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Haunting Horror movies

Ghosts and haunted places, with escalating manifestations and a backstory revealed through the location.

Winchester

1. Winchester

Horror Thriller Haunting Horror Computer Threat Thriller
5.5
20181h 40min

Overview

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Themes

Power and control, Grief and loss, Trauma and addiction, Perception and misdiagnosis, Ancestral guilt, Haunted space and memory

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The Conjuring 2

2. The Conjuring 2

Horror Haunting Horror
7.3
20162h 14min

Overview

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Themes

Skepticism vs belief, Family safety under threat, Possession and agency, Intergenerational protective bonds, Naming the threat, Investigator intuition vs evidence

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Hell House LLC

3. Hell House LLC

Horror Mystery Haunting Horror Investigation Mystery
6.4
20151h 36min

Overview

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.

Themes

Corporate ambition vs safety, Rumours of supernatural activity, Investigation vs spectacle, Crowd chaos and danger, Haunted setting creates pressure, Found footage reliability

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Housebound

4. Housebound

Horror Comedy Thriller Haunting Horror Parody
6.7
20141h 51min

Overview

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

Themes

Family strain under stress, Unreliable perception, Authority versus autonomy, Home confinement and surveillance, Investigation and deception, Haunted house dynamics

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Insidious: Chapter 2

5. Insidious: Chapter 2

Horror Thriller Haunting Horror Investigation Suspense
6.6
20131h 46min

Overview

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Themes

Memory manipulation, Possession and control, Family under siege, Haunted space, Unseen threats, Paranormal investigation

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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

6. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Horror Drama Thriller Haunting Horror Family Drama
5.3
20131h 41min

Overview

A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

Themes

Protective guardianship, Haunted history, Family resilience under danger, Historic trauma memory, Inherited psychic gifts

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Grave Encounters

7. Grave Encounters

Thriller Horror Haunting Horror
6.1
20111h 33min

Overview

A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.

Themes

Survival under confinement, False appearances, Unethical medical practices, Illusory safety, Investigation and danger, Haunted spaces and corridors

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The Orphanage

8. The Orphanage

Horror Drama Thriller Haunting Horror Family Drama
7.4
20071h 45min

Overview

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

Themes

Orphanage legacy, Missing child anxiety, Haunted house pressures, Medium presence, Cave memory, Séance influence

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Alone

9. Alone

Horror Mystery Drama Haunting Horror Mystic Mystery
6.4
20071h 30min

Overview

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

Themes

Jealousy between twins, Haunting and memory, Identity and impersonation, Guilt and self-blame, Deception within relationships, Family separation trauma

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Fragile

10. Fragile

Horror Thriller Mystery Haunting Horror Investigation Mystery
6.0
20051h 41min

Overview

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.

Themes

Haunted hospital atmosphere, Caregiver guilt and memory, Child vulnerability in care, Unseen threats in medical spaces, Obsession and trauma in care work, Evacuation under pressure

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Amazon Video
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