Horror Favorites: Ghost (s)
Last Updated: May 26, 2021
Ghosts can be eerie or terrifying. Some are evil, some are lost. Some can possess you and knock about and others are more subtle. Below are some lists of our favorite ghost horror films.
Let’s Start with Some Classics
The Old Dark House (1932)
Rebecca (1940)
Ghost Ship (1943)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Haunting (1963)
The Shining (1980)
The Changeling (1980)
The Fog (1980)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Entity (1982)
Transport Yourself Back in Time
The Devil’s Backbone(2001) Set in 1934 (Spain)
An American Haunting (2005): Set in 1818 (Tennessee)
The Orphanage (2007): Set in 1975 (Spain)
The Awakening (2011): Set in 1921 (England)
The Woman in Black (2012): Set in 1880’s (England)
Crimson Peak (2015): Set in 1900 (England)
I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016): Set in 1819 (Mass.)
Winchester (2018): Set in 1906 (San Jose, California)
Eerie (2019): Set in 1990 (Philippines)
The Power (2021): Set in 1976 (United Kingdom)
Asian Horror
House (1977) — Japanese title Hausu
Sweet Home (1988) — Japan
The Ring (2002) | Japanese Ringu (1999)
着信ア (2003) | US remake One Missed Call (2008)
The Echo(2004) — Filipino title Sigaw
Retribution (2006) | Japanese
Dead Friend (2007) | South Korean
The Grudge (2004) | Japanese Ju-On (2002)
Dark Water (2005) | Japanese original (2002)
Pulse (2006) | Japanese original Kairo (2001)
Epitaph (2007) | South Korean
Shutter (2008) |Thai original (2004)
The Uninvited (2009) |South Korean A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
The Mimic (2017) | South Korean title Hangeul
Haunted Asylum (2018) | South Korean title Gonjam
Eerie (2019) — Philippines
Blockbusters with Hollywood Stars:
Sixth Sense (1999) w/ Haley Joel Osment & Bruce Willis
Stir of Echoes (1999) w/ Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Morrison, Katherine Erbe
The Haunting (1999) w/ Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson
The Others (1999) w/ Nicole Kidman
What Lies Beneath (2000) w/Michelle Pfeiffer & Harrison Ford
Gothika (2003) w/ Halle Berry
1408 (2007) w/ John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson
The Eye (2008) w/ Jessica Alba
Ghosts as an Unexpected Adventure
House on Haunted Hill (1959)/(1999)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Ghost Ship (2002)
The Innkeepers (2011)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2021)
Ghosts as a Metaphor:
Lake Mungo (2008)
13B: Fear has a New Address (2009)
It Follows (2014)
Our House (2018)
The Haunted (2018)
His House (2020)
Seperation (2021)
Paranormal Investigation
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
White Noise (2005)
Insidious (2010)
Grave Encounters (2011)
The Conjuring (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Terrified (2017)
Malevolent (2018)
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Honey the House is Haunted
The Sentinel (1977)
Amityville Horror (1977)
A Haunting in Connecticut (2002)
Sinister (2012)
We are Still Here (2015)
The Open House (2018)
Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
Don’t Listen (2020)
The Turning (2020)
The Banishing (2021)
Summoning the Spirits
Don’t Look Now (1973)
The Pact (2012)
Ouija (2014)
Ouija: Origins of Evil (2016)
Veronica (2017)
Unfriended (2018)
Host (2020)
Ghostly Attachment Issues
Mama (2013)
Jessabelle (2014)
Polaroid (2015)
Lights Out (2016)
Oculus (2016)
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
Evil Eye (2020)
Not technically ghosts
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Dream House (2011)
Under the Shadow (2015)
The Boy (2016)
Within (2016)
Finally two slashics that are actually ghosts:
