Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
List of all editionsThe Paranormal Activity franchise continues with this third outing from Paramount Pictures. Oren Peli and Jason Blum return to produce the highly ... More
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21. Ghost Story (1981)
directed by John Irvin
featuring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman, Craig WassonList of all editionsThis 1981 John Irvin picture constitutes an adaptation of Peter Straub's colossal, bestselling novel. The central plot -- shared by both book and ... More
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22. Burnt Offerings (1976)
directed by Dan Curtis
featuring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Bette DavisList of all editionsDan Curtis, director of TV's Dark Shadows series, directed this eerie haunted-house thriller about a house which draws energy from its inhabitants ... More
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23. The Entity (1982)
directed by Sidney J. Furie
featuring Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret BlyeList of all editionsAnother "true story" of dubious authenticity, The Entity concerns a libidinous invisible presence. This unseen force repeatedly rapes poor Barbara ... More
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24. The House of the Devil (2009)
directed by Ti West
featuring Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, A.J. BowenList of all editionsA coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti West's old-school 1980s-set horror flick, The House of ... More
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25. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Willie BestList of all editionsParamount followed up its successful Bob Hope/Paulette Goddard co-starrer The Cat and the Canary (1939) by warming up another venerable "old dark ... More







