Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "summoning-a-spirit"

1. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,512 | Gross: $25.79M

2. Candyman (2021)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

Votes: 76,051 | Gross: $61.19M

3. Synchronic (2019)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides

Votes: 40,441

4. Deadstream (2022)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror

A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.

Directors: Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter | Stars: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone, Jason K. Wixom, Pat Barnett

Votes: 17,862

5. Baron Blood (1972)

PG | 90 min | Horror

A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti, Luciano Pigozzi

Votes: 4,237

6. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.

Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

Votes: 6,923

7. Grave of the Vampire (1972)

PG | 91 min | Horror

A young man, born of a rape committed by a legendary vampire against a living woman, vows to locate and vanquish his undead father.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden

Votes: 1,585

8. A Kind of Magic (2015)

Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Matt, the son of a prominent witch family, is expected by the Witches Council to marry his good friend Lizzy. But when Matt meets Sara, a psychiatrist, his magic fails him and Sara discovers that she suddenly has gained magical powers.

Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Nikki Deloach, Ryan McPartlin, Harley Jane Kozak, Briana Lane

Votes: 1,379

9. The Housemaid (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Romance

When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the... See full summary »

Director: Derek Nguyen | Stars: Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, Svitlana Kovalenko

Votes: 901

10. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Psychic/Medium Chip Coffey and clinical psychologist/director Dr. Lisa Miller help psychic children and their families cope, validate, empower and understand psychic abilities.

Stars: Chip Coffey, Edy Nathan, Lisa Miller, Chris Fleming

Votes: 381

11. The Caretaker (I) (2016)

TV-14 | 80 min | Horror, Thriller

A young woman returns home to care for her gravely ill grandmother, only to begin sleepwalking, envisioning spirits and uncovering dark secrets in her family's past.

Director: Jeff Prugh | Stars: Meegan Warner, Sondra Blake, Sean Martini, Chanel Celaya

Votes: 833

12. Crypt of the Vampire (1964)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror

Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla.

Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis, José Campos

Votes: 1,219

13. The Funeral Home (2020)

86 min | Horror, Mystery

Bernardo runs a funeral home in his house. His family lives among coffins, wreaths and supernatural entities that visit them daily. One day they decide to try to discover the origin of these creatures, but the results are terrifying.

Director: Mauro Iván Ojeda | Stars: Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela

Votes: 641

14. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

2 min | Short, Horror

Two demons throw helpless captives into a boiling cauldron, and then try to summon forth their spirits.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 2,341

15. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Bloody Mary (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A game of Bloody Mary unleashes a ghost who lives in mirrors and kills by gouging out the eyes of her prey, Sam and Dean must find a way to stop her before she claims another victim.

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Adrianne Palicki, Marnette Patterson

Votes: 7,800

16. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.688 (1969)

TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Ned Stuart reveals that Chris was engaged to his sister. Under Quentin's influence, David writes a story about freeing a werewolf and then goes to where the werewolf is locked up.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis

Votes: 34

17. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.695 (1969)

TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

David and Amy sneak into Collinwood and destroy the antique telephone used to communicate with Quentin.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Nancy Barrett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Don Briscoe

Votes: 33

18. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.724 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quentin buries Rachel but Sandor rescues her. When Barnabas rises from his coffin Quentin is there waiting. Barnabas tries another ritual to save Quentin.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Kathryn Leigh Scott

Votes: 31

19. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.731 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Edward allows Laura to stay at Collinwood. Quentin reacts violently. Rachel is friendly to Tim.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Louis Edmonds, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Don Briscoe, David Selby

Votes: 30

20. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.737 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quenton finds Laura's urn and extinguishes it. Laura gets the warmth she needs from Dirk.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Joan Bennett, David Selby, Roger Davis, Diana Millay

Votes: 29

21. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.792 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quentin and Magda summon Angelique to help them recover the missing hand of Count Petofi.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Grayson Hall, Lara Parker, Humbert Allen Astredo, David Selby

