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Ghost Stories

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  • Pauline Moran in The Woman in Black (1989)

    1. The Woman in Black

    19891h 42mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.1 (6.7K)
    A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
    DirectorHerbert WiseStarsAdrian RawlinsBernard HeptonDavid Daker
    story by M. R. James.
  • Dead of Night (1945)

    2. Dead of Night

    19451h 17mApproved
    7.5 (15K)
    Guests at an English estate recall nightmares.
    DirectorsAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland Culver
  • Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)

    3. Omnibus

    Episode: 

    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    (1968)
    1967–200342mNot RatedTV Episode
    7.2 (1.6K)
    Classic BBC adaptation of an equally classic ghost story about a skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk who finds a cursed whistle. Unlike most other episodes of this documentary series about music, this one is live action folk horror.
    DirectorJonathan MillerStarsMichael HordernAmbrose CoghillGeorge Woodbridge
    Whistle and I'll come to you (1968, UK).
    Based on short story by M. R. James.
  • Black Cat (1968)

    4. Black Cat

    19681h 39mNot Rated
    7.7 (9.3K)
    Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.
    DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsKichiemon NakamuraNobuko OtowaKei Satô
  • Kjell Bergqvist, Johannes Brost, and Lena Endre in The Visitors (1988)

    5. The Visitors

    19881h 49mR
    5.7 (2.6K)
    Frank, Sara and their two children have recently moved into the house of their dreams on the countryside. Frank is disturbed by mysterious sounds and somebody tears down the wallpaper from the walls. He contacts a ghost-hunter, Allan. While conducting an experiment, Allan is killed, and Frank has to find out the truth himself. What's so special with the mysterious room in the attic?
    DirectorJack ErsgardStarsKjell BergqvistLena EndreJohannes Brost
  • Haunted (1995)

    6. Haunted

    19951h 48mR
    6.2 (7.7K)
    A skeptical professor visits a remote British estate to debunk allegations of psychic phenomena, but soon finds himself haunted by a ghost from his own past.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsAidan QuinnKate BeckinsaleAnthony Andrews
  • Ringu (1998)

    7. Ringu

    19981h 36mNot Rated
    7.2 (82K)
    When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko Takeuchi
  • Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

    8. Ju-on: The Curse

    20001h 10mTV-PGVideo
    6.8 (9.5K)
    A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsYûrei YanagiYueRyôta Koyama
  • Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, and Fionnula Flanagan in The Others (2001)

    9. The Others

    20011h 44mPG-1374Metascore
    7.6 (411K)
    In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula Flanagan
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

    10. Ju-on: The Grudge

    20021h 32mR48Metascore
    6.7 (50K)
    A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsMegumi OkinaMisaki ItôMisa Uehara
  • Saint Ange (2004)

    11. Saint Ange

    20041h 38mR
    5.0 (5.1K)
    Anna is a servant who accepts a post at the St. Ange. She arrives to confront an unsettling lack of orphans, save for one. Then the bizarre sights and sounds begin, which seem to elude detection by the other servant or the gloomy director.
    DirectorPascal LaugierStarsVirginie LedoyenLou DoillonCatriona MacColl
  • Siwat Chotchaicharin and Pataratida Pacharawirapong in Ghost of Mae Nak (2005)

    12. Ghost of Mae Nak

    20051h 41mNot Rated
    5.1 (868)
    A young couple reawaken the spirit of a famous old Thai legend.
    DirectorMark DuffieldStarsPataratida PacharawirapongSiwat ChotchaicharinPorntip Papanai
  • Belén Rueda in The Orphanage (2007)

    13. The Orphanage

    20071h 45mR74Metascore
    7.4 (168K)
    A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
    DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger Príncep
  • John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in 1408 (2007)

    14. 1408

    20071h 44mPG-1364Metascore
    6.8 (305K)
    Author Michael Enslin, who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences, checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel in New York City, settles in, and soon confronts genuine terror.
    DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormack
    somehow everyone liked this one, though it does not pack the strongest punch
  • Island of Lost Souls (2007)

    15. Island of Lost Souls

    20071h 40mNot Rated
    5.7 (1.9K)
    A Danish girl sees her brother's body be taken over by the soul of an 1800s man. A boy and the local, clairvoyant inventor agree to help her. They're up against dark forces and time when they head off to the Island of Lost Souls.
    DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsSara Langebæk GaarmannLucas Munk BillingLasse Borg
  • Spirits Of The Fall, a horror feature film... Starring: Rami Hilmi, Paul Kelleher, Russ Diapper, Melissa Stanton & Fiona Demonica. Directed by Russ Diapper.

    16. Spirits of the Fall

    20081h 30mNot Rated
    5.7 (74)
    Chris, a widower, while living in his hotel, strange things begin to happen. Voices in the night and faces at the window are not uncommon and things are about to get a lot worse when he is forced to face the paranormal and save his wife s soul from the evil spirit of her killer.
    DirectorRusty ApperStarsRusty ApperRami HilmiPaul Kelleher
  • The Eclipse (2009)

    17. The Eclipse

    20091h 28mR67Metascore
    6.0 (3.2K)
    In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
    DirectorConor McPhersonStarsCiarán HindsIben HjejleAidan Quinn
  • Tom Arnold, Tim Daly, and Zoe Saldaña in The Skeptic (2008)

    18. The Skeptic

    20081h 29mNot Rated31Metascore
    5.6 (4.6K)
    A lawyer who does not believe in ghosts inherits a house that may be haunted.
    DirectorTennyson BardwellStarsTim DalyTom ArnoldZoe Saldaña
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

    19. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

    20101h 54mNot Rated87Metascore
    6.7 (18K)
    Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
    DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsThanapat SaisaymarJenjira PongpasSakda Kaewbuadee
  • Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Brenda Cooney, and Lena Dunham in The Innkeepers (2011)

    20. The Innkeepers

    20111h 41mR64Metascore
    5.5 (38K)
    During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
    DirectorTi WestStarsSara PaxtonPat HealyKelly McGillis
  • Rebecca Hall in The Awakening (2011)

    21. The Awakening

    20111h 42mR53Metascore
    6.5 (71K)
    In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
    DirectorNick MurphyStarsRebecca HallDominic WestImelda Staunton
  • Dead End (2003)

    22. Dead End

    20031h 25mR
    6.5 (34K)
    Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
    DirectorsJean-Baptiste AndreaFabrice CanepaStarsRay WiseLin ShayeMick Cain
  • Tom Burke and Greg Wise in Number 13 (2006)

    23. A Ghost Story for Christmas

    Episode: 

    Number 13

    (2006)
    2005– 40mNot RatedTV Episode
    6.4 (716)
    "Number 13" tells the tale of when in order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition.
    DirectorPier WilkieStarsGreg WisePaul FreemanDavid Burke
  • Crooked House (2008)

    24. Crooked House

    20084 epsTV Mini Series
    6.8 (1.1K)
    A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the present day.
    StarsLee InglebyMark GatissBeth Goddard
  • The Signalman (1976)

    25. A Ghost Story for Christmas

    Episode: 

    The Signalman

    (1976)
    1971–197838mTV Episode
    7.6 (1.9K)
    A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
    DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsDenholm ElliottBernard LloydReginald Jessup

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