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Ghost Movies

Literary Ghost Stories

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1920s

Körkarlen [aka The Phantom Carriage; The Soul Shall Bear Witness] (Sweden-1920, dir. Victor Sjöström)
The Ghost Breaker (US-1922, dir. Alfred Green)
Au Secours! (France-1923, short, dir. Abel Gance)
Kyoren no Onna Shisho [aka Passion of a Woman Teacher] (Japan-1926, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
La Chute de la Maison Usher [aka The Fall of the House of Usher] (France-1928, dir. Jean Epstein)

1930s

Haunted Gold (US-1932, dir. Mack V. Wright)
The Crying Woman
[aka La Llorona; The Ghost] (Mex-1933, dir. Ramón Peón)
Supernatural
(US-1933, dir. Victor Halperin)
El Fantasma derl Convento [aka The Phantom of the Convent] (Mexico-1934, dir. Fernando de Fuentes)
The Medium (UK-1934, short, dir. Vernon Sewell)
The Ghost Goes West (UK-1935, dir. René Clair)
Death and the Maiden [aka Faehrmann Maria; Ferryboat Woman Maria] (Germany-1936, dir. Frank Wisbar)
Topper (US-1937, dir. Norman Z. McLeod)
A Christmas Carol (US-1938, Edwin L. Marin)
The Utah Trail (US, 1938, dir. Albert Herman)
La Charrette Fantôme (France-1939, dir. Julien Duvivier)
The Tender Enemy [aka La tendre ennemie] (France-1939, dir. Max Ophüls)
Topper Takes a Trip (US-1939, dir. Norman Z. McLeod)

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1940s

Beyond Tomorrow [aka Beyond Christmas] (US-1940, dir. A Edward Sutherland)
Earthbound
(US-1940, dir. Irving Pichel)
Ghost Breakers
(US-1940, dir. George Marshall)
The Ghost of Midnight [aka El Fantasma de medianoche] (Mex-1940, dir. Raphael J. Sevilla)
You'll Find Out (US-1940, dir. David Butler)
The Ghost of St. Michael's (UK-1941, dir. Marcel Varnel)
The Ghost Train (UK-1941, dir. Walter Forde)
Hold That Ghost (US-1941, dir. Arthur Rubin)
The Smiling Ghost (US-1941, dir. Lewis Seiler)
Topper Returns (US-1941, dir. Roy del Ruth)
The Canterville Ghost (US-1944, dir. Jules Dassin)
Curse of the Cat People (US-1944, dir. Robert Wise, Gunther van Fritsch)
Don't Take It To Heart (UK-1944, dir. Jeffrey Dell)
The Ghost Catchers (US-1944, dir. Edwarde F. Cline)
The Halfway House (UK-1944, dir. Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti uncredited)
La Torre de los siete jorobados [aka The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks] (Spain-1944, dir. Edgar Neville)
The Uninvited (US-1944, dir. Lewis Allen)
Blithe Spirit (UK-1945, dir. David Lean)
Dead of Night (UK-1945, dir. various)
The Phantom Speaks (US-1945, dir. John English)
The Woman Who Came Back (US-1945, dir. Walter Colmes)
Wonder Man (US-1945, dir. H. Bruce Humberstone)
Face of Marble (US-1946, dir. William Beaudine)
La Rebelion de los Fantasmas [aka The Revolt of the Ghosts] (Mexico-1946, dir. Adolfo Fernandez Bustamante)
Strangler of the Swamp (US-1946, dir. Frank Wisbar)
Sylvia and the Ghost [aka Sylvie et le fantôme] (France-1946, dir. Claude Autant-Lara)
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (US-1947, dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
The Ghost Goes Wild (US-1947, dir. George Blair)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (UK-1947, dir. Vernon Sewell)
Hamlet (UK-1948, dir. Laurence Olivier)
Ghost of Yotsuya -- New Version [aka Shinshaku Yotsuya Kaidan] (Japan-1949, dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)
Nabeshima Kaibyoben (Japan-1949, dir. Kunio Watanabe)

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1950s

Return to Glennascaul [aka A Story That Is Told in Dublin; Orson Welles' Ghost Story] (Ireland-1951, short, dir. Hilton Edwards]
Castle in the Air
(UK-1952, dir. Henry Cass)
Ghost Ship
(UK-1952, dir. Vernon Sewell) -- review

Three's Company (UK-1953, dir. Terence Fisher, Charles Saunders) -- "The Scream" segment
Ugetsu [aka Ugetsu monogatari] (Japan-1953, dir. Kenji Mizguchi)
Love with a Ghost (HK-1954, dir. Tao Qin)
Ghost Story of Youth [aka Seishun kaidan] (Japan-1955, dir. Kon Ichikawa)
Back from the Dead (US-1956, dir. Charles Marquis Warren)
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya [aka Kaii Utsunomiya tsuritenjo] (Japan-1956, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
The Headless Rider [aka El Jinete Sin Cabeza] (Mexico-1956, dir. Chano Urueta)
The Swamp [aka Kaidan Chidori-ga-fuchi; Ghost of Chidori-ga-fuchi] (Japan-1956, dir. Eiichi Koishi)
The Ghost of Kasane [aka Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi; The Depths] (Japan-1957, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
Ghost Stories of a Wanderer at Honjo [aka Kaidan Honjo nanfushigi; Seven Mysteries] Japan-1957, dir. Goro Katano)
Borei Kaibyo Yashiki [aka Black Cat Mansion] (Japan-1958, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
Ghost of Chibusa Enoki [aka Kaidan Chibusa enoki] (Japan-1958, dir. Goro Katano)
House on Haunted Hill (US-1958, dir. William Castle)
Körkarlen [aka The Phantom Carriage] (Sweden-1958, dir. AZrne Mattson)
The Screaming Skull (US-1958, dir. Alex Nicol)
Black Pit of Dr M [aka Misterios de ultratumba, Mysteries of the Afterlife] (Mex-1959, dir. Fernando Méndez)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (US-1959, dir. Robert Stevenson)
Enchanted Shadow [aka Ch'ien-nu Yu-Hin; Soul of a Beautiful Girl] (HK-1959, dir. Lin Han Hsiang)
Ghost from the Pond [aka Kaidan hitotsu-me Jizo, Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo] (Japan-1959, dir. Kinnosuke Fukuda)
Ghost Story: Depth of Kagami [aka Kaidan Kagami-ga-fuchi] (Japan-1959, dir. Masaki Mori)
Ghost Story of Yotsuya [aka Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan] (Japan-1959, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
The Haunted Cave [aka Ama no Bakemono Yashiki] (Japan-1959, dir. Morihei Magatani)
The Headless Ghost (UK-1959, dir. Peter Graham Scott)
Turn of the Screw (US-1959, TV, dir. John Frankenheimer)

