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The Best Ghost Story Films (By Date)
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The Fall of the House of UsherThe Fall of the House of Usher
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1928 Jean Epstein directs his version of the Edgar Allen Poe story about the Usher family curse and their cursed house.
The Fall of the House of Usher /The Pit and the PendulumThe Fall of the House of Usher /The Pit and the Pendulum
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1960: The Fall of the House of Usher This time around Roger Corman takes a stab at Poe's story. Vincent Price is brilliant as eccentric mad brother Roderick James who is convinced his sister should stay in the house and die with him and not marry, so the family curse can die as well.
The InnocentsThe Innocents
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1961 Very freaky adaptation of Henry James novel "The Turn of the Screw".
The Haunted Palace / The Tower of LondonThe Haunted Palace / The Tower of London
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1962 Tower of Londond: Prices character Richard of Glocester murders his way to England's throne only be be driven madd by the ghosts of his victims. 1963 The Haunted Palace: Price plays a dual role one of a Warlock burned by towns people and one of his own grandson 100 years later that he will possess.
The HauntingThe Haunting
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1963 Four time Oscar winner Robert Wise directs the first screen adaptation of "The Haunting of Hill house. Where four people come to this haunted house as a supernatural experiment set up by a Dr. It Still holds up today.
Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection (The Abominable Dr. Phibes / Tales of Terror / Theater of Blood / Madhouse / Witchfinder General / Dr. Phibes Rises Again / Twice Told Tales)Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection (The Abominable Dr. Phibes / Tales of Terror / Theater of Blood / Madhouse / Witchfinder General / Dr. Phibes Rises Again / Twice Told Tales)
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1963 Twice Told Tales: The final of three shorts from Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables.
Kwaidan - Criterion CollectionKwaidan - Criterion Collection
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1964 Filled with beautiful cinematography and a pristine criterion transfer which enhance the movie. Director Kobayashi tells four eerie tales from traditional Japanese ghost stories. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
Onibaba - Criterion CollectionOnibaba - Criterion Collection
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1964 A tale of a mother and her daughter in law who kill samurai coming back from war in order to stay alive. The tall grass adds to the atmosphere of getting lost while these women lose their soles to evil. An erotic and supernatural mix.
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)
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1968: Bergmans nightmare on film
Let's Scare Jessica to DeathLet's Scare Jessica to Death
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1971 Low budget independent film that uses subtle scares.
MalpertuisMalpertuis
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1971 Totally original/ Weird ghost story featuring Orson Welles.
Don't Look NowDon't Look Now
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1973 Nicolas Roeg directs Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland in this supernatural thriller. Again great cinematography and cold, wet, atmosphere filled with dread.
The Shining [Blu-ray]The Shining [Blu-ray]
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1980 Some movies shine and some don't this movie shines. Stanley Kubrick's classic of Stephen King's novel of the haunted Overlook hotel.
The ChangelingThe Changeling
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1980 George C. Scott moves into an old mansion after losing his family in a tragic accident. Very freaky things start to happen and something in the house is trying to tell him something.
Ghost StoryGhost Story
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1981 A story where the past literally haunts the present. Aren't we all haunted by our past?
The Woman in BlackThe Woman in Black
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1989 Very eerie and atmospheric.
RinguRingu
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1998 After you watch a certain videotape you die one week later. Very effective scares in using things in our every day lives to frighten us. Also good pacing which makes the ending that much more effective.
The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)
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2001 Guillermo Del Toro directs this haunted tale of a murdered student's ghost haunting a school during the last days of the Spanish Civil War.
A Tale of Two Sisters (Two-Discs)A Tale of Two Sisters (Two-Discs)
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2003 A beautiful looking film with scares that will make you jump. The less you know about this one the better.
ShutterShutter
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2004 A ghost seeks revenge for what was done to her. Using a lot of elements seen in other Asian films Shutter still stands by itself as a great film with effective storytelling
The Orphanage [Blu-ray]The Orphanage [Blu-ray]
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2007 The Romeo and Juliet of horror, a tragic ghost story.