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1. Antlers (2021)
R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene
Votes: 44,734
2. The Darkness (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry
Votes: 17,148 | Gross: $10.73M
3. The Manitou (1978)
PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens
Votes: 3,324
4. Body Count (1986)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
A group of teens are stalked and killed by a Shaman at a cursed camping site.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Bruce Penhall, Mimsy Farmer, David Hess, Luisa Maneri
Votes: 2,602
5. Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977– )
30 min | Adventure
Wildboy, an orphan who was raised in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest by the legendary Sasquatch. Wildboy and Bigfoot roamed the countryside stomping out pollution, capturing diabolical villains, and rescuing those in distress.
Stars: Ray Young, Joseph Butcher, Yvonne Regalado, Monika Ramirez
Votes: 163
6. Fever Lake (1997 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
A group of teenagers drives to "Fever Lake" to spend the weekend in a cursed house near the lake despite warnings from the locals.
Director: Ralph E. Portillo | Stars: Bo Hopkins, Corey Haim, Mario Lopez, Lauren Parker
Votes: 1,158
7. It Waits (2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean, Eric Schweig
Votes: 2,353
8. Ghost Keeper (1981)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Three friends on a New Year's Eve snowmobiling excursion find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge where the elderly female innkeeper is concealing a sinister secret.
Director: Jim Makichuk | Stars: Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Georgie Collins
Votes: 1,280
9. Looking for Miracles (1989 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama, Family
Sixteen-year-old Ryan Delaney has won a scholarship, but it's not a full one, so he needs a summer job to pay for his university expenses. And although he's not eighteen, he can't swim, and... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Greg Spottiswood, Zachary Bennett, Joe Flaherty, Patricia Gage
Votes: 299
10. Nightbeasts (2010)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A father and son on a weekend hunting trip encounter supernatural horror in the woods.
Director: Wes Sullivan | Stars: Zach Galligan, Audra Wise, Billy Daydoge, Apesanahkwat
Votes: 1,956
11. Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1980)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Rebane | Stars: Paul Callaway, Richard Lange, Glenn Scherer, Brad Ellingson
Votes: 617
12. The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A series of killings occur, with no suspects, the locals soon decide that Bigfoot is responsible.
Director: Bill Rebane | Stars: Janus Raudkivi, Randolph Rebane, Stafford Morgan, Katherine Hopkins Nicholas
Votes: 702
13. In Search of Monsters (2019– )
Documentary, History, Mystery
Each episode investigates a different monster - using cutting edge theories, riveting eyewitness accounts, and astonishing scientific evidence behind the nightmarish creatures that frighten us, fascinate us, and haunt our darkest dreams.
Stars: Gabe Kunda, Erin Ryder, Trent Bullard, Nick Redfern
Votes: 139
14. Crackle of Death (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
In this first of two Kolchak compilation TV films, reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a ghostly arsonist and an evil Native American spirit haunting a hospital.
Directors: Alexander Grasshoff, Don Weis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, William Smith, Elaine Giftos
Votes: 99
15. Paranormal Declassified (2020– )
Documentary
Journalist Paul Beban solves history's greatest paranormal mysteries.
Stars: Paul Beban, Andre Maquera, Ryan Skinner, Jonathan Dover
Votes: 106
16. Hiawatha (1988 TV Movie)
50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The young Brave Hiawatha, is chosen to make a dangerous quest to help save his tribe from starvation. He sets off and faces numerous deadly creatures, on his way to the white mountain and his final encounter with a giant bear.
Stars: Noga Bernstein, Ben Brennan, Ron Haddrick, Scott Higgins
Votes: 81
17. The Mystic Warrior (1984 TV Movie)
300 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Robert Beltran, Devon Ericson, Rion Hunter, Victoria Racimo
Votes: 128
18. Fear the Forest (2009)
Unrated | 105 min | Horror
Is it a legend, or a myth??? The one question has plagued mankind throughout the ages has always remained, but finally comes to unfold here in a new chilling Thriller. The Native American ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Bora | Stars: Kevin F. Barrett, Matthew Bora, Alev Dinc, George Dinc
Votes: 181
19. Bloodspawn (II)
Fantasy, History, Horror | Completed
A Frontier-era gang of misfits band together to battle an evil and ancient bloodthirsty hell beast of Native folklore in this retro homage to classic 80's creature features.
Directors: Derek S. Campbell, David Rotan | Stars: Raw Leiba, Roger Willie, R. Keith Harris, Bill Oberst Jr.
20. Creature Lake (2015)
80 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Five friends, up north for three days, one creature ... NO CHANCE !
Director: Drazen Baric | Stars: Jonathan Matthews, Elena Semikina, Vanessa Tavares, Brandon Dhue
Votes: 200
21. Malambo (1942)
99 min | Drama
The legend of Malambo, the tiger-man, who promises to kill the blind Urpila and her father but falls in love with her.
Director: Alberto de Zavalía | Stars: Tito Alonso, Lucía Barause, Alberto Bello, Margarita Burke
Votes: 24
23. La nave de los locos (1995)
104 min | Drama
In a small town in Patagonia (Southern Argentina), a Mapuche Indian chief sets a tourist complex under construction on fire. He denies all attempts to defend himself. Locked up, he waits ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Wullicher | Stars: Luis Abeijón, José Maria Acosta, Aldo Braga, Carlos Buganem
Votes: 151
24. The Tim McCoy Show (1952– )
30 min | Family, Western
The Tim McCoy TV show was an afternoon hour on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles at 5 pm, LIVE. Used to set in front of the tv everyday watching. He hosted the show showing old Westerns. He ... See full summary »
Star: Tim McCoy
25. The Loon's Necklace (1949)
12 min | Short
The Tsimshian legend of a blind old medicine man and the origin of the distinctive white pattern on the neck of the loon.