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1960s

13 Ghosts (US-1960, dir. William Castle) -- review
Black Sunday [aka La Maschera del Demonio] (It/Fr-1960, dir. Mario Bava)
The Crying Woman [aka La Llorona] (Mex-1960, dir. René Cardona)
El Espejo de la Bruja
[aka Cuentos de Brujas; The Witch's Mirror] (Mexico-1960, dir. Chano Urueta)
The Ghost of Kasane
[aka Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi; Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane] (Japan-1960, dir. Kimiyoshi Yusuda)
The Haunted Castle
[aka Das Spukschloss im Spessart] (West German-1960, dir. Kurt Hoffman)
House of Usher
(US-1960, dir. Roger Corman)
The House in Marsh Road [aka The Invisible Creature] (UK-1960, dir. Montgomery Tully)
Jigoku [aka Hell] (Japan-1960, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
Tormented (US-1960, dir. Bert I. Gordon) -- review
Fantasmi a Roma [aka Ghosts in Rome] (Italy-1961, dir. Antonio Pietrangeli)
Ghost of Oiwa [aka Kaidan Oiwa no borei] (Japan-1961, dir. Tai Kato)
House of Mystery (UK-1961, dir. Vernon Sewell)
The Innocents (UK-1961, dir. Jack Clayton)
Carnival of Souls (US-1962, dir. Herk Harvey)
Otoshiana [aka Pitfall] (Japan-1962; dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara)
Spiritism [aka Espiritismo] (Mex-1962, dir. Benito Alazraki)
The Curse of the Crying Woman [aka La Maldición de la Llorona] (Mex-1963, dir. Rafael Baledón)
Devil Doll (UK/US-1963, dir. Lindsay Shonteff)
La Frusta e il Corpo [aka Incubo; The Body and the Whip] (Itasly/France-1963, dir. Mario Bava)
The Haunting (UK-1963, dir. Robert Wise)
Nightmare (UK-1963, dir. Freddie Francis)
The Terror (US-1963, dir. Roger Corman)
Twice Told Tales (US-1963, dir. Sidney Salkow), esp. "The House of the Seven Gables" segment
2000 Maniacs (US-1964, dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis)
Catacombs [aka The Woman Who Wouldn't Die] (UK-1964, dir. Gordon Hessler)
La Danza Macabra [aka Castle of Blood; The Long Night of Terror] (Italy/France-1964, dir. Antonio Margheriti as Anthony Dawson)

Kwaidan (Japan-1964, dir. Masaki Kobayashi)
The Long Hair of Death [aka I Lunghi Capellli della Morte] (Italy-1964, dir. Antonio Margheriti as Anthony Dawson)
The Tomb of Ligeia (UK-1964, dir. Roger Corman)
Witchcraft (UK-1964, dir. Don Sharp)
The Ghost Jesters [aka Los Fantasmas burlones] (Mex-1965, dir. Rafael Baledón)
The Ghost of the Hunchback [aka Kaidan Semushi Otoko] (Japan-1965, dir. Hajime Sato)
Ghost of the One-Eyed Man [aka Kaidan Katame no Otoko] (Japan-1965, dir. Tsunea Kobayashi)
Illusion of Blood [aka Yotsuya Kaidan; The Ghost of Yotsuya] (Japan-1965, dir. Shiro Toyoda)
Nightmare Castle [aka Amanti d'Oltretomba; Lovers Beyond the Tomb] (Italy-1965, dir. Mario Caiano as Allan Grunewald)
The Skull (UK-1965, dir. Freddie Francis)
Kill, Baby, Kill! [aka Operazione Paura] (Italy-1966, dir. Mario Bava) -- review
La Lunga Notte di Veronique [aka But You Were Dead; Veronique's Long Night] (Italy-1966, dir. Gianni Vernuccio)
Mystery and Imagination (TV series, UK-1966/1970, dir. Patrick Dromgoole)
The Painted Skin [aka Hua Pi] (HK-1966, dir. Bao Fang)
Tenamonya yurei dochu [aka Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya] (Japan-1967, dir. Shuei Matsubayashi)
Autopsy of a Ghost [aka Autopsia de un fantasma] (Mex-1968, dir. Ismael Rodríguez)
A Ghost Story: Barabara Phantom [aka Kaidan barabara yurei; The Dismembered Ghost] (Japan-1968, dir. Kinya Ogawa)
Ghost Story of the Snake Woman [aka Kaidan hebi-onna] (Japan-1968, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
Goedam [aka Ghost Story] (South Korea-1968, dir. Jo-Myeong Jeon)
Kaidan Botandoro [aka A Tale of Peonies and Lanterns] (Japan-1968, dir. Satsuo Yamamoto)
Kaidan Yukigoro [aka Yukionna; Snow Ghost] (Japan-1968, dir. Tokuzo Tanaka)
Kaidan Zankoku Monogatari [aka Curse of Blood] (Japan-1968, dir. Kazuo Hase)
Kuroneko [aka Yabu no naka no kuroneko] (Japan-1968; dir. Kaneto Shindo)
Living Skeleton [aka Kyuketsu Dokurosen] (Japan-1968, dir. Hiroshi Matsuno)
Trilogy of Terror [aka Trilogia de Terror] (Brazil-1968, dir. José Mojica Marins; Ozulado Candeias; Luiz Sergio Person) esp. third story "Rocissao dos Mortos"
Whistle and I'll Come to You (UK-1968, TV episode "Omnibus", dir. Jonathan Miller)
Yokai daisenso [aka Big Ghost War; Spook Warfare] (Japan-1968, dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda)
Yokai Hyaku Monogatari [aka The Hundred Monsters] (Japan-1968, dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda)
Aido (Japan-1969, dir. Susumu Hani)
Fear No Evil (US-1969, TV, dir. Paul Wendkos)
The Haunted Castle [aka Hiroku Kaibyoden] (Japan-1969, dir. Tokuzo Tanaka)
Yotsuya Kaidan -- Oiwa no Borei [aka The Curse of the Ghosts] (Japan-1969, dir. Issei Mori)

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1970s

Crowhaven Farm (US-1970, TV, dir. Walter Grauman)
Curse of the Vampires
[aka Creatures of Evil] (US/Phil-1970, dir. Gerardo de Leon)
Blind Woman's Curse [aka Kaidan Noboriryu; Tattooed Swordswoman] (Japan-1970, dir. Teruo Ishii)
The Enchanting Ghost [aka Gui wu li ren] (HK-1970, dir. Chou Hsu Chiang)
Four Moods [aka Hsi Nou Ai Lueh] (Taiwan-1970, dir. Li Hanxiang, Bai Ching-Sue, Hoo Ching-chuen, Lu Shing)
Horror of an Ugly Woman [aka Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi; The Masseur's Curse] (Japan-1970, dir. Kimiyoshi Yusuda]
The House That Wouldn't Die
(US-1970, TV, dir. John Llewellyn Moxey)
Night of the Vampire
[aka Chi o Suu Ningy] (Japan-1970, dir. Michio Yamamoto)
Ritual of Evil
(US, 1970, TV, dir. Robert Day) -- sequel to Fear No Evil (1969)
Sole Survivor
(US-1970, TV, dir. Paul Stanley)
Black Noon
(US-1971, TV, dir. Bernard L. Kowalski)
The Ghost
[aka Myonuriui Han] (South Korea-1971, dir. Park Yoon Kyo)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
(US-1971, dir. John Hancock)
Malpertuis
(France/Belgium-1971, dir. Harry Kümel)
Muñeca Reina
(Mexico-1971, dir. Sergio Olhovich)
Something Evil
(US-1972, TV, dir. Steven Spielberg)
The Stalls of Barchester
(UK-1971, TV episode "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
A Christmas Carol
(US-1972, dir. Richard Williams)
Ghost Story (US-1972, TV, dir. John Llewellyn Moxey)
Ghost Story (US-1972, TV series, dir. Don McDougall and others)
Neither the Sea nor the Sand (UK-1972, dir. Fred Burnley)
The Other (US-1972, dir. Robert Mulligan)
She Waits (US-1972, TV, dir. Delbert Mann)
The Stone Tape (UK-1972, TV, dir. Peter Sasdy)
A Warning to the Curious (UK-1972, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
The Asphyx (UK/US-1973, dir. Peter Newbrook) -- review
And Now the Screaming Starts! (UK-1973, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Dark Places (UK-1973, dir. Don Sharp)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (US-1973, TV, dir. John Newland)
Don't Look Now (It/US-1973, dir. Nicholas Roeg)
High Plains Drifter (US-1973, dir. Clint Eastwood)
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (US-1973, TV, dir. David Lowell Rich)
The Legend of Hell House (UK-1973, dir. John Hough)
Lisa and the Devil [aka Lisa e il diavolo] (Italy-1973, dir. Mario Bava] -- review
Céline et Julie vont en bateau [aka Celine and Julie Go Boating] (France-1974, dir. Jacques Rivette)
Lost Hearts (UK-1974, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
Ghost Eyes [aka Gui Yan] (HK-1974, dir. Chih-Hung Kwei [Gwai Chi Hung])
Ghost Story (UK-1974, dir. Stephen Weeks)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (US-1974, TV, dir. John Llewellyn Moxey)
Le Tour d'écrou [aka Turn of the Screw] (France-1974, TV, dir. Raymond Rouleau)
Treasure of Abbot Thomas (UK-1974, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
Turn of the Screw (US-1974, TV, dir. Dan Curtis)
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman [aka La Venganza de la llorona] (Mex-1974, dir. Miguel M. Delgado) -- a Santo film
The Ash Tree (UK-1975, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
Burnt Offerings (US-1976, dir. Dan Curtis) -- review
Death at Love House (US-1976, dir. E.W. Swackhamer)
Dona Flor E Seus Dois Maridos [aka Donna Flor and her Two Husbands] (Brazil-1976, dir. Bruno Barrato)
Sérail [aka Surreal Estate] (France-1976, dir. Eduardo de Gregorio)
The Tenant [aka Le Locataire] (Fr/US-1976, dir. Roman Polanski)
Dead of Night (US-1977, TV movie, dir. Dan Curtis), esp. segments "Second Chance" and "Bobby")
Full Circle [aka The Haunting of Julia] (Canada/UK-1977, dir. Richard Loncraine)
Opening Night (US-1977, dir. John Cassavetes)
The Sentinal (US-1977, dir. Michael Winner)
Stigma (UK-1977, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas", dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark)
Cruise Into Terror (US-1978, TV, dir. Bruce Kessler)
Dominique [aka Dominique is Dead] (US-1978, dir. Michael Anderson) -- review
The Evil (US-1978, dir. Gus Trikonis)
The Ghost of Flight 401 (US-1978, TV, dir. Steven Hilliard Stern)
The Somnambulists [aka Sonámbulos] (Spain-1978; dir Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón)
The Amityville Horror (US-1979, dir. Stuart Rosenberg)

