List of Ghost Films

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This is a selective list of ghost films, and includes both movies and television series about ghosts, and movies and television series that prominently feature ghosts. Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. Depictions of ghosts are as diverse as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beetlejuice, Hamlet's father, Jacob Marley, Freddy Krueger, and Moaning Myrtle, as well as the traditional spectral spirits and other bumps in the night.

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1 History 2 Films 3 Television series

o 3.1 Dramas and comedieso 3.2 Animationo 3.3 Puppetso 3.4 Ghost reality shows

4 See also 5 References

o 5.1 Cited text

History[edit]

With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a variety of genres; the works of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens andOscar Wilde have all been made into cinematic versions. Novel-length tales have sometimes been difficult to adapt to cinema, although that of The Haunting of Hill House to The Haunting in 1963 is an exception.[1]

Children’s benevolent ghost stories became popular, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, created in the 1930s and appearing in comics, animated cartoons, and eventually the 1995 feature film Casper. Noël Coward's play Blithe Spirit, later made into a film, places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations, and The Ghost Goes West, a comedy in which a Scottish castle and its ghost are moved to Florida, was voted the best British film of 1935.

Sentimental depictions were more popular in early cinema than horror, and include the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968-70 TV series.[1] Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944's The Uninvited and 1945's Dead of Night.

The 1970s saw screen depictions of ghosts diverge into distinct genres of the romantic and horror. A common theme in the romantic genre from this period is the ghost as a benign guide or messenger, often with unfinished business, such as 1989's Field of Dreams, the 1990 film Ghost, and the 1993 comedy Heart and Souls.[2] In the horror genre, 1980's The Fog, and the A Nightmare on Elm Street series of films from the 1980s and 1990s are notable examples of the trend for the merging of ghost stories with scenes of physical violence.[1]

Popularised in such films as the 1984 comedy Ghostbusters, ghost hunting became a hobby for many who formed ghost hunting societies to explore reportedly haunted places. The ghost hunting theme has been featured in reality television series such as Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters

International, Most Haunted, and A Haunting. It is also represented in children's television by such programs as The Ghost Hunter and Ghost Trackers. Ghost hunting also gave rise to multiple guidebooks to haunted locations, and ghost hunting “how-to” manuals.

The 1990s saw a return to classic “gothic” ghosts, whose dangers were more psychological than physical. Examples of films from this period include 1999’s The Sixth Sense and 2001’s The Others.

Asian cinema has been adept at producing horror films about ghosts, such as the 1998 Japanese film Ring (remade in America as The Ring in 2002), and the Pang brothers' 2002 film The Eye.[3]

Films[edit]

(American productions, unless otherwise specified)

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Name Year Country, notes

13 Ghosts 1960

The Gates Of Hell 1980

100 Feet 2008

1408 2007

2001 Maniacs 2005

A Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Hong Kong

A Christmas Carol 1908See 'A Christmas Carol' template below for many other adaptations, or this list.

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984U.S. For the entire nine-film series featuring Freddy Krueger see A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.


Annabelle 2014

Apartment 1303 2007 Japan

Apartment 1303 3D 2012

Art of the Devil 2004 Thailand

Beetlejuice 1988

Beyond Tomorrow 1940

Blackbeard's Ghost 1968

Bhooter Bhobishyot 2012 India

Bhoothnath 2008 India

Blithe Spirit 1945 United Kingdom

Book of Blood 2009

Bunshinsaba 2004 South Korea

Bulong 2011 Philippines

Carnival of Souls 1962


Casper 1995

U.S. For other Casper films see the template at the bottom of this page or the Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography.

Chamatkar 1992India, uncredited remake of Blackbeard's Ghost

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001 United Kingdom

Chandramukhi 2005 India Kannada, Tamil and Telugu

Cinco 2010 Philippines - Star Cinema Film

Conjurer 2008

Coraline 2009

Corpse Bride 2005

Curse, Death & Spirit 1992 Japan

Dark Water 2002 Japan

Dark Water 2005

Darkness 2002 United States, Spain

Darkness Falls 2003


Dead of Night 1945 United Kingdom

Death Ship 1980 Canada, United Kingdom

Dead Silence 2007

Death of a Ghost Hunter

2007

Dek hor 2006 Thailand

Dementia 2014 Philippines

Demonic Beauty 2002 Thailand

Eeram 2009 India[4]

Esprit d'amour 1983 Hong Kong

FeardotCom 2002United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg

Feng Shui 2004 Philippines

Feng Shui 二 2014 Philippines

Field of Dreams 1989


Fragile 2005 Spain

Ghost 1990

Ghost 2012 India

Ghost Banana Tree 2005 Cambodia

Ghost Dad 1990

The Ghost of St. Michael's

1941 United Kingdom

Ghost Ship 2002

Ghost Story 1981

Ghost Town 2008

Ghost in the Machine 1993

Ghost Rider 2007

Ghostbusters 1984

Ghostbusters II 1989


Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009

Ghosts of Mars 2001

Ghostwatch 1992 United Kingdom

Gildersleeve's Ghost 1944

Golpo Holeo Shotti 2014 Bengali remake of Tamil film Pizza

Gothika 2003

Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive

1992

Grave Encounters 2011 Canada, United States

Guni-Guni 2012 Philippines

Hamlet 1948British. For many other film versions see the 'Hamlet' template at the bottom of the page.