Director: F.R. Crawley | Star: George Gorman
Votes: 34
26. Legend (1970)
16 min | Short
Director: Rick Raxlen | Stars: Stanley Coles, Patrick Cullen, Luba Goy, Jack Messinger
Votes: 11
27. As Long as He Lives (1998)
7 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Ron Sparks | Stars: Paul King, Ron Sparks
Votes: 49
28. Red Man (2001)
Short, Drama
An old Native American man in a grass suit waits for the spirits to take him away.
Director: Will Geiger | Stars: Cecil Cheeka, Tony Doupe, Barbi Beckett, Todd Licea
Votes: 15
29. The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths (1981)
11 min | Animation, Short
Director: Faith Hubley | Stars: Barry Tarallo, Charlayne Woodard
Votes: 9
30. Jackrabbit (2009)
9 min | Short
Hermann Smith-Johannsen, a great Norwegian skier, immigrated to Canada in the 1920s. Nicknamed Jackrabbit by the Amerindians, he has traced miles of trails in the heart of Quebec's forests.
Director: Jean-Nicolas Orhon | Star: Eric Violette
31. Crossers (2019)
Short, Horror
Two roommates disagree about watching a ghost hunting reality show that filmed on their reservation.
Director: Jennifer Varenchik | Stars: Joanna DeLane, Susan Jackson, Jermaine Alexander, Jennifer Varenchik
32. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 155 (1919)
Documentary, Short
Subjects may include: "Hand Grenades", "The Romance of Crater Lake", "War Brides", "Our Picturesque Neighbors", and a cartoon.
33.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode:
Bad Medicine
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A creature which takes animal forms and uses its hypnotic eyes to incapacitate and kill wealthy matrons is stalking Chicago.
Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Ramon Bieri, Richard Kiel
Votes: 509
34.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode:
The Energy Eater
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Carl discovers that a restless spirit known as Matchemonedo, is killing the patients of a new hospital which is being built over its resting place.
Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, William Smith, Elaine Giftos
Votes: 516
35.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Deer Woman
(2005)
TV-MA | 57 min | Horror
A harried, burned-out cop believes that a recent string of murders proves that the murderer might be a deer-like creature in the form of a beautiful woman, straight from a local Native American folklore legend.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Brian Benben, Walter High, Michael P. Northey, Cinthia Moura
Votes: 4,265
36.
Miracles (2003)
Episode:
The Bone Scatterer
(2003)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young man in a small town who dreams he is killing people and when he wakes up they are dead, seeks the help of the group.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Marisa Ramirez, Christa Nelson George
Votes: 59
37.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Half as Old as Time
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ready to pay any price to stay young, a dying old man asks his archaeologist daughter to reveal to him the secret location of a forbidden Native American fountain of youth supposedly protected by an evil snake god.
Director: Christopher Todd | Stars: Leif Garrett, Valerie Wildman, Nick Ramus
Votes: 91
38.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Forbidden North/Reincarnation
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In a forest in the state of Washington, a group of lumberjacks see what seems to be a Sasquatch. Under regressive hypnoses, a man somehow remembers the future of another man, who happens to still be alive, as his own past life.
Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 25
39.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Frozen in Time
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
All members of a small remote aboriginal community as well as the nuns who were helping them there suddenly, inexplicably and simultaneously become victims of death-like state that resembles an extreme form of rigor mortis.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 19
40.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Transient/Two Lost Old Men
(1996)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A rabbi tries to exorcise a dybbuk, or demon in Jewish mythology, from a possessed Jewish woman. Three young ecologists locate a strange dead zone in the middle of a forest, that somehow causes rapid aging.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 34
41.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Shapes
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Ty Miller, Michael Horse
Votes: 5,401
42.
Werewolf (1987–1988)
Episode:
Skinwalker
(1988)
Horror, Thriller
Eric comes into a town looking for Skorzany after hearing about several murders by a 'skinwalker'. He learns from a Native American medicine man that there may be a cure. In the end, Eric finds out that the cure was a lie and he moves on.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: John J. York, Lance LeGault, Dehl Berti, Patrick Bishop
Votes: 30
43.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Anasazi Cave/Devil's Triangle
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A team of archaeologists discovers a mysterious cave used by the lost Anasazi people, but whoever enters it immediately inexplicably drops dead. A boat with one man on board is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
Directors: Ken Girotti, Marc F. Voizard | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 27
44.
In Search of Monsters (2019– )
Episode:
The Wendigo
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Experts explore the legend of the Wendigo, a zombie-like creature doomed in Native American folklore to forever walk alone with its cannibalistic cravings; a new theory suggests this entity may come from somewhere not of this Earth.
Stars: Gabe Kunda, Trent Bullard, J. Nathan Couch, Ronny Leblanc
Votes: 17
45.
What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006)
Episode:
New Mexico, Old Monster
(2004)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The gang visits Shaggy's friend Jimmy Proudwolf (and his dog Shooby), and soon discover a gigantic bird terrorizing the New Mexico skies.
Director: Tim Maltby | Stars: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin
Votes: 182
46.
Paranormal Declassified (2020– )
Episode:
Chasing Skinwalkers
(2020)
Documentary
Paul investigates sightings of evil shapeshifters from Navajo folklore.
Stars: Paul Beban, Jonathan Dover, Lee Hampel, Jeff Schmits
Votes: 16