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1980s

Beyond Evil (US-1980, dir. Herb Freed)
The Changeling
(Can-1980, dir. Peter Medak) -- review
Death Ship (UK/Canada-1980, dir. Alvin Rakoff)
The Fog (US-1980, dir. John Carpenter)
The Hearse (US-1980, dir. George Bowers)
Hex [aka Xie] (HK-1980, dir. Chih-Hung Kwei)
Satan War (US-1980, dir. Bart La Rue)
The Shining (UK-1980, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Sobreonatural [aka Supernatural] (Spain-1980, dir. Eugenio Martin)
The Entity (US-1981, dir. Sidney J. Fury) -- review
Ghost Story (US-1981, dir. John Irvin) -- review
This House Possessed (US-1981, TV, dir. William Wiard)
The Nesting (US-1981, dir. Armand Weston)
The Survivor (Aust-1981, dir. David Hemmings)
Amityville II: The Possession (US-1982, dir. Damiano Damiani)
Cry for the Strangers (US-1982, TV, dir. Peter Medak)
Don't Go To Sleep (US-1982, TV, dir. Richard Lang)
Fanny and Alexander [aka Fanny och Alexander] (Sweden-1982, dir. Ingmar Bergman)
The House Where Evil Dwells (US/Japan-1982, dir. Kevin Connor)
Kaiidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji [aka The Living Koheiji] (Japan-1982, dir. Nobuo Nakagawa)
Poltergeist (US-1982, dir. Tobe Hooper)
The Watcher in the Woods (UK/US-1982, dir. John Hough)
Amityville III: The Demon [aka Amityville 3-D] (US-1983, dir. Richard Fleischer)
De Vierde Man [aka The Fourth Man] (Netherlands-1983, dir. Paul Verhoeven)
The Returning (US-1983, dir. Joel Bender)
Shades of Darkness: The Last Seance (UK-1983, TV, dir. June Wyndham-Davies)
Shades of Darkness: The Demon Lover (UK-1983, TV, dir. Peter Hammond)
Shades of Darkness: Bewitched (UK-1983, TV, dir. John Gorrie)
Shades of Darkness: Seaton's Aunt (UK-1983, TV, dir. Brian Parker)
Shades of Darkness: The Maze (UK-1983, TV, dir. Peter Hammond)
Shades of Darkness: Afterward (UK-1983, TV, dir. Simon Langton)
Shades of Darkness: Feet Foremost (UK-1983, TV, dir. Gordon Flemyng)
Shades of Darkness: The Intercessor (UK-1983, TV, dir. Peter Hammond)
Sole Survivor (US-1983, dir. Thom Eberhardt)
Ghostbusters (US-1984, dir. Ivan Reitman)
Haunters of the Deep (UK-1984, dir. Andrew Boyle)
Force of Darkness (US-1985, dir. Alan Hauge)
Turn of the Screw [aka Otra vuelta de tuerca] (Spain-1985, dir. Eloy de la Iglesia)
House (US-1986, dir. Steve Miner)
Nomads (US-1986, dir. John McTiernan)
The Wraith (US-1986; dir. Mike Marvin)
Blood Sisters (US-1987, dir. Roberta Findlay)
Chinese Ghost Story 1 [aka Sinnus yauman] (HK-1987, dir. Siu-Tung Ching)
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II [aka The Haunting of Hamilton High] (Can-1987, dir. Bruce Pittman)
Prince of Darkness (US-1987, dir. John Carpenter)
Siesta (US-1987, dir. Mary Lambert)
Beetlejuice (US-1988, dir. Tim Burton)
High Spirits (UK/US-1988, dir. Neil Jordan)
Lady in White (US-1988, dir. Frank LaLoggia)
Prison (US-1988, dir. Renny Harlin)
Slaughterhouse Rock (US-1988, dir. Dimitri Logothetis)
Always (US-1989, dir. Stephen Spielberg)
Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes (US-1989, TV, dir. Sandor Stern)
Black Rainbow (UK-1989, dir. Mike Hodges)
The Chair (US-1989, dir. Waldemar Korzeniowsky)
The Church [aka La Chiesa] (Italy-1989, dir. Michele Soavi)
Field of Dreams (US-1989, dir. Phil Alden Robinson)
Ghostbusters 2 (US-1989, dir. Ivan Reitman)
Sweet Home [aka Suit Homu] (Japan-1989, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
The Woman in Black (UK-1989, TV, dir. Herbert Wise)

