![]() | The Changeling
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $2.73 George C. Scott in a phenomenal performance as a grieving widower who moves into a Seattle historical home, only to be drawn into the house's own ghostly grief. An iconic film that paved the way for others, The Changing is intelligent & satisfying.
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![]() | The Sixth Sense (Collector's Edition Series)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.99 Dr. Crowe is a good child therapist. He just wants to help people. So when he comes across a young boy, Cole, whose disassociative personality is something Crowe feels he can resolve, is about to get a refresher in not just odd behavior, but a boy who claims he can see the dead. Willis and Osment can't be beat in one of the most carefully woven ghost stories out there.
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![]() | The Haunting
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.21 The classic '63 version, Julie Harris as a guilt-stricken Eleanor, is part of a team to observe supernatural phenomena--& debunk it. What none realize is that the house is more than just unsettling, but truly is haunted, & even, maybe alive. Brilliant in its powerful use of suggestion, rather than showing the actual entities, The Haunting is a must see for any lover of ghostly tales!
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![]() | The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.70 The world at war, Grace puts every attempt to create a normal & 'safe' setting for her two, sun-challenged children. When an ad is answered to help her manage the secluded English estate, things are not as they appear. Kidman is surprisingly believable as one losing a grip on reality. Watch at night, I can guarantee you, you'll be jumping the whole time!
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![]() | Event Horizon (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $3.72 This ghost story in space will make you jump & give you nightmares. The long-range ship, Event Horizon, suddenly shows up after years of disappearance. The ship's tormented designer, Dr Weir (a creepy S Neil) & the rescue team, led by Capt Miller (L Fishburne), try to unlock the horror that has been unleashed. However, the ship itself has an agenda all its own. Gory & bloody: welcome to Hell!
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![]() | Stephen King Presents Kingdom Hospital: The Entire Series
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $13.84 King invites you to the mysterious goings on of a hospital with its own ghostly past, especially the ghost of little girl, Mary & her friend Ant, protectors of the hospital, from an evil presence which only wishes to consume any & all within. While campy & trying too hard at times, Kingdom Hospital, with its eccentric cast will charm, & may even spook you a time or two.
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![]() | Carnival of Souls - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $35.49 / Used from: $13.99 Herk Harvey's campy & low budget horror classic is not to be missed. When a young organist, Mary, survives a death-defying car accident, she forces herself to move on. But that's not easy as a white faced, grinning figure plagues her. Haunting organ music & Hilligoss' performance of a woman slowly unraveling makes this an all time fav!
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![]() | Sphere (Snap Case)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $0.01 Following a hypothetical doctrine written by a brilliant but flawed psychiatrist, Dr. Goodman, the US govt has brought together a team of the best for a mission under the sea to decipher the presence of an object that isn't just terrifying, but totally unknown. Hoffman leads a great cast as each struggle with their own fears & if anything, what the mysterious Sphere, wants from them.
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![]() | The Orphanage
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $1.50 Laura is drawn back to the orphanage that had taken her in & reopens it. When her sick son, Simon, begins to befriend an unfriendly occupant, do things begin to go awry. When he suddenly goes missing, Laura is at a lost, while the house itself seems to come alive. Atmospheric & mesmerizing, with a haunting performance by Belen Rueda, this is not a scary ghost story to miss!
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![]() | Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $6.97 The wonderful Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. One of the all time classic vampire and horror films.
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![]() | The Abandoned
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.13 Marie, born in Russia then adopted & raised in California, is returning to her past, one of mystery, murder & confusion. Once at the house of her parents, she is stuck & discovers that the horror within, is about to come full circle. While the main lead gets a trifle annoying at times, it's made up for by the pulse-pounding, hair-raising scenes with a surprisingly well rounded story.
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![]() | Stephen King's It
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.97 A decade ago, a small band of kids defeated IT, an evil clown (a terrifying Tim Curry) who lures children to feed upon, comes back. And IT, is seeking revenge. A movie from the horror master himself, S. King, this is a film that gave me nightmares for days. I still refuse to watch alone--it is, undeniably, one of the most chilling & creepy horror stories.
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![]() | Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $10.49 Black & white, rain throughout & the eerie performance of Kim Stanley as a medium missing a few screws evokes a sense of calm dread & unsettling doom that is unsurpassed. Attenborough as the weakling husband who fails to make sense of his wife's actions, merely adds to the melancholy mood of desperation. Its is a truly haunting & chilling film not to be missed.