Harry Potter films2001-2011

United Kingdom, United States, an eight-film series

Hasta el viento tiene miedo

1968 Mexico


Haunted 1995 United Kingdom

Haunted Lighthouse 2003

Heart and Souls 1993

High Spirits 1988 United States, United Kingdom

Hold That Ghost 1941

House 1986

House II: The Second Story

1987

Housebound 2014 New Zealand

House on Haunted Hill 1959

House on Haunted Hill 1999

Hum Kaun Hai? 2004 India

Insidious 2011

Insidious 2 2013

Insidious: Chapter 3 2015


Into the Mirror 2003 South Korea

It Follows 2014

It Happened Tomorrow

1944

Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy 2012 India

Ju-on: The Grudge 2003 Japan

Kairo 2001 Japan

Kilometer 31 2006 Mexico

Krasue Valentine 2006 Thailand

Kwaidan 1964 Japan

La Llorona 1960 Mexico

Lady in White 1988

Lake Mungo 2008 Australia

Lani Loa - The Passage

1998


Lonesome Ghosts 1937

Mama 2013

Maxie 1985 2015 Mirrors 2008

Mirrors 2 2010

Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?

2014

Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?

2008

Muni 2: Kanchana 2011 India (Tamil and Telugu languages)

Maria Leonora Teresa 2014 Philippines - Star Cinema Film

Nang Nak 1999 Thailand

Nomads 1986

Oculus 2013

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts

1941 United Kingdom

Ouija 2014


Over Her Dead Body 2008

Paranormal Activity 2007

Paranormal Activity 2 2010



Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

2014

ParaNorman 2012

Pizza (2012 film) 2012 India - Tamil Film

Presence of Mind 1999 Spain, United States

Pridyider 2012 Philippines

Pulse 2001 Japan

Pulse 2006

Poltergeist 1982

Poltergeist 2015


Poltergeist II 1986

Poltergeist III 1988

Practical Magic 1998

Rinne 2006 Japan

Retribution 2006 Japan

Return to House on Haunted Hill

2007 United States

Riding the Bullet 2004 United States, Germany, Canada

R.I.P.D. 2013

Ringu 1998 Japan

Ringu 2 1999 Japan

Route 666 2001 Canada, United States

Safe Haven 2013

Saint Ange 2004 France

Scared Stiff 1953


Scary Movie 2 2001

Schalcken the Painter 1979 United Kingdom

School Spirit 1985

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

2004 United States, Canada

Scrooge 1913 United Kingdom



Scrooged 1988

Segunda Mano 2011 Philippines

Shock 2004 India - Tamil Film

Shutter 2004 Thailand

Shutter 2008

Silent Tongue 1993United States, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands


Sleepy Hollow 1999

Someone Behind You 2007 South Korea

Stay Alive 2006

Stir of Echoes 1999

Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming

2007

Susie Q 1996

Tales of Terror 1962

The Amityville Horror 1979U.S. For the entire 15 movie series see the template below.

