Cinema of the Damned
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1408
›PG-132007 · Horror, Mystery · 104m · John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
›2015 · Drama, Horror · 90m · Rafe Spall, Cara Theobold, Tom Ward
When MP's wife Grace Goodwin is found naked on a London street, Harry Price is summoned to investigate claims that her house is haunted.
The Blackwell Ghost
›NR2017 · Horror · 59m · Turner Clay, Terri Czapleski, Sonny Burnette
A filmmaker tries to prove that ghosts are real but soon regrets his intentions after he finds himself being terrorized in a haunted house by a ghost with a dark past. An authentic documentary that shows actual ghost footage that was captured on camera.
The Last Exorcism
›PG-132010 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 87m · Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.
Red Lights
›R2012 · Thriller · 114m · Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.
Ghosts of Darkness
›2017 · Horror · 83m · Michael Koltes, Paul Flannery, Lisa Livingstone
Two paranormal investigators are unexpectedly thrown together in the hope of solving a 100 year mystery. Locked for three nights in a house with a dark and unsettling past, the two investigators must put their differences to one side and work together. They soon discover the myths and stories are nothing compared to what actually resides within the eerie walls of Richwood Manor. Scepticism and showmanship are soon put to one side when the two investigators realise there is more at stake than just their professional reputation. For once they have stumbled onto the real thing, but this time it's their own lives at stake.
The Skeptic
›2009 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldaña
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
Witchtrap
›1989 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 92m · James W. Quinn, Kathleen Bailey, Judy Tatum
A group of parapsychologists, as well as a skeptical cop, are terrorized by a Satanic ghost in a bed-and-breakfast.
The Dead Room
›R2015 · Horror, Thriller · 80m · Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, Laura Petersen
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house's secrets at all costs.
Seance
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Bobby Campo, Nazneen Contractor, Chris Olivero
After a loudmouth college punk singer accuses an amateur medium of being a fake, four college students break into the city morgue and video themselves holding a seance. When the kids summon a demon by mistake, they have to find a way to drive the demon out of their friend before it destroys them all.
Amityville 3-D
›PG1983 · Horror · 93m · Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place and settles in to write his first novel.
The Sound
›2017 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 92m · Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund
A writer who studies the paranormal believes that low frequency tactile sound is the cause for reported ghost sightings in an abandoned subway station. In an attempt to debunk the sightings, she breaks into the station to record evidence.