From “The Innocents” to “Paranormal Activity,” these ghost stories tap into our primal fears.
Now, enjoy EW’s ranking of the 22 best haunted house movies of all time.
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Toni Collette in ‘Hereditary’; Vera Farmiga in ‘The Conjuring’; Michael Keaton in ‘Beetlejuice’.Credit:Reid Chavis/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection; Michael Tackett/Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection; Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection
The catch: They have to spend the night in a haunted house and survive until morning.
House on Haunted Hillalso features one of Castle’s vaunted gimmicks:Emergo.
There’s just one little catch: The home was built on a Native American burial ground.
Margot Kidder in ‘The Amityville Horror’.Everett Collection
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Su-mi is also very protective of her younger sister, Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young).
The film’s twist is one of those watercooler moments that rivals any horror movie ending.
Julia Dean and Ann Carter in ‘The Curse of the Cat People’.Everett Collection
But things take a bizarre turn when her son, Simon (Roger Princep), goes missing.
A. Bayonafound inspiration forThe Orphanagefrom watching 1961’sThe Innocentsand 1977’sClose Encounters of the Third Kind.S.T.
The film is based on the 1959 novelThe Haunting of Hill Houseby author Shirley Jackson.
Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston in ‘Crimson Peak’.Everett Collection
Rather, the seven women were all models.S.T.
However, it later became a sensation when lyrics were added, and it was evenperformed by Frank Sinatra.S.T.
The Uninvitedis not currently available to watch or rent.
Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat in ‘Paranormal Activity’.Everett Collection
And things grow even more disconcerting when Miss Giddens begins seeing things and hearing voices.
The Innocentsis not currently available to watch or rent.
The character of John Russell is a music composer, but Scott wasn’t musically inclined.
Gabriel Byrne, Toni Collette and Alex Wolff in ‘Hereditary’.A24
Where to watchThe Changeling: Peacock
Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, and Alec Baldwin in ‘Beetlejuice’.Warner Brothers/Everett
Nicole Kidman in ‘The Others’.Everett Collection
Elisha Cook Jr. in ‘House on Haunted Hill’.Everett Collection
Alastair Sim in ‘Scrooge’.Everett Collection
Heather O’Rourke in ‘Poltergeist’.Everett Collection
Im Soo-jung in ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’.Everett Collection
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in ‘The Conjuring’.New Line/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Óscar Casas in ‘The Orphanage’.Everett Collection
Barbara Crampton in ‘We Are Still Here’.Everett Collection
Russ Tamblyn, Richard Johnson, and Claire Bloom in ‘The Haunting’.Everett Collection
Gene Tierney and Robert Coote in ‘The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’.Everett Collection
Martin Sharpe, David Pledger, and Rosie Traynor in ‘Lake Mungo’.Lionsgate
Yoko Minamida in ‘Hausu’.Everett Collection
Bruce Campbell in ‘The Evil Dead’.Everett Collection
Ruth Hussey, Alan Napier, Ray Milland, and Cornelia Otis Skinner in ‘The Uninvited’.Everett Collection
Deborah Kerr in ‘The Innocents’.Everett Collection
Trish Van Devere in ‘The Changeling’.Everett Collection