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1990s

The Amityville Curse (Canada-1990, dir. Tom Berry)
Chinese Ghost Story 2 [aka Sinnus yauman 2] (HK-1990, dir. Siu-Tung Ching)
Dreams [aka Yume; Akira Kurosawa's Dreams] (Japan-1990, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Erotic Ghost Story [aka Liao zhai yan tan] (HK-1990, dir. Nagai Kai Lam)
The Forgotten One (US-1990, dir. Phillip Badger)
Ghost (US-1990, dir. Jerry Zucker)
The Green Man (UK/US-1990, TV, dir. Elijah Moshinsky)
The Haunting of Morella (US-1990, dir. Jim Wynorski)
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi [aka Scary True Stories] (Japan-1990, dir. Norio Tsuruta)
Jacob's Ladder (US-1990, dir. Adrian Lyne)
Chinese Ghost Story 3 [aka Sinnus yauman 3] (HK-1991, dir. Siu-Tung Ching)
House No. 13 (India-1991, dir. Baby)
Sometimes They Come Back (US-1991, dir. Tom McLoughlin)
Truly Madly Deeply (UK-1991, dir. Anthony Minghella)
Amityville 1992: It's About Time (US-1992, dir. Tony Randel)
Candyman (US-1992, dir. Bernard Rose)
Hontouni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Jushiryou [aka Curse, Death and Spirit] (Japan-1992, dir. Hideo Nakata)
Jessica: A Ghost Story (US-1992, dir. Richard Lowry)
Turn of the Screw (US-1992, dir. Rusty Lemorande)
Amityville: A New Generation (US-1993, dir. John Murlowski)
The Cormorant (UK-1993, TV, dir. Peter Markham)
Ghost in the Machine (US-1993, dir. Rachel Talalay)
Crest of Betrayal [aka Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan] (Japan-1994, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)
The Crow (US-1994, dir. Alex Proyas)
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (US-1994, TV, dir. Walter Klenhard)
The Kingdom (Den-1994, 1997, TV, dir. Morton Arnfred and Lars von Trier)
Turn of the Screw [aka Le Tour d'écrou] (France/UK-1994, dir. Rusty Lemorande)
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (US-1995, dir. Bill Condon)
Casper (US-1995, dir. Brad Silberling)
Deep in the Night (HK-1995, dir. Ng Yiu Kuen)
Haunted (UK/US-1995, dir. Lewis Gilbert) -- review
Haunted School [aka Gakkou no Kaidan] (Japan-1995, dir. Hideyuki Hirayama)
The Haunting of Helen Walker [aka Turn of the Screw] (UK-1995, dir. Tom McLoughlin)
Phantom of the Toilet [aka Toire no Hanako-san] (Japan-1995, dir. Joji Matsuoka)
Ring: the Complete Edition [aka Ringu: Kanzen-Ban] (Japan TV-1995, dir. Chisui Takigawa)
Sometimes They Come Back ... Again (US-1995, dir. Adam Grossman)
Amityville: Dollhouse (US-1996, dir. Steve White)
Don't Look Up [aka Ghost Actress, Joyu-Rei] (Japan-1996, dir. Hideo Nakata)
The Frighteners (NZ/US-1996, dir. Peter Jackson)
July 13th: Dragon Granny (aka Qi yue shi san zhi long po] (HK-1996, dir. Wellson Chin)
Gakkô no kaidan 2 [aka School Ghost Story 2] (Japan-1996, dir. Hideyuki Hirayama)
24 Hour Ghost Story [aka Meng gui tong xiao pei zhu ni] (HK-1997, dir. Wellson Chin)
Gakkô no kaidan 3 [aka School Ghost Story 3] (Japan-1997, dir. Shusuke Kaneko)
Parasite Eve [aka Parasaito Ibu] (Japan-1997, dir. Masayuki Ochiai)
13 Gantry Row (Aust-1998, dir. Catherine Millar) -- review
303 Fear Faith Revenge (Thailand-1998, dir. Somching Srisupap)
Dona Flor E Seus Dois Maridos (Brazil, TV-1998, dir. Carlos Araujo, et al.)
Carnival of Souls (US-1998, dir. Adam Grossman and Ian Kessner)
The Haunted (US-1998, dir. Dennis Devine)
The Haunted Lantern [aka Otsuyu: Kaidan botan-dôrô] (Japan-1998, dir. Masaru Tsushima) -- review
Ringu [aka Ring] (Japan-1998, dir. Hideo Nakata)
Gakkô no kaidan G [aka School Ghost Story G] (Japan-1998, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tetsu Maeda, Takashi Shimizu)
The Spiral [aka Rasen] (Japsn-1998, dir. Joji Iida)
Tomie (Japan-1998, dir. Ataru Oikawa)
Whispering Corridors [aka Yeogo goedam] (Sth Korea-1998, dir. Ki-Hyung Park)
Candyman: Day of the Dead (US-1999, dir. Turi Meyer)
Curtain Call (US-1999, dir. Peter Yates)
Gakkô no kaidan 4 [aka School Ghost Story 4] (Japan-1999, dir. Hideyuki Hirayama)
The Haunting (US-1999, dir. Jan de Bont)
Haunting of Hell House (US-1999; dir. Mitch Marcus)
Memento Mori [aka Yeogo goedam 2: Tubonjjae Iyagi; Whispering Corridors 2] (Sth Korea-1999, dir. Tae-Yong Kim and Kyu-Dong Min)
Presence of Mind [aka El Celo] (Spain/US-1999, dir. Antoni Aloy)
Ringu 2 [Ring 2] (Japan-1999, dir. Hideo Nakata)
Ring: The Final Chapter [aka Ringu: Saishuu-sho] (Japan, TV series-1999, dir. Hiroshi Nishitani, Hidetomo Matsuda, Yoshihito Fukumoto)
The Ring Virus [aka Ring] (South Korea-1999, dir. Dong-Bin Kim)
Séance [aka Kourei: Ushirowo Miruna] (Japan-1999, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Shikoku (Japan-1999, dir. Shunichi Nagasaki)
The Sixth Sense (US-1999, dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
Sleepy Hollow (US-1999, dir. Tim Burton)
Stir of Echoes (US-1999, dir. David Koepp)
Tomie: Another Face [Tomie: anaza feisu] (Japan-1999; dir. Toshirô Inomata)
Turn of the Screw (UK/US-1999, TV, dir. Ben Bolt)
A Wicked Ghost [aka Saan Chuen Kiu Shut] (HK-1999, dir. Tony Leung]

