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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
, 1h39Directed by Mike Flanagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Ghost films, Films about toys
Actors Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser, Lin Shaye, Lulu Wilson, Sam Anderson
The plot will revolve around the same haunted board as the first Ouija, with Basso's character unwisely using it to attempt contact with her recently deceased father.
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Katie Featherston, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Demi Lovato, Chloe Csengery, Hallie Foote, Maria Olsen
The film opens with a scene left off from Paranormal Activity 3 where Katie and Kristi are watching Dennis getting his spine crushed by a mysterious force. Grandma Lois takes the girls upstairs while an unseen force takes the camera with them. They all go into a dark room while a man encounters the girls and talks to them about "Toby" and how they are critically important to his plan.
The Orphanage (2007)
, 1h46Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Ghost films
Actors Belén Rueda, María Isabel Rivera Torres, Montserrat Carulla, Édgar Vivar, Geraldine Chaplin
In 1975 Spain, a young girl named Laura is given up for adoption. Years later, adult Laura (Rueda) returns to the closed orphanage, accompanied by her husband, Carlos (Cayo), and their seven-year-old adopted son, Simón (Príncep). She plans to reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. Simón claims to see a boy named Tomás (Óscar Casas). He befriends Tomás and draws pictures of him as a child wearing a sack mask. Social worker Benigna Escobedo (Montserrat Carulla) informs Laura that Simón's adoption file indicates that Simón is HIV positive. Incensed at Benigna's intrusion, Laura asks her to leave. She later finds Benigna in the orphanage's coal shed, but Benigna flees the scene. Later, Simón teaches Laura a game which grants its winner a wish. Clues lead the two to Simón's adoption file. Simón becomes angry, and says that his new friend told him that Laura is not his biological mother and that he is going to die soon.
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Cornwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, Elias Koteas, Ty Wood
In 1987, Sara Campbell (Virginia Madsen) is driving her son Matthew (Kyle Gallner) home from the hospital where he has been undergoing cancer treatments and traumas. Sara and her husband Peter (Martin Donovan), a recovering alcoholic, discuss finding a rental house closer to the hospital. On another hospital visit, Sara finds a man putting up a “For Rent” sign in front of a large house. The man is frustrated and offers her the first month free if she will rent it immediately. On the trip home, Matt is in extreme pain, so Sara drives back to the house, where they stay for the night.
The Unborn (2009)
, 1h28Directed by David S. Goyer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Ghost films, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, James Remar, Ethan Cutkosky
Casey Beldon has nightmarish hallucinations of strange-looking dogs in the neighbourhood and an evil child with bright blue eyes following her around. While babysitting Matty, her neighbor's son, she finds him showing his infant sibling its reflection in a mirror. Matty attacks Casey, smashing the mirror on her head, and tells her: "Jumby wants to be born now". She puts him to bed and leaves in shock.
Beetlejuice (1988)
, 1h32Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Annie McEnroe, Catherine O'Hara
Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home. As the two are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog and the car plunges into a river. After they return home, she and Adam notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a Handbook for the Recently Deceased.
Crimson Peak (2015)
, 1h59Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Ghost films
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman
In 1887, Edith Cushing, the young daughter of wealthy American businessman Carter Cushing, is visited by her mother's ghost who warns her, "beware of Crimson Peak."
Always (1989)
, 2h2Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Aviation films, Films about angels, Ghost films, Disaster films
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom
Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss) is an aerial firefighter, flying a war-surplus A-26 bomber dropping fire retardant slurry to put out forest wildfires. His excessive risk taking in the air deeply troubles his girlfriend, Dorinda Durston (Hunter), a pilot who doubles as a dispatcher, and is also of concern to his best friend, Al Yackey (Goodman), a fellow fighter. On one flight, Pete makes one extra drop, runs out of fuel, and barely manages to glide onto the runway.
The Boy (2016)
, 1h37Directed by William Brent Bell
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Jeu, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Films about toys
Actors Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Diana Hardcastle, Jim Norton, Matthew Walker, Stephanie Lemelin
A young American woman, Greta, takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village. When she arrives, she discovers that the 8-year-old boy she was hired to care for is actually a life-size porcelain doll that the parents treat like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their son. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events lead Greta to become increasingly convinced that the doll might actually be alive.
Mirrors (2008)
, 1h51Directed by Alexandre Aja
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Cameron Boyce, Mary Beth Peil, John Shrapnel
A security guard is running through a subway station, he eventually enters a room he cannot escape from and starts begging his reflection in a mirror for his life. Suddenly, his reflection cuts its throat with a mirror shard, killing the "real" security guard.
Ghost Ship (2002)
, 1h30Directed by Steve Beck
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films
Actors Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Emily Browning, Francesca Rettondini
In May 1962, dozens of wealthy passengers are dancing in the ballroom and upon the deck of the Italian ocean liner, Antonia Graza, while the ship's lounge singer, Francesca, sings "Senza Fine". On the deck, the sole child aboard, Katie Harwood, is sitting alone, until the ship's captain offers to dance with her. Elsewhere, a hand presses a lever that unravels a spool of wire from the ship's cargo crane. The spool snaps and the wire slices across the dance floor, cutting the dancers in half at the waist. Katie alone is spared due to her height.
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
, 1h35Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Ghost films
Actors Noriko Sakai, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa, Chiharu Niiyama, Kaoru Mizuki, Takako Fuji
Like the rest of the Ju-on series, the film takes place over a period of time, and is told in a non-linear order as six overlapping vignettes. The overarching plot involves the haunted house of the deceased Saeki family, whose brutal murders caused by Kayako Saeki’s crush on another man led to the creation of a curse. Anyone who enters the house will be cursed and eventually consumed by the ghosts of the Saekis. The vignettes are presented in the following order: Kyoko (京子), Tomoka (朋香), Megumi (恵), Keisuke (圭介), Chiharu (千春), and Kayako (伽椰子).
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
, 1h31Directed by Steve Beck
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Tony Shalhoub, Matthew Lillard, Embeth Davidtz, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, F. Murray Abraham
Ghost hunter Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) and his psychic assistant Dennis Rafkin (Matthew Lillard) lead a team on a mission to capture a spirit called the Juggernaut. Several men are killed, including Cyrus. However, the team is able to catch the ghost. Cyrus's nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub), a widower, is informed by Cyrus's estate lawyer, Ben Moss (J. R. Bourne), that he has inherited Cyrus' mansion. Financially insecure, Arthur decides to move there with his two children, Kathy (Shannon Elizabeth) and Bobby (Alec Roberts) and their nanny Maggie (Rah Digga).
Dark Water (2005)
, 1h45Directed by Walter Salles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Tim Roth, John C. Reilly, Dougray Scott, Ariel Gade, Pete Postlethwaite
The film opens in 1974, as a young girl, Dahlia, stands outside after school in the rain, waiting for her mother.
Boogeyman (2005)
, 1h29Directed by Stephen T. Kay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Lucy Lawless, Tory Mussett, Charles Mesure
On the surface, Tim Jensen seems to be a normal person, with a steady job and a good relationship with his girlfriend Jessica; however, a terrifying event that he witnessed as a child has left him traumatized, where his father was taken by the Boogeyman, an evil creature which lives in all closets worldwide. Since then, he has taken precautions to ensure that the Boogeyman cannot get to him, such as sleeping on a mattress on the floor, and removing all closets from his home and keeping all his clothes in a dresser drawer.