The last time we made this list, it was 2012, and the landscape of TV has changed quite a lot since then. Here’s an updated look at all the best recent TV shows. The Woman In Black not only resurrected the declining fortunes of the legendary studio Hammer Films, it did so by outmatching the house of horror’s best films scare. ![]() Best Haunted House Horror Movies. Buying a new house presents the future home owners with many potential pitfalls: from leaky faucets to vermin infestations. But what if the house comes equipped with its very own ghost? As reality shows like Ghost Hunters proved, haunted houses are no laughing matter – at least if you’re stuck in one and can’t call the Ghostbusters to help you. Under the Shadow: The final entry from our must-see indie-horror list, Under the Shadow is a supremely tense horror film from Iranian director Babak Anvari. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is number 1 on the Movie Review Query Engine's list of the best holiday movies as of 14 August 2017. It also tops Rotten Tomatoes' Best. No genre exemplifies Bad-Good like the horror genre. Sure, there are a few action movies that are unintentionally funny, but for the most part all other movies are. Over the decades, horror movies explored all kinds of haunted houses – from crumbling Gothic manors to bland suburban homes. With the release of James Wan’s Conjuring 2 – a horror following the paranormal adventures of Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), it’s just the right time for Screen Rant’s list of 1. Best Haunted House Horrors. The Amityville Horror (1. George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) bought their dream house in upstate New York only to find themselves beset by strange phenomena. Misfortune seems to plague the family as well as the Catholic priest (played by Rod Steiger) who tries and fails to bless their home. As strange substances ooze from the walls of this seemingly normal house, George begins to grow sullen and develops a meaningful relationship with his axe. In 1. 97. 5, the Lutz family allegedly experienced a series of increasingly alarming supernatural phenomena in their newly bought New England house where, years ago, a mass murder took place. In 1. 97. 7, author Jay Anson wrote down their supposedly true story that became a bestseller and a basis for the 1. The Amityville Horror. True or not, the Lutz family story has since then gained a ghastly unlife of its own, resulting in a dozen sequels over the last four decades. House on Haunted Hill (1. Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) cordially invites you to spend a night in his ghost- haunted mansion. During your stay, you’ll receive a . If you manage to survive the night unharmed in this accursed house, you’ll be richly awarded. However, ghosts may prove to be the least of your troubles during your stay in the House on Haunted Hill. American film maker William Castle became known for the gimmicks he used to promote his movies. In 1. 95. 8, Castle promoted his thriller Macabre by offering his customers a free certificate for a $1. For his 1. 95. 9 horror flick House on Haunted Hill, Castle developed a gimmick called “Emergo.” In certain movie theaters, he installed an elaborate pulley system that would allow a plastic skeleton to fly right over the movie’s audience during the crucial scenes in the movie.
The Changeling (1. Academy Award- winning actor George C. Scott stars in this Canadian horror film as John Russell, a composer who moves to Seattle after his wife and daughter die in a tragic car accident. He rents a large Victorian manor only to learn that it is possessed by a ghost of a boy murdered here decades ago. As Russell begins to unveil the mystery behind the boy’s murder, he learns about its connection to the career of a powerful US Senator Joseph Carmichael (Melvyn Douglas). Inspired by the supposedly real experiences of the film’s screenwriter Russell Hunter, The Changelingis a stylish, albeit dull horror movie about a protagonist confronting his personal tragedy while investigating a supernatural mystery connected to a political scandal. The Changeling is widely considered to be one of the inspirations behind the 1. Japanese horror movie Ringu that similarly uses the idea of a child’s body hidden in an old well. Crimson Peak (2. 01. Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is a daughter of a rich businessman Carter Cushing (Jim Beaver). She falls in love with Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), an English nobleman who travelled to the United States with his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) in search of investors for his family’s red clay mine. Edith eventually marries Sir Thomas and moves to Britain. However, a sinister agenda is afoot and Edith is aware of it only because of her ability to see ghosts. Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror movie Crimson Peak may not be the most original movie out there, but it sure looks amazing. Heavily indebted to lavish Hammer horror movie productions from the 1. Crimson Peak mostly takes place in a crumbling, yet opulent gothic manor. With its echoing hallways and crumbling walls oozing blood- red clay, Allerdale Hall is the true star of this film. The Conjuring (2. The Conjuring is loosely inspired on the real- life paranormal investigations conducted by Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), whose reports inspired the book (and later the movie) The Amityville Horror. In The Conjuring, they help Roger and Carolyn Perron (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), who moved in an old Rhode Island farm house with their daughters only to find themselves endangered by a spirit of a long- dead witch. For 1. 