Top 21 must-see best haunted house movies from 37 haunted house movies, including Poltergeist, The Shining, The Others, The Sixth Sense, Beetlejuice, The Conjuring, The Orphanage, The Changeling, Monster House, and His House ranked and rated by score.
37 Haunted House films sorted alphabetically from A-Z
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Plot / Synopsis: A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, CA. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following...
Director: Oren Peli Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer
Plot / Synopsis: Sinister stars Ethan Hawk as a struggling true crime novelist who moves his family into a house where a horrific murder took place. The entire family was murdered. Eventually he finds a box full of old home videos from the previous owners. On the tapes are the brutal murders of numerous families. During his investigation he soon learns that the...
Director: Scott Derrickson Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Michael Hall D''Addario
Plot / Synopsis: After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
Tagline: Some doors weren't meant to be opened...
Director: David Koepp Stars: Zachary David Cope, Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn
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Plot / Synopsis: Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.
Tagline: Houses don't have memories...
Director: Stuart Rosenberg Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton
Plot / Synopsis: A man staying at a secluded historical mansion finds himself being haunted by the presence of a spectre.Tagline: ...an experience beyond total fear...
Director: Peter Medak Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos
Plot / Synopsis: James Wan brought us greats like Saw and Insidious. He now directs "The Conjuring" which is based on the true case files of the Warrens. This horror movie looks fantastic and promises to give us some true screams. Look for this upcoming horror movie in theaters this July 19, 2013. Check out the trailer and see what you think.
Synopsis: Before...
Director: James Wan Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell
Plot / Synopsis: Supposedly based partially on a true story, a woman is tormented and s**ually m***sted by an invisible demon.Tagline: There is no escape from something you cannot see...
Director: Sidney J. Furie Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye
Plot / Synopsis: A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.
Tagline: The reluctant guest...
Director: Rob Minkoff Stars: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist doing research on the paranormal invites two women to a haunted mansion. One of the participants soon starts losing her mind.Tagline: An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against...
Director: Robert Wise Stars: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton
Plot / Synopsis: Starring: Sara Paxton , Pat Healy , Kelly McGillis
Director(s): Ti West
Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees-- Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) -- are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most...
Director: Ti West Stars: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Alison Bartlett, Jake Ryan, Kelly McGillis
Plot / Synopsis: A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.Tagline: Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?...
Director: Jack Clayton Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens
Plot / Synopsis: Physicist Lionel Barrett and his wife lead a team of mediums into the Belasco House, which is supposedly haunted by the victims of its late owner, a six-foot-five serial killer.
Tagline: For the sake of your sanity, pray it isn't true!...
Director: John Hough Stars: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver
Plot / Synopsis: 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.
Tagline: Un cuento de amor. Una historia de terror (A tale of love. A story of horror)...
Director: J.A. Bayona Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla
Plot / Synopsis: A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.Tagline: Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different...
Director: Alejandro Amenábar Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley