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My favourite ghost-themed horror movies! Every film on this list I'd rate at least a 7/10. I guess the list is in a vague order, but don't pay too much attention to it. There's quite a few highly regarded asian films I've not seen, so if they're not on this list that's probably why.
- 'The Uninvited'
- 'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'
- 'The Innocents'
- 'The Haunting'
- 'Kwaidan'
- 'The Legend of Hell House'
- 'Hasu
- 'The Amityville Horror'
- 'The Changeling'
- 'The Shining'
One of the highest-grossing films of its premiere year, "The Uninvited" is about a brother and sister who purchase a house in Cornwall and are soon surrounded by paranormal activity. With Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey, it's creepy in an old-school, non-CGI way that will still get under your skin. Casper Rating:👻👻👻
So you move to a seaside house only to find there's a catch: the dead previous owner (a gruff but Rex Harrison-shaped seaman) doesn't want you there. Fortunately, you're headstrong enough to win over even the dead, and pretty soon the pair of you are collaborating on his memoirs so you can afford to buy the house and live happily ever after — if no...
Based on the 1898 Henry James novel "The Turn of the Screw," "The Innocents" focuses on a governess hired to watch over two children she decides are possessed ... and in a house that appears haunted. Deborah Kerr is a surprisingly excellent scream queen. Casper Rating:👻👻
Another great based-on film that's frequently remade, "The Haunting" is based on Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House," which sets up a trope so familiar it almost feels cliche (now, at least): a group of people are invited by a paranormal investigator to spend a night in a haunted house. Mayhem and lots of scares ensue. But this one has t...
The switch from black-and-white scares to color somehow seems to ramp things up to yet another level. Beautifully photographed, this three-hour film presents four stories of people making major mistakes, or driven insane, or just in the wrong place. Japanese horror has always had a particularly sharp blade. Casper Rating:👻👻👻👻
Full of the overwrought acting and super-saturated visuals typical of horror movies from the 1970s, this classic ghost tale features a physicist, his wife and two mediums who dare to spend a night in a seriously haunted house where both guests and paranormal investigators have been dying for 50 years. This ghost isn't above ruining the whole house ...
Don't be fooled by the totally-out-of-place theme song in the trailer, a cheery tune better suited for a 1970s sitcom than one of the trippiest, weirdest ghost films you're likely to stumble across. "Hasu" ("House" in English) is full of all kinds of strange effects (those fingers playing the piano!), hellbent cats and lots of blood. There are some...
Few horror films have captured the zeitgeist of the moment the way "Amityville Horror" did. Based on the allegedly true experiences of a real suburban family, the tale focuses on how newlyweds with three children buy a house that one year earlier had been the site of a mass murder. It's over the top and yet incredibly creepy with the images of blee...
The new resident (George C. Scott) of an old house discovers there's another being living there with him — the ghost of a child killed by his father and swapped out with another boy — but the mystery the specter raises tell him will reach all the way into some of the highest levels of government before the secret comes out. Casper Rating:👻👻👻👻
Writing a novel is hard, people. That's why it totally makes sense for writers to go on isolated retreats. But Jack Torrance's (Jack Nicholson) stint at the Overlook Hotel might be too isolated. To the horror of his wife and psychic son, Jack becomes manipulated by the spirits who also live in the hotel. "The Shining" isn't just scary for its use o...
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Oct 28, 2022 · Check out our list of the best ghost movies of all time, from horror films like 'The Shining' and 'The Conjuring' to funny comedies like 'Ghostbusters.'
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- 'The Exorcist' (1973) Directed by William Friedkin. When young Regan (Linda Blair) becomes possessed by a demon, her family calls for an exorcism to vanquish the evil.
- The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. As one of the most renowned horror movies of all time, The Shining has endured for decades as a genre-defining masterpiece capable of generating an immense and weighted sense of dread that hangs heavy over the audience.
- 'Hereditary' (2018) Directed by Ari Aster. A groundbreaking debut from modern horror maestro Ari Aster, Hereditary became an instant classic with a startling reputation as being one of the greatest and scariest movies ever made.
- 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999) Directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Still standing as the magnum opus of the found-footage subgenre over two decades after its release, The Blair Witch Project remains one of the most viscerally terrifying movies ever made.
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- Poltergeist (1982) Cast: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight. Rating: PG. Screen time never looked scarier than it does in Poltergeist, the 1980s thriller that left its mark on a generation.
- Casper (1995) Cast: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty. Rating: PG. Unlike Poltergeist, there’s no bait and switch in this adaptation of the cartoon series: Casper the ghost is sweet, personable and an all-around good friend from start to finish.
- The Sixth Sense (1999) Cast: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams. Rating: PG-13. This psychological thriller is every bit as scary as a slasher film but with a lot more thought behind it.
- The House On Haunted Hill (1959) Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long. Rating: PG-13. If you’re used to more modern horror films, The House on Haunted Hill might not be up your alley—namely because this black-and-white horror flick from the 50s is more campy than it is scary.
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