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2000s

200020012002200320042005200620072008 • 2009

Believe (Canada-2000, dir. Robert Tinnell)
Boogiepop wa Warawanai: Boogiepop and Others
(Japan-2000, dir. Ryu Kaneda)
Can't Be Heaven
(US-2000, dir. Richard Friedman)
Gakkô no kaidan
[aka Ghost Stories] (Japan-2000, anime series, dir. Noriyuki Abe)
Ghost Stories for Christmas
(UK-2000, TV mini-series, dir. Eleanor Yule)
The Gift
(US-2000, dir. Sam Raimi)
House on Haunted Hill (US-2000, dir. William Malone)
Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo [Isola: Multiple Personality Girl] (Japan-2000; dir. Toshiyuki Mizutani)
Ju-On: The Curse (Japan-2000, dir. Takashi Shimizu) -- review
Ju-On: The Curse 2 (Japan-2000, dir. Takashi Shimizu) -- review
Ringu 0: Baasudei [aka Ring 0: Birthday] (Japan-2000, dir. Norio Tsuruta)
Seven Days to Live (G-2000, dir. Sebastian Niemann)
Tomie: Replay
(Japan-2000; dir. Tomijiro Mitsuishi)
What Lies Beneath (US-2000, dir. Robert Zemeckis)
2002 (HK-2001, dir. Wilson Yip)
Bangkok Haunted (Thailand-2001, dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Pisut Praesangeam)
Body Jumper [aka Porp Weed Sayong] (Thailand-2001, dir. Haeman Chatemee)
The Bunker (UK-2001, dir. Rob Green)
Cubbyhouse [aka Hellion: The Devil's Playground] (Australia-2001; dir. Murray Fahey)
Devil Eye [aka Ngo chan hai gin diy gwai] (HK-2001, dir. Man-Kei Chin)
The Devil's Backbone [aka Espinazo del diablo, El] (Mex/Spain-2001, dir. Guillermo del Toro)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Japan/US-2001, dir. Hironobu Sakagushi and Moto Sakakibara)
Ghost Indeed in the School [aka Haunted School] (HK-2001, dir. Yau Muk Kei [Chiou Muh-Chyi])
Kaďro [Pulse] (Japan-2001, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Kakashi (Japan-2001, dir. Norio Tsuruta)
Love Ghost [aka Shibito no koiwazurai; Lovesick Dead] (Japan-2001, dir. Kazuyuki Shibuya)
The Others (Fr/Spain/US-2001, dir. Alejandro Amenábar)
Sorum [aka Goosebumps] (South Korea-2001, dir. Jong-Chan Yun) -- review
Thir13een Ghosts (US-2001, dir. Steve Beck)
Never Play with the Dead (UK-2001, dir. Ray Kilby)
Below (US-2002, dir. David Thohy)
The Bunker (US/UK-2002, dir. Rob Green)
Dark Water [aka Honogurai mizu no soko kara] (Japan-2002, dir. Hideo Nakata)
Darkness (US/Spain-2002; dir. Jaume Balaguero)
Deathwatch (UK-2002, dir. Michael J. Bassett)
Dragonfly (US-2002, dir. Tom Shadyac)
The Eye [Jian gui] (HK-2002, dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang)

