This film is simple, but utterly unnerving and satisfying, and it even comes with a compelling twist ending. | It successfully parodies, then wipes the floor with the majority of found footage horror films. William Castle Vera Farmiga, $2.62M, Approved A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. If you don't mind a slow found footage ghost film where you don't see any ghosts, you may get something out of this - it does have a couple of pretty creepy moments. Barbara Steele, Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them. But he also gives some of the typically darker sequences an enjoyably unnerving tone. 99 min Craig T. Nelson, | Director: Director: Mamie Gummer, Candace Hilligoss, | Len Cariou, | Newlyweds and their three kids move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. Herk Harvey Stars: | Gross: | The film is an artistic exploration of the depth of fear, and still, so many years later, does not disappoint. | Director: Stars: | | Horror films centred around war naturally have an unsettling edge, and this film uses it brilliantly. Ghost stories are as much part of the Christmas tradition as eggnog and mince pies (in fact the similarities don't end there as all three can be equally comforting, reassuring and satisfying in a perverted sense). R Director: Produced by the legendary Alexander Korda and starring matinee idol Robert Donat as the ghost, alongside such stalwarts as Elsa Lanchester and comic genius Terry-Thomas in an early uncredited role, this effervescent comedy was the top grossing film of 1936 in the UK. Carol Ohmart, The scariest and most engaging Korean horror movie I've seen yet. Giacomo Rossi Stuart, | It's creepy now, so this must have been terrifying back in 1963! $3.16M, Not Rated The effect has aged marvellously well. | | Spellbound or Ghost Story, a film by John Harlow; Ghost Story, a film featuring Marianne Faithfull; Ghost Story, an adaptation of the Peter Straub novel; Patrick Macnee's Ghost Stories, a 1997 series of direct-to-video programs; Ghost Stories, a film by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson; A Ghost Story, a 2017 American drama film by David Lowery; Ghost Stories, a Hindi anthology film A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumors that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. We all know about this one. | Gross: Well, in my attempt to select the ultimate celluloid spectres to add an extra chill as the long nights draw in, I gave myself two simple rules to separate the best from the rest. Hollywood owes a good portion of the success garnered by American remakes, to the original films that inspired them. | Marino Masé, Approved Director: | $4.36M, Unrated 99 min $96.52M. The Wicker Man was directed by Robin Hardy, and was inspired by a David Pinner's 1967 novel, Ritual. Paul Muller, | More commonly known as The Grudge. 34,434 A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. Harry Ellerbe, Votes: Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot? | | Gross: | 10 great haunted house films | BFI - British Film Institute Leona Gage, Alex Nicol Patrick Wilson, Get the Details and Some New Pics Here! | Will Rogers, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. | 105,386 | She becomes the victim of an old curse that lays on the family. Director: His short story Casting the Runes was adapted by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, The Leopard Man) into his horror masterpiece Night of the Demon. Stars: Ghostwatch is a British reality ... Viewers are asked to call in with their own ghost stories, which becomes an important plot point. 68 min Ramón Peón Horror, Mystery, Thriller. This sequel is about the famous Enfield Haunting in the UK during the 70's. Virginia Madsen, | $27.70M. Director: Bert I. Gordon Mark Damon, Not Rated Very good. Mysterious voices that appear to come from nowhere, jump scares as faces appear in reflective surfaces, but all are in service of the unnerving atmosphere that pervades the film. Anything to fill that long reach of nights between Halloween and Christmas, then on into the bleak, dead days of January. $0.03M. A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water. $2.62M. Karen Black, David Robert Mitchell Horror. Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless Horseman. Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Director: | Virginia Zurí, Made when Guillermo del Toro was at his peak, and a film that earned him his stripes on the international scene, way before Pan's Labyrinth. Stars: | Elio Jotta, Here are ten of the best British or British themed ghost stories from the big and little screen. Hans Sternberg, Votes: $101.07M. A very solid spooky mystery set in New Orleans, a must see for fans of the genre. Stars: Before these movies was an episode of the British teleplay series, Omnibus, entitled Whistle and I’ll Come to You which greatly influenced the series and is usually counted as a part of the strand. Horror, Romance. 142,407 PG Xander Berkeley, | | Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Perhaps the most famous winter ghost story in cinema, The Shining is also one of the most terrifying. Told against the cold light of a sky bedecked with watching eyes, this is as stylish (and stylised) as winter ghost stories get. Paulette Goddard, Director: | Gross: Peter Voß, Passed Ghost Stories Review: An Enthralling Portmanteau Horror… Remember Those? Captures the horrific nature of trench warfare during WWI and throws the supernatural in to the mix. R 82 min | Harriet Medin, Not Rated What is actually five ghost stories within a linking story the film focuses on several guests (featuring a top notch performance from Googie Withers) at a house party deep in the English countryside, as each recounts a sinister experience which cannot be explained by everyday rationality. | A solid ghost mystery with the legendary Kevin Bacon. Stars: Drama, Horror, Mystery. Glen-Paul Waru, 58 min Featuring both one of the most erotic love making scenes and one of the most brutal murder sequences ever filmed, it’s a film of great breadth encapsulating so much of the experience of grief. | | A definite top 10 ghost movie for me. Drama, Horror, Mystery. Director: Illeana Douglas, Votes: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery. Tony Todd, | James Watkins Laurence Fox. Required fields are marked *. | It's got that slightly garish and cheesy 80's thing going on in places, but if you can set that aside this is an absolute classic. Massimo Pupillo Ruth Livier, Donald Crisp, Thriller, Horror, Mystery. The original celluloid version of Shirley Jackson’s classic study of the macabre ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ (forget the 1999 remake which was a pure abomination), still chills the viewer to the marrow by following the mantra that ‘less is more’. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram under the handle: @herpfiction. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife to think she's losing her mind. | Gwen Watford, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Brother In Law Sister In Law Relationship.