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1. Late Night with the Devil (2023)
R | 93 min | Horror
A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi
Votes: 36,463
2. Ghostbusters (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 450,599 | Gross: $238.63M
3. Ghostbusters II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 224,971 | Gross: $112.49M
4. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 179,682 | Gross: $76.61M
5. Lake Mungo (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Director: Joel Anderson | Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker
Votes: 29,029
6. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,663 | Gross: $7.16M
7. The Entity (1982)
R | 125 min | Drama, Horror
A woman is tormented by an invisible being.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe
Votes: 18,284 | Gross: $13.28M
8. Poltergeist (2015)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kennedi Clements, Saxon Sharbino
Votes: 61,109 | Gross: $47.43M
9. The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Honor Swinton Byrne, James Spencer Ashworth, Alice McMillan
Votes: 4,308
10. Curse of the Demon (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham
Votes: 15,517
11. Death Spa (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
Gruesome deaths begin to occur at a hip Los Angeles health club.
Director: Michael Fischa | Stars: William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Merritt Butrick, Robert Lipton
Votes: 3,483
12. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
R | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder, Cornelia Sharpe
Votes: 2,268 | Gross: $3.08M
13. The Apparition (2012)
PG-13 | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple is haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment.
Director: Todd Lincoln | Stars: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill
Votes: 20,636 | Gross: $4.93M
14. The Mangler (1995)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery
A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley
Votes: 9,966 | Gross: $1.78M
15.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
(1989)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews, Karen Austin, James Greene
Votes: 2,283
16. Ghostbusters (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
You play the newest employee of the paranormal investigations and eliminations business as a new wave of Gozer related hauntings plagues New York City.
Directors: David Wheeler, Blade Zavier | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 3,302
17. Dangerous Moves (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Director: Richard Dembo | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,487
18. The Haunted (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out its haunted.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Jeffrey DeMunn, Louise Latham, George D. Wallace
Votes: 2,206
19. Chempion mira (2021)
145 min | Drama, History, Sport
In 1978, young ambitious Soviet chess champion Anatoly Karpov must defend his title against a former mentor and defector to the West Viktor Korchnoi. Their face-off becomes the most dramatic championship match in chess history.
Director: Aleksey Sidorov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Fyodor Dobronravov
Votes: 722
20. Malicious (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A young college professor and his pregnant wife unwittingly release a malevolent entity with murderous intentions.
Director: Michael Winnick | Stars: Josh Stewart, Bojana Novakovic, Delroy Lindo, Melissa Bolona
Votes: 4,344
21. The Amityville Curse (2023)
90 min | Horror
A group of friends purchase an infamous home with the intention of flipping it, only to discover a deadly paranormal presence bent on destruction.
Director: Éric Tessier | Stars: Michael Xavier, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Jenny Raven, Vanessa Smythe
Votes: 344
22. Witchtrap (1989)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Parapsychologists try to make an inn haunted by an evil witch's ghost safe for guests.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: James W. Quinn, Kathleen Bailey, Judy Tatum, Rob Zapple
Votes: 1,284
23. The Spell (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
A teenaged girl, taunted by her schoolmates because she's overweight, uses her supernatural powers to take revenge.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Lelia Goldoni, Helen Hunt
Votes: 1,110
24. The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020)
TV-14 | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A team of American parapsychologists travel to Wales to conduct a study of Margam Castle, one of the UK's most haunted buildings.
Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Jane Merrow, Caroline Munro, Garrick Hagon
Votes: 1,053
25. Molly and the Ghost (1991)
87 min | Horror
Conniving and duplicitous tramp Susan tries to have her older sister Molly killed so she can have Molly's hunky husband Jeff all to herself. Things go awry when hired assassin John bumps ... See full summary »
Director: Don Jones | Stars: Ena O'Rourke, Lee Darling, Ron Moriarty, Daniel Martine
Votes: 125
26. Stillwatch (1987 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Horror
Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She moves into a house where she lived as ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Lynda Carter, Angie Dickinson, Don Murray, Barry Primus
Votes: 135
27. Beyond Reality (1991–1993)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
University parapsychologists Laura Wingate and J.J. Stillman investigate reports of ghosts, out-of-body experiences, telekinesis and other unexplained phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives. Young Celia later joins them.
Stars: Shari Belafonte, Carl Marotte, Nicole de Boer, David Nerman
Votes: 128
28. Restless Souls (1998 Video)
R | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Shortly after her wedding, a young bride is seduced by a randy apparition she encounters while staying in an old haunted house. Four paranormal investigators are brought in to free the woman from the ghost's lusty grip.
Director: Debra Black | Stars: Jf Davis, Sage Kirkpatrick, Geno Buick, Leslie Zemeckis
Votes: 202
29. The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple starts to live in strange and scary situations when they move to an old house in a seaside town.
Director: Walter Klenhard | Stars: Ally Sheedy, William R. Moses, Lucinda Weist, Tom McCleister
Votes: 756
30. Door to the Other Side (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young couple awaken a terrible force when they attempt to socialize with their reclusive neighbour.
Director: Norman Lesperance | Stars: Nicholas Bianchi, Robin De Lano, Leann Donovan, Jason Faunt
Votes: 702
31. The Haunting of Lisa (1996 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A young girl experiences disturbing visions of a tragedy that took place 30 years earlier, that may be connected to a recent unsolved murder.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Duncan Regehr, Aemilia Robinson, Don Allison
Votes: 316
32. Summertime (I) (2012)
TV-14 | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Vicky and Sonia are two young parapsychologists investigating the secret of a house where several people died. After their first night they will realize that things are not what they imagined: They are even better.
Director: Norberto Ramos del Val | Stars: Alba García, Ana Rujas, Alba Messa, Paty Critter
Votes: 229
33. Ésotérisme expérimental (1976– )
Mystery, Talk-Show
-In this weekly program since 1976, "Ésotérisme expérimental" receives specialists on various topics related to esotericism (UFO phenomenon, world politics, secret societies, interpretation of the origin of religions, etc.).
Stars: Jean Rivest, Pierre Charles Dubreuil, Paul-André Jetté, André Moreau
34. The Possession of Michael D. (1995 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Michael and Jenny want to start to live together but the presence of a dark force begins to destroy their happiness forever. Everything seems to focus on Michael who has terrible nightmares... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kennedy | Stars: Phylicia Rashad, Stephen Lang, Sheila McCarthy, Michael Riley
Votes: 222
35. Schreie der Vergessenen (2011 TV Movie)
96 min | Mystery
Director: Lars Henning Jung | Stars: Vinzenz Kiefer, Alina Levshin, Manfred Zapatka, Barbara Meier
Votes: 96
36. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (2005 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
During the Great Depression, teen detective Nancy Drew visits the young woman who owns the Lilac Inn and investigates the mysterious occurrences going on there.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Dennis Regan, Sarah Papineau, Walayn Sharples
Votes: 90
37. The Black Room (I)
Drama, Horror | Pre-production
Two rivals, a parapsychologist mourning the loss of his wife and his former mentor, now a debunker, investigate a small-town medium who claims she can speak with the dead.
Director: Paul Davis
38. Ghosts (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Doctor Grimalkin wants to determine once and for all whether ghosts exist or not. He invites you to Hobbs Manor, a legendary haunted house. You are to review his research, investigate the manor and consult real life parapsychologists.
Director: Philip Nash | Stars: Christopher Lee, Susan Blackmore, Tony Cornell, Maurice Grosse
Votes: 34
39. Alter Ego (1981–1997)
60 min | Talk-Show
Stars: François Bourbeau, Eric Arson, Claire Bonneau, Yves Bourassa
40. Salah (I) (2021)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Pierre and Salah, from opposing social backgrounds, play a game of chess. Only, certain injustices will have repercussions on the game.
Directors: Maxime Sibué, Eliot Vincent | Stars: Eliot Vincent, Luca Colucci, Aliette Dussine, Cricknowle
41. Kyôi no reinôryokusha Gibo Aiko dai san dan: Sekai o kakeru sûpâ terepashî (1991 TV Special)
Talk-Show
Stars: Aiko Gibo, Kazuo Tokumitsu, Yuki Nagamine, Masayuki Watanabe
42.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971
(1989)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam must save a young woman who drowns while insisting that she is hearing the calls of her dead husband.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Deborah Pratt, Robert Torti
Votes: 544
43.
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
Episode:
Operation Firefly
(1974)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Word reaches Oscar Goldman that Dr. Samuel Abbott, who has spent years perfecting a portable laser projector, is missing. Steve Austin travels to Spain to meet Abbott's daughter Susan, who ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Pamela Franklin, Simon Scott
Votes: 209
44.
A Haunting (2005– )
Episode:
A Haunting in Ireland
(2006)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ordinary, working-class family in Ireland finds that the government-subsidized home in which they have spent many happy years is suddenly haunted.
Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Reagan Byrum, Bill Clancy, Candy Dennis
Votes: 66
45.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.642
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During a seance to contact Jeff, the spirit of Magda speaks through Carolyn.
Director: Pennberry Jones | Stars: Joan Bennett, Nancy Barrett, Thayer David, Don Briscoe
Votes: 34
46.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.682
(1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Maggie finds allies who believe her in Mrs. Johnson, Barnabas and Professor Stokes, who proposes a seance to contact the spirit of medium Janet Findley.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Clarice Blackburn, Thayer David
Votes: 32
47.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.692
(1969)
TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Elizabeth and Julia are convinced that the children are possessed by a pair of ghosts.
Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Roger Davis
Votes: 33
48.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.700
(1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Barnabas insists on using the I Ching wands to make contact with Quentin and to save David.
Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Thayer David
Votes: 35
49.
Thoughty2 (2012– )
Episode:
Ever Had Deja Vu? This Is Why.
(2020)
17 min | Documentary
Deja Vu has been extensively studied by scientists as you probably recall. But you probably don't recall that these scientists have developed a multitude of theories about why it happens so hear's another run down.
Star: Arran Lomas