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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