Votes: 25

22. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.797 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The spirit of Julianka appears but refuses to help and lays a curse on Magda for stealing the hand.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, David Selby, Terrayne Crawford

Votes: 29

23. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.810 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Aristede's medallion fails to cure Quentin's daughter Lenore. Magda summons a spirit to help.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, David Selby, Marie Wallace

Votes: 26

24. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Hollywood Babylon (2007)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean discover that a group of ghosts are attempting to shut down production of a movie that they feel is mocking them.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Gary Cole, Don Stark

Votes: 6,454

25. Unexplained: Caught on Camera (2019– )
Episode: Things Go Bump in the Night (2021)

43 min | Documentary

A 55-year-old Michigan man claims to have extraordinary powers to summon spirits, while urban explorers make a deadly discovery in Yorkshire.

Director: Peter Grant | Stars: Donald Pirie, Jayne Harris, Ciarán O'Keeffe, Barri Ghai

Votes: 10

26. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Dog Day Morning (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Fortune teller Sue Thsayer helps Bill reunite with his boyhood dog, Commander Stinkbomb, in this canine-centric episode: Little Orphan Airedale (1947), Droopy's Double Trouble (1951), A Waggily Tale (1958), Fit to Be Tied (1952), No Barking (1954).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 7

27. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode: Crossing Over (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Three pre-teens, Hannah, Savanah, and Shauniece team up to help a woman contact her deceased father. Along the way each girl discovers new psychic talents they never knew they had.

Director: Elizabeth Wade | Stars: Chip Coffey, Edy Nathan

28. Atlantis (2013–2015)
Episode: The Furies (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Hercules volunteers himself and the boys to take a trunk containing a dowry for the bride of Philemon, son of the wealthy Medios, across the desert to Helios. Pythagoras has a bad feeling ... See full summary »

Director: Alice Troughton | Stars: Mark Addy, Jack Donnelly, Robert Emms, Jemima Rooper

Votes: 212

29. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: Mama (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A series of mysterious deaths at Tarrytown Psych leads Abbie and Ichabod to discover that an especially surprising spirit is involved.

Director: Wendey Stanzler | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter

Votes: 646

30. Mad TV (1995–2016)
Episode: Episode #15.1 (2016)

TV-14 | Comedy

Nicole Sullivan and Will Sasso welcome the new cast members, who say a demonic prayer to help them get through the first episode; CNN presents a political version of The Newlywed Game ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Leddy | Stars: Carlie Craig, Chelsea Davison, Emily Ferguson, Haley Ferguson

Votes: 38

31. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Amazing Grace (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends embark on a mission to save music when they learn that a tragedy destroyed Memphis in 1954.

Director: David Geddes | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Amy Louise Pemberton

Votes: 1,739

32. Detective Anna (2016–2017)
Episode: Prince of Darkness (2016)

48 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

A young girl is murdered; Anna suspects that the cause of the crime is a mysterious amulet that brings luck in money matters .

Director: Artur Rumynskiy | Stars: Aleksandra Nikiforova, Dmitriy Frid, Sergey Druzyak, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Votes: 66

33. Detective Anna (2016–2017)
Episode: Satisfaction (2016)

47 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

Many years ago, Anna's father, Viktor Mironov, while in military service, committed a fatal mistake that broke the life of his brother-soldier. Now meeting with a man from the past can be tragic for Victor .

Director: Feliks Gerchikov | Stars: Aleksandra Nikiforova, Dmitriy Frid, Sergey Druzyak, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Votes: 58

34. DuckTales (2017–2021)
Episode: Friendship Hates Magic! (2019)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Stuck as a shadow, Lena tries to protect Webby from her suspicious new friend Violet during a supernatural sleepover.

Director: Matthew Humphreys | Stars: Kate Micucci, Kimiko Glenn, Toks Olagundoye, Beck Bennett

Votes: 669