A door creaked somewhere, and a howling rumble was heard in the basement? Perhaps it was just heard, or the spirits from the afterlife decided to make a sweet visit. For all fans of mystical paintings, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the list of the best horror movies about haunted houses; it is best to watch films alone in order to immerse yourself as much as possible in an atmosphere of fear, despair and hopelessness.
Mansion "Red Rose" (2002), mini-series
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 6.8
- Stephen King played a cameo as a pizza delivery man.
Are there ghosts in the mansion with the romantic name "Red Rose"? Professor Joyce Reardon decides to find the answer to this frightening question and invites six psychics to participate in an unusual experiment. The "ghost hunters" were given the following task - to wake up the paranormal forces that live in this ancient house. True, before that it would not hurt to insure your life. So, just in case ... Who knows what kind of supernatural surprises the heroes will face?
Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.1, IMDb - 4.6
- The original title of the film is translated as "The Girl from the Third Floor".
Don Koch is an attractive and charismatic man, the real dream of any girl. The hero is married, but the marriage is bursting at the seams. Of course, who will enjoy eternal quarrels and scandals? Don's wife is pregnant. The heroes decide to buy a house in a quiet and secluded place so that their baby can breathe fresh air right after birth. The house needs major repairs: it would be nice to patch up the roof and paste new wallpaper. Don does not want to turn to specialists, believing that he will do just fine on his own. But the house has a dark and mysterious past that the new owner doesn't seem to be able to cope with ...
The Ghost of House Briard (The Unspoken) 2014
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.8, IMDb - 4.9
- The slogan of the picture is “Do not wake up the roots of evil”.
A newly widowed woman named Jenny is moving into a new country home with her 9-year-old son, Adrian. After the death of dad, the boy closed in on himself and stopped talking. He constantly sits alone in the room and is not interested in anything. To look after her son, the mother decides to hire Angela, who told about the terrible past of this house.
It turns out that a murder took place in this building 17 years ago. An unknown person called the police and asked for help. Upon arrival, the police found the body of a dead priest, and all members of the Anderson family disappeared somewhere. They were never found and the case was closed. Jenny reacted with irony to Angela's story, but after a while she began to notice strange things: periodically, children's laughter is heard in the house, and things began to move from place to place ...
The Conjuring 2 2016
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.3
- On the first day of shooting, a specially invited priest consecrated the site.
The Conjuring 2 movie has a very interesting plot description. Paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren are faced with a new unexplained case. This time, the challenge came from a north London suburb, where a family of four children and a single mother is being attacked by otherworldly forces. The heroes will have to once again climb into the abyss of fear, darkness and try to unravel the nature of inexplicable phenomena. What will they face - a poltergeist? Or will someone else be waiting on the rickety path? Ed and Lorraine will have to find the answer to the main question: why did “something” choose this house and this particular family?
Astral: Chapter 2 (Insidious: Chapter 2) 2013
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.4, IMDb - 6.6
- The director of the film, James Wan, can be seen on the wallpaper on the computer desktop along with Spex and Tucker.
The Lambert family has already begun to forget about the terrible things that happened to them after moving to a new home. The heroes thought that the ghosts that haunted them were in the past, but how wrong they were ... Josh Lambert, along with his wife Reiney and their children, decided to relax a little at his mother's house. However, already upon arrival, the man began to notice strange phenomena: a poltergeist moving objects, a ghost of a woman, a mysterious whisper, gloomy voices in the room ... After a while, Josh realized: it was he who was the culprit that the spirit world again disturbed his family ...
Paranormal Activity 2007
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.5, IMDb - 6.3
- The filming took place in the director's own house, Oren Peli, who, incidentally, also acted as a screenwriter, producer, cameraman, artist, and even editor!
From the very first frames, the picture "Paranormal Activity" will scare in earnest. A young married couple Katie and Mika are moving into a nice cozy house where they plan to start a new life. Over time, the girl discovers that something strange is happening in the dwelling - as if the house is controlled by unknown dark forces. To record paranormal activity, the guy sets up a camera in the bedroom. Do you think everything is quiet, smooth and calm? No matter how it is! The heroes understand: the house hides some kind of dark story. This is where the most interesting begins ... And terrible!
The Amityville Horror 2005
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.6, IMDb - 6.4
- The film is based on the Amityville Horror novel by Jay Anson (1977).
The Amityville Horror is a chilling film starring Ryan Reynolds. George and Katie Lutz move with their three children to a colonial-style mansion right on the ocean. It seemed that such a luxury could only be dreamed of. But the heroes do not know that just a year ago a terrible incident took place in this house, which shook the whole city. The youngest son of the DeFeo family shot his parents, brother and sisters with a rifle. He was forced to do so by the “voices” he heard in the house. Since then, the Amityville horror has not left the walls of the mansion and has not disappeared anywhere. The new inhabitants will face an indescribable nightmare ...
Sinister 2012
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.8
- The character "deputy sheriff" dispenses with a name throughout the film. Even in the credits, he is referred to simply as "the sheriff's deputy."
Sinister is one of the scariest horror films of recent times. The author of detective novels, Allison Oswalt, together with his family, moves to a small town and settles in a house where a chilling tragedy unfolded more than a year ago - all tenants were killed. In the process of sorting things out, the writer finds a strange box in the attic, which contained a projector and several tapes with home recordings. The tapes recorded gruesome murders performed in a variety of ingenious ways. Allison finds one curious detail: in each video, he notices a mysterious dark figure. Soon after this discovery, inexplicable and frightening events begin to occur in the house. Now the lives of his loved ones are under threat. They faced something from which there is no escape now.
Pallid (Livide) 2011
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.2, IMDb - 5.7
- The slogan of the film is "Taste of Darkness"
“Deathly Pale” is a scary film about haunted houses. Lucy urgently needs money, so she decides to get a job as a caregiver. Her task is to look after an old woman who lives in a big house. The heroine accidentally finds out that jewels are hidden in one of the rooms. The temptation to get a mountain of treasures turns out to be too strong, and Lucy and her friends penetrate the house on a dark night, which becomes a devil's trap for them. "Hunters" for other people's values will have to go through terrifying supernatural events. Who will be able to survive, and who will never see sunlight again?
Hysteria (Delirium) 2018
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.7, IMDb - 5.7
- The slogan of the film is “Everything is in your head”.
Hysteria is one of the best horror movies on the haunted house list; it's better to watch the tape without light and completely alone. Tom spent twenty years in a psychiatric clinic. The hero returns home, but no one is waiting for him there: his older brother Alex is still behind bars, his mother disappeared as a child, and his father committed suicide. Each item in the mansion brings Tom back to the times of his childhood, which can hardly be called happy. A series of inexplicable and frightening incidents at first makes him think about the return of his illness, but this is not madness, but persecution. Ghosts live in the house, and he became their victim ...