FeardotCom (UK/Germany/Luxembourg/US-2002, dir. William Malone) -- review
Haunted (TV series, US-2002, created by Andrew Cosby, Rick Ramage and others)
Inner Senses [aka Yee do hung gaan] (HK-2002; dir. Chi-Leung Law) -- review
Last House on Hell Street (Italy/South Africa/Spain/UK-2002, dir. Lamberto Bava)
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts [aka Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai] (HK-2002, dir. Johnny To, Ka-Fai Wai)
Riding the Bullet (US-2002, dir. Mick Garris) -- review
The Ring (US/Japan-2002, dir. Gore Verbinski)
Rose Red (US-2002, TV, dir. Craig R. Baxley)
Terror at Tate Manor (US-2002; dir. Edward E. Kramer)
The Uninvited [aka Sainnyong Siktak] (South Korea-2002, dir. Su-Yeon Lee)
Carnivàle. TV series: esp. episodes 5-6, "Babylon"/"Pick a Card" (US-2003/2005; created by Daniel Knauf)
Cadaver Bay [aka Hellbound: Book of the Dead] (US-2003; dir. Steve Sessions)
Chow lok yuen [The Park] (HK-2003, dir. Wai Keung Lau)
Dead Clowns (US-2003, dir. Steve Sessions)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (US-2003, dir. Craig R. Baxley) -- review
The Ghosts of Edendale (US-2003, dir. Stefan Avalos)
Gothika (US-2003, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz)
The Haunted Mansion (US-2003, dir. Rob Minkoff)
Hunch (Thailand-2003, dir. Manton Nakpong and Jiraeit Naepongl)
Ju-On:The Grudge (Japan-2003, dir. Takashi Shimizu) -- review
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (Japan-2003, dir. Takashi Shimizu)
The Locals (NZ-2003, dir. Greg Page)
The Locker [aka Shibuya kaidan] (Japan-2003; dir. Kei Horie]
One Missed Call [aka Chakushin ari] (Japan-2003, dir. Takashi Miike)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (US-2003, dir. Gore Verbinski)
The Risen [aka La Ressuscitée] (Canada-2003, dir. Jeff Beesley)
The Shunned House [aka La casa sfuggita] (Italy-2003; dir. Ivan Zuccon)
The Silvergleam Whistle (US-2003, short, dir. Mike Williamson)
A Tale of Two Sisters [aka Janghwa, Hongryeon] (South Korea-2003; dir. Ji-woon Kim)
Turn of the Screw (US-2003, dir. Nick Millard)
The Unborn [aka The Mother] (Tanzania/Thailand-2003; dir. Bhandit Thongdee)
Visitors (Aust-2003, dir. Richard Franklin)
Wishing Stairs [aka Yeogo Goedam 3: Yeowoo Gyedan; Whispering Corridors 3] (South Korea-2003, dir. Jae-Yeon Yun)
11:11 [aka 11:11: The Gate] (Canada-2004; dir. Michael Bafaro)
2001 Maniacs (US-2004; dir. Tim Sullivan)
The Army (HK-2004; dir. Cho Yen-Ping)
Bell Witch Haunting (US-2004; dir. Ric White)
Bunshinsaba [aka Witch Board] (South Korea-2004, dir. Ahn Byung-Ki)
The Commitment (Thailand-2004, dir. Montri Kong-im)
Cursed [aka 'Chô' kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu] (Japan-2004, dir. Yoshihiro Hoshino) -- review
Dead Birds (US-2004, dir. Alex Turner) -- review
The Dead Will Tell (US-2004; dir. Stephen T. Kay)
Death 4 Told (US-2004; dir. Bo Buckley, C. Michael Close)
The Doll Master (South Korea-2004; dir. Yong-ki Jeong) aka Inhyeongsa
The Eye 2 [aka Jian gui 2] (HK-2004, dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang)
Face (South Korea-2004, dir. Sang-Gon Yoo)
Feng shui [Philippines-2004; dir. Chito S. Roño)
The Ghost [aka Ryeong; also Dear Friend] (South Korea-2004, dir. Tae-kyeong Kim)
Ghost Lake (US-2004, dir. Jay Woelfel)
The Grudge (Japan/US/Germany-2004, dir. Takashi Shimizu)
Hex (UK-2004/2005, TV series, dir. Andy Goddard)
The Hollow (US-2004, dir. Kyle Newman)
A House of Mad Souls (Thailand-2004, dir. Sivaevued Vachungngen)
Infection [Kansen, The Scream] (Japan-2004, dir. Masayuki Ochai)
Ju-Rei: The Uncanny (Japan-2004, dir. Kôji Shiraishi)
Last Quarter [aka Kagen no tsuki] (Japan-2004, dir. Ken Nikai)
The Locker 2 [aka Shibuya kaidan] (Japan-2004; dir. Kei Horie)
London Voodoo (UK-2004; dir. Robert Pratten)
Lost Things (Australia-2004, dir. Martin Murphy)
Premonition [aka Yogen] (Japan-2004, dir. Norio Tsuruta) -- review
R-Point (South Korea-2004, dir. Su-chang Kong)
Saint Ange [aka House of Voices] (France-2004, dir. Pascal Laugier)
Shallow Ground (US-2004, dir. Sheldon Wilson) -- review
Shutter (Thailand-2004; dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom)
Spectres (US-2004, dir. Phil Leirness)
Spider Forest [aka Geomi sup] (South Korea-2004, dir. Il-gon Song) -- review
The Spirit Hunter: La Llorona (US-2004, dir. Jose Cruz)
They Came Back [aka Les Revenants] (France-2004 – dir. Robin Campillo) -- review
Afterlife (TV series, UK-2005, created by Stephen Volk)
An American Haunting (US-2005, dir. Courtney Solomon)
The Amityville Horror (US-2005, dir. Andrew Douglas)
Bell Witch: The Movie (US-2005; dir. Shane Marr)
Boo (US-2005; dir. Anthony C. Ferrante)
The Booth [aka Busu] (Japan-2005; dir. Yoshihiro Nakamura)
The Dark (Germany/UK-2005; dir. John Fawcett)
Dark Remains (US-2005, dir. Brian Avenet-Bradley)
Dark Water (US-2005, dir. Walter Salles)
The Dead Inside (Canada-2005; dir. Brian Clement)
Death's Door (US-2005; dir. George Scileppi)
Death Tunnel (US-2005, dir. Philip Adam Booth) -- review
Eye 10 [aka Jian gui 10] (HK-2005, dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang)
The Fog (US-2005, dir. Rupert Wainwright)
Fragile: A Ghost Story [aka Frágiles] (Spain-2005; dir. Jaume Balagueró)
Gabal [aka Scary Hair; The Wig] (South Korea-2005; dir. Shin-yeon Won)
The Great Yokai War [aka Yokai daisenso] (Japan-2005; dir. Takashi Miike)
The Ghost of Mae Nak (Thailand-2005; dir. Mark Duffield)
Ghost Whisperer. TV series (US-2005; main dir. John Gray)
The Gravedancers (US-2005, dir. Mike Mendez)
Haunted Boat (US-2005, dir. Olga Levens)
The Heirloom [aka Zhaibian] (Taiwan-2005; dir. Leste Chen)
Hospital (Thailand-2005, dir. Pipat Jomkoh)
The Last Sign (Canada/UK/France-2005; dir. Douglas Law)
The Maid (Singapore-2005; dir. Kelvin Tong) -- review
Medium. TV series (US-2005/2006; created by Glenn Gordon Caron)
One Missed Call 2 [aka Chakushin ari 2] (Japan-2005, dir. Renpei Tsukamoto)
P (UK/Thailand-2005, dir. Paul Spurrier)
Penny Dreadful (US-2005; dir. Bryan Norton)
Pray [aka Purei] (Japan-2005; dir. Yuichi Sato)
The Red Shoes [aka Bunhongsin] (South Korea-2005; dir. Yong-gyun Kim) -- review
Reincarnation [aka Rinne] (Japan-2005, dir. Takashi Shimizu)
Restless Souls [aka Bag det stille ydre] (Denmark-2005; dir. Martin Schmidt)
The Ring 2 (US-2005, dir. Hideo Nakata)
The Skeleton Key (US-2005; dir. Iain Softley)
Stay (US-2005; dir. Marc Foster)
Supernatural. TV series (US-2005; created by Eric Kripke)
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie [Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban] (Japan-2004; various] -- review
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan, vol. 1 [Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro] (Japan-2005, dir. various) -- review
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan, vol. 2 (Japan-2005, dir. various) -- review
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (US-2005; dir. Mary Lambert) -- review
A View from a Hill (UK-2005, TV episode of "Ghost Story for Christmas: M.R. James", dir. Luke Watson)
White Noise (Canada/UK/US-2005, dir. Geoffrey Sax) -- review (offsite)
Yeogo goedam 4: Moksori [aka High School Girl's Ghost Story 4: Voice Letter; Whispering Corridors 4] (South Korea-2005, dir. Ik-hwan Choe)
2 wol 29 il [aka February 29: 4 Horror Tales] (South Korea-2006; dir. Jong-heon Jeong)
The Abandoned (Spain/UK/Bulgaria-2006, dir. Nacho Cerdá)
A Dead Calling (US-2006, dir. Michael Feifer)
Arang (South Korea-2006, dir. Sang-Hoon Ahn)
Beneath Still Waters (Spain-2006, dir. Brian Yuzna)
Darna Zaroori Hai [aka You Must Be Scared] (India-2006, dir. J.D. Chakravarthi, Manish Gupta, Sajid Khan, Jijy Philip, Prawal Raman, Vivek Shah, Ram Gopal Varma)
Death Ride [aka Haunted Highway] (US-2006; dir. Junichi Suzuki)
Death Row [aka Haunted Prison] (US-2006, dir. Kevin Van Hook)
Don't Open Your Eyes [aka Gwai aau ying ging] (HK-2006, dir. Clarence Fok Yiu-leung)

