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Thirteen Ghosts
2001 film directed by Steve Beck

The Grudge 2
2006 film by Takashi Shimizu

Pet Sematary
1989 film by Mary Lambert

Unfriended
Unfriended (originally titled Cybernatural) is a 2014 American screenlife supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set on a computer screen, the film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, and Courtney Halverson as six high school students in a Skype conversation which is haunted by a student, played by Heather Sossaman, who was bullied by them and killed herself. The film is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook.

R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department, or simply R.I.P.D., is a 2013 American supernatural action comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The film was directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi based on the 1999 comic book R.I.P.D. by Peter M. Lenkov and Lucas Marangon. The film also stars Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stéphanie Szostak, and Marisa Miller.

The Messengers
2007 film directed by Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986 film by Brian Gibson

Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King in his screenwriting debut. It consists of five segments intercut with a sixth story acting mostly as an opening and epilogue; two of the segments, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "The Crate", are based on stories by King, while the others are original material he wrote for the film.

No Retreat, No Surrender
1986 film by Corey Yuen

Poltergeist
2015 film directed by Gil Kenan

Sinister 2
2015 film directed by Ciaran Foy

Ouija
2014 film directed by Stiles White

Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson who co-wrote it with C. Robert Cargill. It serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021), is the second feature film and third overall installment in the Black Phone film series. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke reprising their roles from the first film, with Demián Bichir also joining the cast. The story sees siblings Finney and Gwen, along with their friend Ernesto, head to a winter youth camp to uncover a mystery regarding the first victims of the Grabber, whose ghostly presence now haunts the camp.

Rings
2017 film directed by Francisco Javier Gutiérrez

The Fog
2005 film by Rupert Wainwright

The Invisible
2007 film directed by David S. Goyer

Scrooged
Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, the film is a metafictional modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who, while prepping for a live broadcast adaptation of A Christmas Carol, is visited on Christmas Eve by a succession of ghosts intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The supporting cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane,

The Unborn
2009 film directed by David S. Goyer

Dream House
2011 film

Stay Alive
2006 film by William Brent Bell

Tarot
2024 film directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg

Gunga Din
1939 film by George Stevens

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Gift
2000 film directed by Sam Raimi

The Crow: City of Angels
1996 film by Tim Pope

Hamlet
1996 film by Kenneth Branagh

Shutter
2008 film by Masayuki Ochiai

Poltergeist III
1988 film by Gary Sherman

The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 film directed by Brian Henson

The Amityville Horror
1979 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg

The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016 film by André Øvredal

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991 film by Pete Hewitt

Haunted Mansion
2023 film directed by Justin Simien

V/H/S
V/H/S is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the V/H/S franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting, and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of six found footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the filmmaking collective Radio Silence.

A Ghost Story
2017 film by David Lowery

The Grudge
2020 film directed by Nicolas Pesce

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 film directed by Tim Burton

The Grudge 3
2009 film by Toby Wilkins

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 film by Mike Flanagan

Darkness Falls
2003 film directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Dark Water
2005 film by Walter Salles

Stir of Echoes
1999 film by David Koepp

Portrait of Jennie
1948 film directed by William Dieterle

Carnival of Souls
1962 horror film directed by Herk Harvey

A Christmas Carol
1910 film

Casper Meets Wendy
1998 film directed by Sean McNamara
Pulse
2006 film directed by Jim Sonzero

Dragonfly
2002 drama film directed by Tom Shadyac

Shrek 4-D
2003 4D film at various theme parks around the world

Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997 film by Sean McNamara

The Piano Lesson
2024 film directed by Malcolm Washington

Ghost Town
2008 film directed by David Koepp

Mirrors 2
2010 film by Víctor García

Jessabelle
Jessabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed and edited by Kevin Greutert and written by Ben Garant. The film stars Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, David Andrews, Joelle Carter, and Ana de la Reguera. The film was released by Lionsgate on November 7, 2014.

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009 television film directed by Brian Levant

Amityville II: The Possession
1982 film directed by Damiano Damiani

Over Her Dead Body
2008 film by Jeff Lowell

The Wraith
1986 film directed by Mike Marvin

The Entity
1982 film by Sidney J. Furie

The Unholy
2021 film directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos