Poltergeist Horror Movies

List of the best poltergeist horror films according to viewers: Malpertuis, The Others, The Lighthouse, Marrowbone, Stan Against Evil, Sinister, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, It, The Frighteners, The Conjuring.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryBelgium, France, West Germany
Duration02:05

Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, (Carrière) unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.

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: 7.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:37

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountrySpain, USA
Duration02:11

A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:45

    Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, France

    The long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:22

      In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
      CountryNew Zealand, USA
      Duration02:03

      Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, detective
      CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:52

        Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrehorror, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

          When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA

          Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:56

          During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, action
          CountryUSA, Canada, Japan, France
          Duration01:49

          A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrehorror, action, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:24

          Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:43

          Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrehorror, fantasy, musical, adventure, family, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:53

          Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA, Italy
          Duration02:19

          During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, Romania, Germany, France
          Duration01:57

          An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
          CountryUSA, Netherlands
          Duration01:34

          Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:15

          The legend of vampire Count Dracula begins here with this original 1931 Dracula film from Bela Lugosi.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions". One night, during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, Netherlands, Italy
          Duration01:32

          After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration02:43

          Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
          CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:49

          Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:31

          A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryGermany, USA
          Duration01:37

          David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:48

          Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, France, Canada, Spain
          Duration01:38

          After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires when he awakens inside his coffin and returns from the grave, hellbent on revenge.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:20

          A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:16

          A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
          Duration01:58

            Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:05

            Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrehorror, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:24

            Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

            A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Germany, Hungary
            Duration02:00

            In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrehorror, action, drama, cartoon
            CountrySouth Korea
            Duration01:43

              Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…




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