Dorm [aka Dek hor] (Thailand-2006; dir. Songyos Sugmakanan)
Ghost Hunters: Point of Contact (US-2006, dir. Hank Stone and Roy Kurtluyan)
Ghost Son (Italy/South Africa/Spain/UK-2006, dir. Lamberto Bava)
Ghost Train [aka Otoshimono] (Japan-2006; dir. Takeshi Furusawa) -- review
The Grudge 2 (Japan/US-2006; dir. Takashi Shimizu)
Half Light (US-2006; dir. Craig Rosenberg) -- review
Hollywood Horror (US-2006, dir. Bernt Amadeus Capra) -- status uncertain
The Living and the Dead (UK-2006, dir. Simon Rumley)
The Marsh (Canada-2006, dir. Jordan Barker)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (US-2006; dir. Gore Verbinski)
The Raven (US-2006; dir. Ulli Lommel)
Re-Cycle [aka Gwai wik] (HK-2006, dir. Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang)
Retribution [aka Sakebi] (Japan-2006, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Ring Around the Rosie [aka Fear Itself: Dark Memories] (US-2006; dir. Rubi Zack)
The River: Legend of La Llorana (US-2006; dir. Terrence Williams)
Silent Hill (US-2006; dir. Christophe Gans)
Unrest (US-2006, dir. Jason Todd Ipson)
Watch Me (Australia-2006, dir. Melanie Ansley)
Wicked Little Things [aka Zombies] (US-2006, dir. J.S. Cardone)
The Woodland Haunting 2 (US-2006; dir. Dennis Baker) [follow-up to documentary The Woodland Haunting]
100 Feet (US-2007; dir. Eric Red) -- in production
1408 (US-2007; dir. Mikael Håfström)
Dead Silence (US-2007; dir. James Wan)
Door Out of the Dark (UK-2007, dir. Rafael Cortes)
Gakkô no kaidan (Japan-2007, dir. Hirohisa Sasaki)
House of the Invisibles (HK-2007; dir. Elfa Lee)
Kaidan (Japan-2007, dir. Hideo Nakata) -- in production
Pirates of the Caribbean: At the World's End (US-2007, dir. Gore Verbinski)
Rip Cage (US-2007, dir. Lennie Overgaard)
White Noise 2: The Light (US/Canada-2007, dir. Patrick Lussier)
Amhurst (US-2008, dir. Matt Frentz and Matthew Scott Frentz) -- in production
Ju-on: the Grudge 3 (Japan-2008, dir. Takashi Shimizu) -- in production

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