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![]() | Snow White - A Tale of Terror
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.98 Michael Cohn's take on the classic 'Disney' spin will make your hair stand on end. Darkly lit with a well-picked supporting cast does well to emphasize Lady Hoffman obsession, played aptly by Sigourney Weaver. As the desperate & aging wife to Lord Hoffman (Sam Neill) & stepmother to Lillian (Monica Keena), Weaver is wonderfully malevolent presence makes this scary version a true gritty retelling.
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![]() | Signs (Vista Series)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $0.96 Crop circles. A broken family. A former priest in a rural town & haunted by his wife's death is about to face his faith & past again as beings not of this earth, try to take over the world. Gibson as a man rediscovering faith, love & family makes this film so much more. Supporting cast lend a hand to this subtle, sensitive & nuanced story by Shyamalan.
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![]() | What Lies Beneath
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.84 Perfection is merely surface level. What lies beneath, is where the true horror beings. After a car accident, & the mysterious events that led to it, slowly comes to the surface, Claire (Pfeiffer) becomes obsessed with her neighbors, not realizing that the real ghost is closer to her than she ever imagined. This sly, slight of hand makes for a surprising supernatural thriller.
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![]() | The Hunger
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $7.38 Deneuve & Bowie as Miriam & John, two posh denizens of the night, bring this lush artsy film to the modern forefront of vampire lore. When John shows signs of decay, Miriam comes across a brilliant scientist (a doe-eyed Sarandon), who she has marked as her new unearthly companion. Based on Strieber's novel, the bloody terror that unwinds merely reveals a living nightmare for all.
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![]() | Stir of Echoes
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.01 Bacon is engaging as an everyday man, dissatisfied with his life & unwittingly becomes a 'receiver' for the dead. What unfolds, is terrifying but something he cannot ignore & ultimately, life-changing for him, & all those around him. While on the heels of the Sixth Sense, you'd be a fool to miss this satisfying, moody & dark ghost story.
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![]() | Cemetery Man
Buy used from: $19.95 Campy, cheesey & at times senseless, with a few disturbing & eye-brow raising scenes, the tale of a lonely keeper of the cemetery, a fantastic Rupert Everett, must battle not only the waking dead, but his own sense growing restlessly. If you call yourself a true lover of classic zombie fare, this is a must see that, at least once.
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![]() | Nosferatu: The Vampyre/Phantom Der Nacht (2 Disc Set)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $13.99 THE definitive vampire silent movie based on Stoker's Dracula, focusing on setting and mood, costuming and the spine-tingling Max Schreck as Count Orlok--it's STILL creepy and strange as ever!
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![]() | Sleepy Hollow
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.99 A rich, stylized horror film by Tim Burton, his take on a classic American tale is given a new spin with Depp as the clumsy but well meaning investigator of a string of deaths minus heads, & Ricci as the pale but intoxicating suspect, who both must come together to discover if the legendary Headless Horseman is for real, or if its merely the trickery of man. Or both.
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![]() | Poltergeist
Buy used from: $0.97 Little kids are creepy, especially when they think strange entities are interesting. Carole Anne is fearless, even as her home is slowly being overtaken hostage by unseen & hostile presence which wants her. The true horror is finding out where she has been taken & if her parents (well done by Craig T Nelson & Jobeth Williams) can get her back. A spellbinding film, it's a childhood fav.
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![]() | The Haunting in Connecticut (Single-Disc Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $2.18 Based on actual events, the Campbell family move into a home for their sick son Matt. Formerly a mortuary, black magic is as seeped inside the walls of the house, as they are in Matt, who is at the forefront of the ghostly rage. While generally panned, the horror & suspense scenes were well done. Madsen & Gallner, who make movie, can almost overcome the weaknesses of this film.
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![]() | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Restored Authorized Edition)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $10.68 The imagery of this German silent movie classic and Werner Krauss' performance as the deranged & murderous Dr. Caligari & the supernatural goings on still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!
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![]() | The Fall of the House of Usher
Buy used from: $35.99 Poe comes alive and in action with this iconic, avant-garde film of the 1920s. I first saw this film in high school when my English class was reading a slew of Poe. It has remained one of the most eerie and haunting gothic horror films I've ever watched.
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![]() | The Ring (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $0.01 Disturbing, creepy, you won't look away at this Japanese remake. Rachel, a reporter, tempts fate about a videotape that kills, thus unleashing a terrifying horror that begins to haunt her & her son & will claim her in 7 days if she doesn't figure out how to stop it. It is one movie which puts the suspense & horror as the main vehicle, & all else, merely there to prove its chilling worth.