The Babadook 2014 Australia

The Blair Witch Project

1999

The Book of Life 2014

The 'Burbs 1989 United States

The Canterville Ghost 1944





The Changeling 1980 Canada

The Conjuring 2013

The Curse of the Crying Woman

1961 Mexico

The Devil's Backbone 2001 Spain

The Echo 2008

The Entity 1981

The Eye 2002 Hong Kong

The Eye 2 2004 Hong Kong

The Eye 10 2005 Hong Kong

The Fog 1980

The Fog 2005


The Frighteners 1996 United States, New Zealand

The Ghost Breakers 1940

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947

The Ghost Goes West 1935 United Kingdom

The Ghost Talks 1949

The Ghost Walks 1934

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

1947 United Kingdom

The Ghosts of Edendale

2004

The Gift 2000

The Gravedancers 2006

The Grudge 2004 United States, Japan, Germany

The Grudge 2 2006 United States, Japan, Germany

The Grudge 3 2009 United States, Japan


The Halloween Tree 1993

The Haunted Castle 1896 France

The Haunted Mansion 2003

The Haunting 1963 United States, United Kingdom

The Haunting 1999

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

The Healing 2012 Philippines

The House Where Evil Dwells

1982

The Innkeepers 2011

The Innocents 1961 United Kingdom

The Legend of Hell House

1973 United Kingdom

The Lovely Bones 2009

The Maid2005-2006

Singapore


The Messengers 2007

The Mommy Returns 2012 Philippines

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

The Orphanage 2007 Spain

The Other 1972

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008

The Others 2001 United States, Spain, France, Italy

The Phantom Carriage 1921 Sweden

The Red Shoes 2005 South Korea

The Ring 2002

The Ring 2 2005

The Ruins 2008

The Screaming Skull 1958

The Shining 1980 United Kingdom, United States


The Sixth Man 1997

The Sixth Sense 1999

The Terror 1963

The Time of Their Lives

1946

The Uninvited 1944

The Woman in Black 1989 United Kingdom

The Woman in Black 2012 United Kingdom

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

2014 United Kingdom

The Wraith 1986

Third Eye 2014 Philippines

Thir13en Ghosts 2001

Three 2002 Hong Kong


Topper 1937

Topper Takes a Trip 1938

Topper Returns 1941

Tormented 1960

Tormented 2009 United Kingdom

Tower of Terror 1997

Trick or Treat 1986

Truly, Madly, Deeply 1990 United Kingdom

Two Thousand Maniacs!

1964

Ugetsu 1953 Japan

Unfriended 2014

What Lies Beneath 2000

Where Got Ghost? 2009 Singapore

White Lady 2006 Philippines


White Noise 2005 Canada, United Kingdom, United States

White Noise 2 2007 United States, Canada

Wind Chill (film) 2007 United Kingdom, United States

Witchboard 1986

Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway

1993

Wonder Man 1945

White House 2010 Philippines

Yavarum Nalam (13B) 2009 India - Tamil Film

Yaamirukka Bayamey 2014 India - Tamil Film

Darling (2015 film) 2015 India - Tamil Film

Kanchana 2 2015 India - Tamil Film

Baby 2015 India - Tamil Film

Maya 2015 India - Tamil Film

Kamara Kattu 2015 India - Tamil Film


Mangaa 2015 India - Tamil Film

Demonte Colony 2015 India - Tamil Film

Masss 2015 India - Tamil Film

Strawberry 2015 India - Tamil Film

Television series[edit]

Dramas and comedies[edit]

1953-1955: Topper 1968-1970: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1969–1971: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 1971-1978, 2005- : A Ghost Story for Christmas 1975: The Ghost Busters 1976-1978: The Ghosts of Motley Hall 1976-1984: Rentaghost 1990: Elly And Jools 1990–1991: Shades of L.A. 1994–1997: The Kingdom 1997-1998: Ghost Stories (episode list) 1997: The Shining 1999: Polterguests 2000-2001: Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 2002: Haunted 2004–2005: Hex 2004–2011: Medium 2005–2010: Ghost Whisperer 2005–present: Supernatural 2008–2013: Being Human 2010: Dead Gorgeous 2011: American Horror Story: Murder House 2011: Becoming Human 2011: The Fades 2011: Bag of Bones 2011-2014: Being Human 2013–present: The Haunted Hathaways (episodes) 2015-2016: puli a Tamil film

Animation[edit]

1963-1969: The New Casper Cartoon Show 1979: Casper and the Angels 1985-1986: The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 1986-1991: The Real Ghostbusters 1989-1991: Beetlejuice 1991-1992: Little Ghosts, There, Here, and Where 1993-1994: Ghost Sweeper Mikami 1996-1997: Extreme Ghostbusters 1996-1998: The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper 2000-2001: Ghost stories in school 2004-2007: Danny Phantom 2009–present: Casper's Scare School 2013: Dude, That's My Ghost!

Puppets[edit]

1989: The Ghost of Faffner Hall

Ghost reality shows[edit]

1996-1997: Ghosthunters 1998-2001: Haunted History 2000-2006: Scariest Places on Earth 2002–present: Most Haunted 2004–present: Ghost Hunters 2005-2011: Ghostly Encounters 2005-2006: Ghost Hunt 2006: Extreme Ghost Stories 2007-2011: Paranormal State 2008–present: Ghost Adventures 2008-2012: Ghost Hunters International 2009–present: Celebrity Ghost Stories 2009-2010: Ghost Hunters Academy 2009-2011: Ghost Lab 2009-2010: Ghost Stories 2009-2010: Most Terrifying Places in America 2010–present: My Ghost Story 2011: Paranormal Challenge 2012–present: Haunted Encounters 2005-2007; 2012–present: A Haunting (Discovery Channel)

The Haunted was one.

Documents

List of Ghost Films