Movies about ghost towns

List of the best movies about ghost towns selected by visitors to our site: Guests, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, Insidious, You Shall Not Sleep, The Shining, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, The Banishing, 1917, Heilstätten, Hell House LLC.

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Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:55

Young Katya meets a merry company of visiting guys who have a specific entertainment - to organize parties in other people's empty houses. And Katya knows the right place: an old country house on the coast, the owner of which left for a long time. The secluded house, in which the spiritualist salon was at the beginning of the last century, seems to everyone an excellent option. Alarming, even the terrible abandonment of this place does not frighten anyone ... In the midst of the party, someone whom Katya never expected to see appears: the mysterious master of the house ... The man she loved. A man in the grip of otherworldly forces.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:31

An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the '7 freakiest places on the planet'. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:43

    A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountrySpain, Argentina, Uruguay
    Duration01:59

    In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:24

    Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryCanada, France, Japan, USA
    Duration01:35

    Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India, Spain, Canada, China

    At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryGermany

    Group of Youtubers enter an abandoned surgery ward for 24-hour challenge, hoping to go viral. They will soon learn that they're not welcome.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure, military
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:47

    Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

      A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide'. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryUSA, Australia, Mexico
      Duration01:39

      A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, action, drama
      CountryUSA

      Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:30

      In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the government suddenly goes cold on the plan and it is not made public why. There is talk of homeless people who use the tunnel as shelter going missing, even though the government states that there are no homeless people in there. This, and the silence from the officials and ministers, leads a journalist, Natasha to begin an investigation into a government cover-up. She and her crew Pete (Producer), Steve (Cameraman) and Tangles (Sound Technichian) decide to investigate the story in the tunnel.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

        A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, action, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
        Duration01:24

        A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain -- a group that includes the cop who put a bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago -- band together to survive against the brutal killer.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
        Duration01:44

        Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
        Duration01:36

        Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:32

        Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:17

        Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:40

        A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:48

        Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrefantastic, action, drama
        CountryJapan
        Duration01:15

        100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, Japan
        Duration02:03

        Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:26

        A social worker dealing with the disappearance of two children fears for her own family after beginning the investigation.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror
        CountryMexico

        Sofia, an insecure young woman, begins babysitting two troublesome siblings that turn her job into a complete living hell. That is until a devilish presence starts messing with the trio and they must band together to fight the demon away.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountrySpain, United Kingdom, Bulgaria

        A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen including the disappearance of her guide, the manifestation of ghosts (including her own!) and the appearance of another man who has been drawn to the farm for the same reasons.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA

        When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountrySpain, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that prowls the floors and will not allow anyone to leave. Amy tries to protect them and convince the other staffers of the evil that lurks there.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:17

        When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make - she's getting stronger.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, adventure, western, crime, detective
        CountryFrance, Mexico, USA
        Duration02:01

        When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

        Duration01:37

          Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, cartoon, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:15

          Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
          Duration01:35

          The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

            Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous criminal James Williams (Ice Cube). Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining facilities. The mining activities on Mars have unleashed the spirits of alien beings who gradually possess the bodies of the workers. It soon turns out that catching the dangerous fugitive takes a back seat as the alien spirits begin to rid their planet of the 'invaders'.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:27

            In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

              Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:32

              Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrefantastic, action, comedy, cartoon
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:34

                When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...




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