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![]() | The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Unrated (Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $0.01 An intelligent & thought provoking thriller-drama which uses elements of horror, a non-believing lawyer (L Linney) is about to get a lesson in the supernatural as she proves neglect by Fr. Moore (T Wilinson) in the exorcism of Emily Rose. Not a typical horror story with half of it in the courtroom, it'll still make your spine tingle, no thanks to the chilling performance by J Carpenter.
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![]() | The Legend of Hell House
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.66 A bone-chilling adaptation of Richard Matheson's Hell House, it is a film of pure sensory & suggestion, with tense performances by the actors and smart direction by John Hough, that makes this a must see ghost story! You'll be scared witless!
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![]() | Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 One bite is all it takes. Then, welcome to the living dead. Anna, a nurse, awakens to find a mad world gone zombies. Among the few survivors hold up in a mall, she & the rest must find a way out of the land of the dead--fully intact & very much human. A remake that delivers, with interesting casting & action-packed pacing, made even more enjoyable by witty repertoire & humorous moments.
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![]() | The Lady in White
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $6.16 What's better than a classic horror story of a small town and local lore, come alive? It's The Lady in White, with Lukas Haas as Frankie, an eyewitness to a murder on Halloween night--but by unseen hands and the girl he sees strangled is a ghost! Emotional & haunting, this is a ghost story with high tension and thought that is unforgettable.
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![]() | Tremors
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.84 Afraid of worms with teeth? Watch as a small town Nevada must learn to outmaneuver beasts that can tunnel underground & has a taste for people. A true re-invention of the 'monster', Bacon leads a diverse cast, including Fred Ward & Reba McEntire, to outsmart the monster, while managing humor, comedy & suspense to make this a unexpected classic.
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![]() | The Blair Witch Project
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $1.68 Building upon the idea of isolation & paranoia, woods & the darkness, 3 documentary students decide to find the truth behind the legend of the Blair Witch, only to be drawn into the myth itself. While the novelty has long worn off, this 'documentary' has taut & well done scenes that still make me jump.
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![]() | Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $2.04 Star-trekking, sinister and evil Klowns decide to take over the world, but a rowdy group of teenagers refuse to go down without a fight! The movie that scarred me for life in terms of clowns and questionable views on the true nature of cotton candy. Campy but creepy scary.
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![]() | Pitch Black (Full Screen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.01 Afraid of the dark? You should be. Marooned on a planet with intense heat & signs of abandonment by early human settlers, the survivors of the ship Hunter-Gratzner soon must rely on a convict's keen eyesight to navigate the shadows & the pitch blackness as daylight ends, & darkness descends. Lots of unexpected scares & jumps, Vin Diesel is great as the suspicious & unlikely hero, Riddick.
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![]() | Eyes Without a Face - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $27.49 / Used from: $14.95 The French do horror with gruesome flair & subtle tension. In a secluded countryside, a well-meaning father with surgical skills lures unsuspecting women, removes parts of their faces & attempts to restore his daughter's face. The girl's sad & haunting eyes , which are the only thing visible behind a blank mask (eerily reminiscent of Michael Myers's mask, will follow you, long after.
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![]() | The People Under The Stairs
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.43 A house of horrors where every window opens into a room, & every door, no escape. A young boy, Fool & co. attempt to rob a house, but all goes awry. To save a trapped friend, Fool must maneuver the confusing maze of a house of two psychotic owners, who have a habit of stealing kids--& torturing them! Funny, but chillingly creepy, this Wes Craven horror movie delivers.
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![]() | Resident Evil (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $0.99 Based on the popular gaming franchise of the same name, this surprising film version, while not jumping by leaps & bounds, had some good special effects & zombie scenes that had me crouching in my seat.
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![]() | The Ghoul
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.75 A forgotten & lost treasure of a find, esp. for Karloff fans (Frankenstein), Karloff plays a harassed but strange millionaire and Egyptologist who is buried with an ancient amulet that grants immortality. When it's stolen by greedy relatives, he arises to exact his revenge! Classic, gothic horror with atmosphere & great suspense.
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![]() | Aliens
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.65 After surviving the disastrous rescue operation on planet LV-426, Ripley (Weaver) is once again back to the place of her greatest nightmares. This 2nda very well developed story with a great castin this Aliens franchise is scarier: you know the alien, so you wait on tenterhooks for it to jump out at you. And it never disappoints.
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![]() | Pandorum [Theatrical Release]
Earths only hope: spaceship Elysium. Bower (Foster) arises out of deep sleep & to a ghost ship. But the ship has been taken over by genetically mutated & violent humans. With him is Lt Payton, a man suffering from Pandorum, a violent psychological disorder. All Bower wants is to find a way out before Pandorum claims him too. While not advancing to new heights, still scary & will make you jump!
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