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The Best Haunted House Movies
Here is a list of the best haunted house movies. These are films that feature a haunted house as one of its primary locations. We believe we've got them all, but if you think we missed one please feel free to add it to the list yourself. All genres have been included, but being haunted houses, the most predominant genre is of course horror. Haunted houses are at the heart of many of our favorite ghost stories and have translated into some of the best haunted house films. For movies you can watch now on Netflix check out these lists like the best horror movies on Netflix, best anime shows and best comedies on Netflix.
A haunted house also creates a unique situation for storytellers where the location itself is practically one of the characters. Whether the house is haunted due to a vile act, remains stashed in one of its walls, or something hidden beneath its foundation, you'll find it on this list of the best haunted house films. What are the best haunted house movies? That's up to you to decide!
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- 1Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James Wan
In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) Perron. The ...more - 2Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and ...more - 3Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: James Wan
In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren come out of a self-imposed sabbatical to travel to Enfield, a borough in north London. There, they meet Peggy Hodgson, an ...more - 4Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly religious mother of Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), moves her family to the English coast during World War II. She awaits word on her missing ...more - 5Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver ...more - 6Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: James Wan
Parents (Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne) take drastic measures when it seems their new home is haunted and their comatose son (Ty Simpkins) is possessed by a malevolent entity. - 7Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
- Released: 1959
- Directed by: William Castle
Rich oddball Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: Show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is ...more - 8James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Chiller about a family who is terrorized by supernatural forces when they move into a new house in New York State which was the scene of a recent mass killing and the home of an 18th-century ...more - 9John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a successful author who enjoys worldwide acclaim debunking supernatural phenomena -- before he checks into the Dolphin Hotel, that is. Ignoring the warnings of the hotel ...more - 10Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Scott Derrickson
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence ...more - 11Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Tim Burton
After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes ...more - 12Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
- Released: 1963
- Directed by: Robert Wise
Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a reportedly haunted mansion. Eleanor (Julie Harris), a lonely, eccentric ...more - 13Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Drew Goddard
When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that ...more - 14Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Steve Beck
A state-of-the-art remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: the house seems to have a ...more - 15Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead ...more - 16Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: David Koepp
Blue-collar family man Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) scoffs at supernatural phenomena -- until he lets his wife's sister, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), put him into a hypnotic trance. Upon waking, Tom realizes ...more - 17Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: William Malone
A millionaire with theatrical tendencies, Stephen Price (Geoffrey Rush) invites a number of people to stay in a vast creepy building that used to be an insane asylum. Stephen, accompanied by his ...more - 18Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Gore Verbinski
It sounds like just another urban legend -- a videotape filled with nightmarish images leads to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. Newspaper reporter Rachel Keller ...more - 19Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Matthew Williams (William Mapother), his wife, Jennifer (Clea DuVall), and mother, Emma (Grace Zabriskie), are Americans making a new life in Tokyo. Together they move into a house that has been the ...more - 20Daniel Radcliffe, Misha Handley, Roger Allam
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: James Watkins
Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer, is recently widowed and grieving the loss of his wife when he is sent to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric's affairs in order. Soon after his ...more - 21Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Steve Beck
In a remote region of the Bering Sea, a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. But once onboard the eerie, cavernous ship, the ...more - 22Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Peter Cornwell
When their son Matt (Kyle Gallner) receives a diagnosis of cancer, Sara (Virginia Madsen) and Peter (Martin Donovan) Campbell move to Connecticut to be closer to his doctors. At first all is well, ...more - 23Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
It had been a year since Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) betrayed his beautiful wife Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer). But with Claire oblivious to the truth, Norman's life and marriage seem so perfect ...more - 24Julian Sands, Kevin Tighe, Bobby Preston
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Stephen King
A professor and an autistic teen unleash spirits in a mansion. - 25George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Peter Medak
Composer John Russell (George C. Scott) is vacationing with his family when a car accident kills his wife and daughter. Distraught with grief, Russell leaves his home in New York City for a giant, ...more
