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With Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman. Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother's mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.
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- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- John Irvin
- 1981-12-18
- The Changeling. 1980. When composer John Russell moves to an old Victorian mansion in Seattle after a tragedy, he soon finds out the house is already occupied—by the ghost of a young boy.
- The Devil’s Backbone. 2001. The Devil’s Backbone also features a little boy ghost out for vengeance. When young Carlos arrives at a orphanage during the end of the Spanish Civil War, fitting in with the other boys is hard enough.
- Poltergeist. 1982. A red-blooded American family moves into a new home—which just happens to have been built on top of a relocated cemetery. Oh yeah, and it’s also connected to a ghost dimension: the portal is located in the youngest daughter’s closet.
- The Others. 2001. In this terrifying, Turn of the Screw-like movie, a woman living with her two hyper-photosensitive children in post-WWII England begins to suspect there are “others” residing in the home with them.
Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Straub, it follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him.
- Dead of Night (1945) Ealing Studios mostly made excellent dark comedies like The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets. Wartime censorship in Britain meant that no true horror films could be made.
- Night of the Demon (1957) MR James was one of the key figures in Victorian Ghost Stories (and we shall draw from his work again later). His short story Casting the Runes was adapted by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, The Leopard Man) into his horror masterpiece Night of the Demon.
- The Innocents (1961) Miss Giddens is a governess, caring for two children in a large country estate that is otherwise empty…or is it?! Giddens comes to fear that the estate is haunted by the jealous ghosts of the previous housekeepers who now seek to possess the children.
- The Haunting (1963) Legendary director Robert Wise (West Side Story, The Sound of Music) adapts Shirley Jackson’s notorious ghost story The Haunting of Hill House into one of the best horror films ever made.
Jul 17, 2024 · This list, curated and ranked by fans, highlights the best ghost horror movies available on the platform. It was created to help horror buffs find top-rated titles rooted in supernatural lore, intense scares, and compelling storytelling.
- Harper Brooks
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