Avoid if: You’re mad that this movie made the list, but we ran out of room for stuff like The Shining (which may or may not even be a ghost movie to begin with—don’t get started). Cieply, Michael; Easton, Nina J. (September 11, 1990). "Paramount Reels in Power Struggle After Hits, Misses". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 8, 2010.

If you love an exhilarating chill down your spine, these good ghost movies are a must-watch. From unsettling hauntings to heart-stopping scares, ghost movies are a timeless favorite in the realm of the supernatural. The films creatively explore our fascination with the afterlife, whether it's through terrifying encounters, metaphysical mysteries, or even comic relief. Our selection brings together critically acclaimed productions, audience favorites, and iconic classics, all bound by one eerie element - ghosts.There are quite a few ghost movies in which a spirit falls in love with someone still among the living. Few have the inherent sweetness, humor, and chemistry of its leads that you get with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Ghost Movie Review: Shivarajkumar's electrifying performance holds the fort in Srini's multiverse". Cinema Express. Ghost first look: Sudeep calls Shivarajkumar 'king of all masses' as he goes pan-India with his next film". The New Indian Express. Ghost 2023: Release date, trailer, plot, cast, budget, OTT partner and more". OTTPlay . Retrieved 2023-10-17.

There’s an argument to be made that his 1996 film The Frighteners was the last time he made a movie that was just fun, with the grandeur being more in trying to make silly things as scary as humanly possible. Annual Youth In Film Awards". Young Artist Award. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015 . Retrieved March 31, 2011. How many horror movies are set in haunted English mansions? It’s a list unto itself. The Legend of Hell House remains one of the best. Part of that comes down to the movie’s willingness to throw just about anything at you. The Legend of Hell House doesn’t play with your psyche, as many examples on this list do. It is a pure carnival ride. The sudden death of a young couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) sets in motion a dramatic change to the way things are done. Beetlejuice benefits from not just Davis and Baldwin as a sweet, naïve couple, but from a cast that features Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Glenn Shadix, and Michael Keaton in the iconic title role.After losing his parents, he gives this house to the rent to avoid staying in the house of the Alev family, who is living a great destruction. But there is a lot that he does not know about the new co... Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p.440. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, House/Hausu does not care about our expectations. The movie wants to practically suffocate us with unrelenting strangeness, as well as a blend of horror comedy that can only be described as unique. This is a ghost story, but they are the ghosts in a movie that seems as though it was brought to life by a legitimate madman. Much of this film is merely performance and shadow. The classic idea of what’s not there, although this masterpiece of gothic horror also delivers on and even surprises your expectations for what a ghost story can entail. Deborah Kerr as young governess Miss Giddens is the key element to just how deep this movie can get into your head. Her performance is so perfect to the unfolding of this bizarre story, it drives the atmosphere and tension like nothing else.Rubin noted that he "wanted to tell a ghost story from the ghost's perspective": "One day, I was watching a production of Hamlet, which begins with the ghost of Hamlet's father saying, ‘Revenge my death,’" he recalled. "I thought, ‘Wow, let's transpose that into the 20th century; it'd be an interesting story.’ And the idea hit me." [16] Engel, Joel (November 17, 1991). "Radio: The Prager Prism: Dennis Prager has eight hours a week to talk on the radio about 'the great issues of life'; so, what makes him so important?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. That is not the case with A Tale of Two Sisters. Directed by Kim Jee-woon, A Tale of Two Sisters delivers its utterly fascinating premise of two sisters who reunite, and respond in a very heightened way to their widower father remarrying, with a frightening precision. There is also a very unshaken attention to emotional detail, particularly in the characterizations and performances of Im Soo-jung and Moon Geun-young as the sisters. Oscar-winner Ray Milland has one of my favorite filmographies of all time. A Welsh-American actor whose career spanned seven decades, Milland’s resume includes the Best Actor Oscar for 1945’s The Lost Weekend, sharing a body with Rosy Grier in The Thing with Two Heads, an appearance on the original Battlestar Galactica, and much more.

Right from the start, The Fog, which also features one of Carpenter’s best ensemble casts, establishes a sense of dread. It suggests the presence of vengeful spirits long before we ever actually see them. As the fog gets closer to the town where the film is set, the momentum of the movie continues, as well. It all culminates in a satisfying, intense conclusion. Beyond the Friday the 13th series, writer/director/producer Sean S. Cunningham also helmed a handful of fairly entertaining comedy-horror hybrids in the form of the House franchise. The first one is perhaps the best, although the plot and humor occasionally lose their momentum. After a terrible car accident, Sedat will do anything to save a childhood friend – even if it means dealing with demons and ghosts.... Broeske, Pat H. (August 7, 1990). " 'Ghost' Tops Box Office Again". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 8, 2010. Photo by A24/courtesy Everett Collection. Thumbnail: A24 /Courtesy Everett Collection) Every Horror Movie of 2022 Ranked Best to Worst

Ultraviolet (1998)

If you don’t believe in ghosts, there’s a chance ghost stories still appeal to you. It stands to reason that any list of the best ghost movies would appeal to you, as well. Because whether or not you actually believe in ghosts is not a requirement to appreciate one of the oldest subgenres in film. All you have to do is connect the film to the part of your mind that likes to imagine such stories are plausible. Because there will always be a part of most minds that wants desperately to believe in the unknown. It has more potency than a lot of other famous hauntings, if only because it has the benefit of being connected, however loosely, to an entire franchise of books, movies, and even TV shows. Most of the locals certainly seem to like contributing to its enduring appeal, as well. If nothing else, the part that is wholly true, where Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family, seemingly out of the blue, is harrowing stuff. We can’t help but want to attach a ghost story to something so grisly.