4 years, producer Tony De. Rosa- Grund tried to film a movie inspired by the original taped interview between Lorraine Warren and Carolyn Perrin. Writers Chad and Carey Hayes developed the original script around 2. The Conjuring was directed by the Malaysian- born Australian film maker James Wan, who already proved himself in the genre by creating the Saw franchise with Leigh Whannell. The Conjuring became a huge box office success, leading to a sequel, The Conjuring 2, released in June of 2. House (1. 97. 7)Japanese horror movie House may not be the scariest one on this list, but it is by far the craziest. It follows a group of Japanese school girls led by Gorgeous (Kimiko Ikegami) as they visit her Auntie (Y. After Auntie disappears inside of a refrigerator and a flying head attacks one of the school girls, the house itself starts to devour the school girls one by one using items like pianos and grandfather clocks. House lies somewhere between a straightforward horror film and a psychedelic Looney Tunes cartoon. Japanese film maker Nobuhiko Obayashi was inspired by the fears of his pre- teen daughter Chigumi, which were developed into a screenplay by Chiho Katsura. More of a surreal experience than a horror movie, House was quite popular with the audience at the time of its release but received mixed reviews from the critics. Poltergeist (1. 98. Steven and Diane Freeling (Craig T. Nelson and Jo. Beth Williams) live a quiet domestic life in Californian suburb. That life falls apart when their daughter Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke) begins to communicate with entities hiding inside the TV static. As the Freeling household gets increasingly endangered by the supernatural, Steven desperately contacts a group of parapsychologists who begin the investigate the phenomenon led by the medium Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein). Poltergeist was ostensibly directed by the Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hopper. However, it was Stephen Spielberg who wrote, produced and directed most of the movie. Hopper was hired because Spielberg was contractually prohibited to direct any other films while working on E. T. Not especially scary even by the 1. Poltergeist nevertheless quickly became one of the highest- grossing movies of 1. The Legend Of Hell House (1. Physicist Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill) is hired to investigate the Belasco House, the “Mount Everest of haunted houses” whose first owner, perverted millionaire Emeric Belasco, disappeared without a trace. Barrett is joined by his wife Anne (Gayle Hunnicutt), a mental medium Florence (Pamela Franklin) and a physical medium Ben Fischer (Roddy Mc. Dowall), the lone survivor of the previous investigation. As this team of paranormal researchers explores the Belasco House, it seems as if the building itself is trying to kill them. British horror film The Legend Of Hell House was based on a bestselling horror novel Hell House by the American sci- fi and horror writer Richard Matheson, most well- known for his 1. I Am Legend. Matheson previously wrote screenplays for Rod Serling’s original version of The Twilight Zone and adapted his own novel into a tense and taut horror thriller that’s still being widely imitated. Insidious (2. 01. Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) and his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) have recently moved into a new house. However, their son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) falls into a coma after witnessing a mysterious figure in their attic. Soon, supernatural events begin to plague the Lambert household. It is only after they contact a team of paranormal investigators led by Elise Reiner (Lin Shaye) that the Lamberts learn that their son has been hijacked by the evil ghosts from the astral dimension looking for a way to return back to life. Director, writer and producer James Wan first made a name for himself by directing Saw in 2. Although Saw quickly became a lucrative franchise, Wan wasn’t satisfied by directing violent and gore- filled movies and moved on to more subtle horror movies dealing with supernatural possession. Insidious came out in 2. Filmed for mere $1. Since then, there have been two other movies in the series: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2. Insidious: Chapter 3 (2. Ju- On: The Grudge (2. The only thing worse than a haunted house is a house whose haunting is contagious. In Ju- On: The Grudge, we are presented with a family home in Nerima, Tokyo where decades ago a monstrous crime took place. In a fit of jealousy, Takeo (Takashi Matsuyama) murdered his wife (Takako Fuji) and their son (Yuya Ozeki), turning them all into vengeful spirits. Ever since then, they unrelentingly haunt and murder anyone who enters their home, even if they leave it right away. The best thing about a brief trend of Hollywood remaking J- horrors was that it introduced the wider audience to the disturbing world of Japanese horror movies. The Ju- On franchise originated in the late 1. Japanese film maker Takashi Shimizu. After their success, Shimizu went on to direct a big- screen adaptation Ju- On: The Grudge in 2. American remake in 2. So far, Ju- On franchise includes 1. The Orphanage (2. Laura (Bel. As an adult, she returns to her old orphanage with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and their adopted son Sim.
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