37 Best Paranormal Movies & Films

Top 37 must-see best paranormal movies from 109 paranormal movies, including Poltergeist, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, Beetlejuice, The Conjuring, Ghostbusters, The Orphanage, Resolution, Ouija 2, and Stir of Echoes ranked and rated by score.

Top 37 Best Paranormal Movies of All Time

Click any of the movies in this paranormal list below to see that films' synopsis, plot, cast/actors, directors, full poster, movie trailer, and review.

Poltergeist Horror Movie Review
Score: 8.7/10 IMDB: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 188,797
Mystery, Possession, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Investigation
MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: 77177301
Plot / Synopsis: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of…
Director: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins

Our Take on The Shining (1980)
Score: 7.89/10 IMDB: 8.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,173,443
Featured Supernatural, Psychological, Supernatural, Cult Classic, Isolation, Killer Parents, Madness, Motel, Psychic
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 45634352
Plot / Synopsis: Haunted by a persistent writer's block, the aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, Jack Torrance, drags his wife, Wendy, and his gifted son, Danny, up snow-capped…
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson

Full Review of The Sixth Sense (1999)
Score: 7.83/10 IMDB: 8.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,115,897
Psychological, Supernatural, Drama, Single Moms
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 293506292
Plot / Synopsis: Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient.…
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan

What We Thought of Beetlejuice
Score: 7.76/10 IMDB: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 405,161
Comedy, Haunted House, Possession, Supernatural, Back from the Dead, Campy, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Inherited
MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: 74664632
Plot / Synopsis: Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their…
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger

What We Thought of The Conjuring
Score: 7.76/10 IMDB: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 591,309
Demons, Supernatural, Haunted House - Investigation, Psychic
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 137446368
Plot / Synopsis: In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with…
Director: James Wan
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell

What We Thought of Ghostbusters
Score: 7.74/10 IMDB: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 471,211

MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: 243640120
Plot / Synopsis: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler work at Columbia University. where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on their…
Director: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis

In-Depth The Orphanage Review
Score: 7.54/10 IMDB: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 167,384
Supernatural, Thriller, Drama, Haunted House - Inherited, Mind Bender, Orphans
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 7161284
Plot / Synopsis: Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Simón together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised.…
Director: J.A. Bayona
Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla

Resolution Horror Movie Review
Score: 7.28/10 IMDB: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 20,674
Cabin in the Woods, Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Mind Bender, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: Soon-to-be-a-dad Michael makes a last ditch effort to save his longtime but addicted friend Chris from a foreseeable drug related death. Visiting Chris and handcuffing…
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Stars: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Emily Montague, Kurt David Anderson, Skyler Meacham

Our Take on Ouija 2 (2016)
Score: 7/10 IMDB: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 79,786
Possession, Supernatural, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Single Moms, Blumhouse
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 35144505
Plot / Synopsis: In 1967 Los Angeles, a young widow named Alice Zander works out of her suburban home as a spiritual medium, accompanied by her daughters, 15-year-old…
Director: Mike Flanagan
Stars: Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Henry Thomas, Parker Mack

Read Our Stir of Echoes Review
Score: 6.89/10 IMDB: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 91,105
Featured Supernatural, Supernatural, Drama, Haunted
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 21142914
Plot / Synopsis: A man is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in law. He soon has visions and dreams of a ghost of a girl. Trying to…
Director: David Koepp
Stars: Zachary David Cope, Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn

Ghost Horror Movie Review
Score: 6.72/10 IMDB: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 249,461

MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 217631306
Plot / Synopsis: Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and…
Director: Jerry Zucker
Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Lawrence, Christopher J. Keene

In-Depth The Eye Review
Score: 6.7/10 IMDB: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 30,638
Twisted Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Haunted, Medical, Psychic
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 512049
Plot / Synopsis: A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for…
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang
Stars: Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Jinda Duangtoy, Yut Lai So, Candy Lo

What We Thought of The Gift
Score: 6.5/10 IMDB: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 78,494
Thriller, Drama
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 12008642
Plot / Synopsis: When Jessica King goes missing, all eyes turn to Annabelle Wilson. Not as a murder suspect, but as a clairvoyant. Many of the towns folk…
Director: Sam Raimi
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear

In-Depth Marrowbone Review
Score: 6.33/10 IMDB: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 48,818
Haunted House, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Inherited
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 1377
Plot / Synopsis: Three brothers and a sister have just lost their mother. After her death they fear to be separated, so to protect themselves and prevent this…
Director: Sergio G. Sánchez
Stars: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg

Exploring Ghostbusters II – Full Review
Score: 6.29/10 IMDB: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 233,706

MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: 112494738
Plot / Synopsis: Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow in Ghostbusters (1984), the once-famous band of spirit-hunters find themselves…
Director: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis

Full Review of The Entity (1982)
Score: 6/10 IMDB: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 19,672
Thriller, Cursed, Religion
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 13277558
Plot / Synopsis: As if struggling to make ends meet and trying to get her life back on track wasn't enough, the hard-working single mother of three, Carla…
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye

Our Take on Wind Chill (2007)
Score: 5.44/10 IMDB: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 25,996
Supernatural, Thriller, Alternate Timelines, Christmas, Mind Bender, Road Trip
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 36804
Plot / Synopsis: A couple of college students known only as the Girl and the Guy are traveling home to Delaware the day before Christmas Eve. They're on…
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Stars: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy, Ian A. Wallace

Our Take on The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Score: 5.33/10 IMDB: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 145,616
Featured Supernatural, Possession, Supernatural, Exorcisms, Religion
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 75072454
Plot / Synopsis: When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her…
Director: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore

Creep (2004) Review
Score: 5.22/10 IMDB: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 33,403
Survival, Thriller, Confined, Isolation, Mutants, Urban Decay
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: Heading home late one night after a party, Kate falls asleep while waiting for her train. She awakens to find herself trapped in the London…
Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell, Kathryn Gilfeather, Franka Potente, Grant Ibbs

In-Depth The Possession Review
Score: 5.2/10 IMDB: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 64,960
Featured Supernatural, Possession, Supernatural, Cursed, Exorcisms, Religion, Suburbs
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 49130154
Plot / Synopsis: The basketball coach Clyde and his wife Stephanie divorced a couple of months ago and their teenage daughter Hannah and the girl Emily 'Em' live…
Director: Ole Bornedal
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Matisyahu

Full Review of The Uninvited (2009)
Score: 5.07/10 IMDB: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 87,754
Mystery, Psychological, Drama, Dysfunctional Family, Madness
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 28596818
Plot / Synopsis: After the death of her ill mother in a fire, teenager Anna tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental institution for treatment.…
Directors: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Massar

Score: 5.07/10 IMDB: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,340
Cabin in the Woods, Supernatural, Desolate, Wilderness
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: When the eight-year-old son, David, of a wealthy New England socialite is abducted, his kidnapper Max Harper and his seedy associates assume it will be…
Director: Stewart Hendler
Stars: Jennifer Shirley, Blake Woodruff, Michael Rooker, Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies

Score: 4.93/10 IMDB: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,445
Haunted House, Killer, Haunted House - Cursed, Revenge, Sci-Fi, Torture
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in…
Director: Eric Red
Stars: Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré, Patricia Charbonneau

The Amityville Horror (1979) Review
Score: 4.72/10 IMDB: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 47,287
Haunted House, Haunted House - Cursed, Killer Parents, Madness, Religion, Urban Legend
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 86432000
Plot / Synopsis: Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large house on the coast of Long…
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton

Score: 4.57/10 IMDB: 4.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,135
Survival, Thriller, Road Trip, Serial Killer, Teens, Thrill Kill, Tourists
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: In Texas, the aspirant actress Nicole Carrow runs away home to Los Angeles with her boyfriend Jess Hilts. They drive through a shortcut in an…
Director: John Shiban
Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Joseph George Mendicino, Deanna Russo, Diane Salinger, Michael Childers

109 Paranormal films sorted alphabetically from A-Z

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1). 100 Feet (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.93/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,445 | MPAA Rating: R

Haunted House, Killer, Haunted House - Cursed, Revenge, Sci-Fi, Torture

Plot / Synopsis: A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from...

Director: Eric Red
Stars: Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré, Patricia Charbonneau

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2). 5 Souls (2013) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 342 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: How far would you go to save your soul? Noah is haunted by this very question when a shadowy stranger offers him a disturbing choice: kill or be killed...

Director: Brett Donowho
Stars: Kristina Anapau, Samaire Armstrong, Steve Bacic, Lynn Blackburn, Ian Bohen

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3). A Night in the Woods (2011) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 3.8/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,035 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, s**ual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to terror. As collective paranoia reaches fever pitch it becomes clear that there...

Director: Richard Parry
Stars: Scoot McNairy, Scoot McNairy, Anna Skellern, Anna Skellern, Andrew Hawley

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4). Aaron's House (2012) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 140 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: A paranormal researcher sets out to debunk the legends surrounding the infamous Aaron's House. Tagline: A legacy of terror for more than 150 years...

Director: B. Luciano Barsuglia
Stars: Bobby Field, Christine Cowden, Daron McFarland, Javier Morga, Natalie Avital

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5). Abbey Grace (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.08/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,194 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: When Stacy's mom dies, Stacey puts her life and career on hold and returns to her childhood home to take care of her OCD agorophobic brother Ben who hasn't been out of the house for 23 years only to find out the house they grew up in harbors a disturbing secret...

Director: Stephen Durham
Stars: Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, Semi Anthony, Maggie McNabb

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6). Alice D (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 3.8/10 | IMDB Rating: 2.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 506 | MPAA Rating: R

Haunted House, Confined, Haunted House - Hotel, Party

Plot / Synopsis: Jessica Sonneborn's Alice D (2014) is a horror thriller movie that is a low budget film that managed to cast Kane Hodder and Al Snow. From the teaser trailer, the film seems to have suspense, build up, and decent pacing. Alice D plays out like a ghost haunting movie. Alice D also stars Eliza Swenson, Juan Riedinger, Josh Hammond, Heather...

Director: Jessica Sonneborn
Stars: Kane Hodder, Juan Riedinger, Al Snow, Megan Hensley, Aaron Massey

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7). Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (2011) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes

Score: 2.81/10 | IMDB Rating: 2.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 958 | MPAA Rating: R

Demons, Found Footage, Exorcisms, Madness, Religion

Plot / Synopsis: Documentary covering the famous 'demonic possession' case of Anneliese Michel. The film features authentic...Tagline: The terrifying true story that inspired The Exorcism of Emily Rose...

Director: Jude Gerard Prest
Stars: Yaz Canli, Kai Cofer, Christopher Karl Johnson, Nikki Muller, Annette Remter

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8). Arise from Darkness (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 5.91/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 833 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $6,112

Plot / Synopsis: Based on the early events of psychic Lazaro Ruben Torres, clinically declared dead five times. In the process of trying to reconnect with his daughter Lazaro discovers the man who killed her...

Directors: La Raza, Zachary Laoutides, Mónica Esmeralda León
Stars: Zachary Laoutides, Mónica Esmeralda León, Samuel Younan, Amparo Sanchez, Alex Villarreal

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9). As Above, So Below (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: As Above, So Below (2014)

Score: 4.57/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 123,938 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | Metascore: 3.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $21,321,100

Found Footage, Survival, Confined, Dangerous Exploration, Hell

As Above, So Below is Streaming on Netflix

Plot / Synopsis: John Erick Dowdle's As Above, So Below (2014) looks great! Paris sits atop the largest grave site with miles of twisting catacombs with untold millions of human remains. To make matters worse, this new horror film looks to inject the already haunting chilling site with a plot that the catacombs themselves are the gate way to hell, awesome. There is...

Director: John Erick Dowdle
Stars: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert

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10). Ascent to Hell (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.21/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,515 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: Kate, an ambitious commercial real estate agent, has her sights set on a big contract, with a wealthy investment manager. The deal is lucrative, but it is suddenly on the rocks as Kate and Mr. Browning, and the rest of the people involved in the deal must survive a mysterious supernatural trap. In order to escape with their lives,...

Director: Dena Hysell-Cornejo
Stars: Azura Skye, Cayleb Long, Bill Sage, Taylor Black, John Hennigan

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11). Audrey Rose (1977) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 5.75/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,887 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG

Possession, Drama, Psychic

Plot / Synopsis: A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated. Tagline: A haunting vision of reincarnation...

Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd

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12). Bayou Ghost Story (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 5.74/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 91 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: A paranormal investigator travels to the South to research a series of deaths connected to a supernatural curse haunting an old Louisiana family.Tagline: A Louisiana Haunting...

Director: Armand Petri
Stars: Santo Panzarella, Jared Fleming, Armand Petri, Cheryl Gautier, Chris Fontenot Jr.

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13). Beetlejuice (1988) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Beetlejuice

Score: 7.76/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 405,161 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: $74,664,632

Comedy, Haunted House, Possession, Supernatural, Back from the Dead, Campy, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Inherited

Beetlejuice is Streaming on HBO Max

Plot / Synopsis: A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.Tagline: Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES...

Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger

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14). Black Mountain Side (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,647 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Mystery, Psychological, Dangerous Exploration, Isolation

Plot / Synopsis: Black Mountain Side follows a group of archaeologists after they uncover a strange structure in Northern Canada, dating over ten thousand years before the present. The team finds themselves isolated when their communication systems fail and it is not long before they begin to feel the effects of the solitude. Tagline: There is something under the ice...

Director: Nick Szostakiwskyj
Stars: Shane Twerdun, Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt, Marc Anthony Williams, Andrew Moxham

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15). Blood Money (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Exploring Blood Money – Full Review

Score: 4.62/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 578 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: Director Luke White brings us his new film in Blood Money (2017). This drama horror mystery movie features five friends who fall victim to paranoia and fear after they stay in a deserted holiday cabin after a failed robbery. Klariza Clayton, Ollie Barbieri, and Scott Chambers star in Blood Money...

Director: Luke White
Stars: Klariza Clayton, Ollie Barbieri, Scott Chambers, Sabrina Hansen, Nicholas Bourne

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