Haunted Houses and Spirits

Spain, 1939. With the country ravaged by civil war and General Francisco Franco's Nationalists, Carlos, an abandoned orphan, ends up in a small Republican orphanage. Now, there is no turning back: with his freedom-fighter father killed for the cause, the 12-year-old boy's fate lies in the hands of the institution's unwilling administrator, Carmen. But these are trying times; bread and food are precious commodities. And then, ominous whispers filled the school's labyrinthine corridors. As the innocent newcomer navigates a cruel reality while coping with bullies, disquieting rumours of otherworldly visitations chill the bone to the marrow. Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction--wolves and lambs can die together. After all, blood never forgets. And in the waning months of the Spanish Civil War, revenge may even come from the grave.

In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in the only bedroom. There are also noises coming from the apartment directly above hers, though it would appear to be vacant. Is the apartment haunted or is there a simpler explanation?

A hospice nurse, Caroline, takes a job caring for an elderly man in a mysterious Louisiana mansion. She discovers a secret room filled with Hoodoo artifacts and learns of the house's dark past. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a sinister plot and must confront the forces at play to save herself and her patient. With a surprising climax and eerie atmosphere, the film delivers a gripping Southern Gothic tale of mystery and supernatural intrigue.

A lawyer, Arthur Kipps, is sent to a village to put in order the legal affairs of a house for sale. A routine assignment becomes a puzzling enigma when Arthur notices that the neighbours choose to avoid the house and he believes it may be related to the ubiquitous presence of an enigmatic woman in black. In this terrifying, fantasy-tinged tale, it is Arthur's sanity that is in question, troubled by his recent widowhood: a suspenseful and disturbing ghost story.

In Victorian England, the uncle (Sir Michael Redgrave) of orphaned niece Flora (Pamela Franklin) and nephew Miles (Martin Stephens) hires Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) as governess to raise the children at his estate with total independence and authority. Soon after her arrival, Miss Giddens comes to believe that the spirits of the former governess Miss Jessel (Clytie Jessop) and valet Peter Quint (Peter Wyngarde) are possessing the children. Miss Giddens decides to help the children to face and exorcise the spirits.

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

Guillermo del Toro's masterful direction comes alive in a gothic romance where Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, and Jessica Chastain transport you to a realm of spectral intrigue and enigmatic love. Against a backdrop of an enchantingly decayed mansion, the film unfolds with mystery and evocative romance, inviting audiences to delve into a world where love and danger coexist.

A family's return to their former home, an orphanage for handicapped children, takes a chilling turn when their son starts communicating with an invisible friend. Brace yourself for a tense horror experience.

It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.

Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house on Haunted Hill for a "haunted House" party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.

Grace lives in a gloomy Victorian mansion on the island of Jersey where she raises her daughter and son; she also has to care for them with a disease that makes them ultra-sensitive to daylight. When three new servants begin to work, Grace makes clear one rule: the house must always be dark and only open a door if the previous one has already been closed. A chilling film for its sense of terror that doesn't go for the easy scare (although it doesn't lack it either), with a claustrophobic atmosphere and a memorable performance by Nicole Kidman.

The Freeling family lives in a suburban neighborhood, stranger things start to happen in their home, initially minor stuff like objects moving on their own and strange noises. But, the events escalate until their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, becomes the focal point of the haunting! Seeking the help of parapsychologists and a spiritual medium, this family never will be the same! Known for its intense and suspenseful sequences: It’s a classic of the genre, you will never sleep again!

Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that they have gotten more than they bargained for as the ghostly presence in the house manifests itself in horrific and deadly ways.

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 Island where newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into the house that they hope will be their dream house which ends up in terror. Despite full disclosure by the real estate agent of the house's history, George and Kathy buy the house. George says, "Houses don't have memories," but they turn to their family priest Father Delaney who believes the house is haunted and performs an exorcism on the house. But satanic forces in the house causes him to become blind and makes him very sick. With the help of another priest Father Bolen and a police detective, George and Kathy face the fears of the house, but not knowing the forces are planning to possess George and then the children.