Movie collection
Ghosts, demons, curses, possession, and other paranormal forces take center stage in these horror stories, where the supernatural directly drives the danger.
Supernatural horror movies make an otherworldly force central to the fear: a ghost may haunt a family, a demon may possess someone, or a curse may spread danger beyond any ordinary explanation. These supernatural horror films range from intimate haunted-house stories and occult mysteries to vampiric threats and reality-bending paranormal encounters, but the supernatural element must meaningfully drive the conflict. Movies that merely contain magic or fantasy creatures without being substantially horror-focused fall outside the scope. Franchise entries can still appear when they work as self-contained stories that can be understood and appreciated without requiring substantial knowledge of earlier installments.
2013
After the Perron family moves into an old Rhode Island farmhouse, disturbing activity begins to target the parents and their five daughters. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are called in and find evidence that a malevolent supernatural presence has attached itself to the home and family.
The Warrens investigate a family haunting that escalates into demonic possession, making the supernatural threat the story's core.
2018
After the death of her secretive mother, artist Annie Graham and her family are pulled deeper into grief, resentment, and increasingly disturbing events. Strange visions, séances, and unexplained behavior suggest that something supernatural is closing in as buried family secrets begin to surface.
A grieving family is progressively consumed by occult manipulation and demonic possession, with the supernatural force driving the central horror.
2001
Grace lives with her two photosensitive children in a darkened country house after World War II, enforcing strict rules to keep out sunlight. When new servants arrive and her daughter claims to see strangers in the house, unexplained sounds and apparitions make Grace fear they are not alone.
A secluded household's apparent haunting and ghostly presence define both the mystery and the horror.
1998
Reporter Reiko Asakawa investigates a mysterious videotape said to kill anyone who watches it seven days later. After viewing the tape herself and receiving an ominous phone call, she races to uncover the curse's origin before the same supernatural threat reaches her family.
A cursed videotape and Sadako's vengeful supernatural influence drive the deaths and investigation.
1999
Child psychologist Malcolm Crowe begins treating Cole Sear, a frightened boy who claims he can see and hear dead people. As Malcolm tries to understand Cole's experiences, the boy must learn how to face the ghosts that seek him out and determine what they want from him.
A child who sees dead people and the ghosts surrounding him are central to the film's fear, mystery, and resolution.
2015
Banished from a Puritan settlement in 1630s New England, a family builds a farm beside an isolated forest. When their infant disappears and unsettling events follow, fear of witchcraft and demonic influence turns their religious anxieties inward, driving suspicion and conflict through the household.
A family is terrorized by witchcraft and a demonic presence, which steadily drive its breakdown and the film's horror.
2022
A group of teenagers use an embalmed hand to summon spirits and briefly invite them into their bodies. Mia becomes fascinated by the ritual, but after the group pushes it too far, violent possessions and lingering apparitions begin exploiting her grief and threatening the people around her.
Contact with spirits through the embalmed hand leads directly to possession and escalating paranormal danger.
2016
A police officer in a remote South Korean village investigates a mysterious illness linked to sudden violence and death. When his daughter develops the same symptoms, rumors about a strange outsider, a shamanic ritual, and conflicting supernatural signs leave him desperate to identify the true source of the evil.
Demonic influence, possession, ritual, and supernatural deception are central to the village's escalating horror.
2007
Laura returns with her husband and young son to the Spanish orphanage where she grew up, hoping to reopen it. When her son describes an invisible friend and later disappears, unexplained sounds and ghostly clues draw Laura into the building's hidden past as she searches for him.
Ghostly children and a haunting tied to the orphanage drive the protagonist's search and the film's horror.
2017
In Derry, Maine, a group of children discover that the shape-shifting Pennywise has been preying on local fears and disappearances for generations. As each child encounters terrifying manifestations of personal fears, they join forces to confront the supernatural presence haunting their town.
Pennywise is a shape-shifting supernatural entity that preys on children and supplies the movie's central horror threat.
2004
After photographer Tun and his girlfriend Jane flee the scene of a late-night accident, strange faces and shadows begin appearing in his photographs. As the images grow more disturbing and people around them are affected, the couple investigates whether a vengeful ghost is connected to their past.
A vengeful ghost manifests through photographs and increasingly haunts the protagonists, making the paranormal threat central.
2010
Josh and Renai Lambert become alarmed when their son Dalton falls into an unexplained coma and frightening activity spreads through their home. Paranormal investigators eventually suggest that the danger is tied not simply to the house, but to a hostile spirit realm and Dalton himself.
A child's astral entrapment and the demonic entities haunting his family form the core supernatural conflict.
2012
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves his family into a house where another family was murdered and discovers a box of disturbing home movies. As he studies the footage, repeated symbols, missing children, and eerie activity suggest the killings may be connected by a supernatural presence.
A pagan demon uses cursed films and children to perpetuate a supernatural murder cycle that drives the story.
2002
The Saeki house is marked by a curse born from violent death, and people who enter it become targets of its restless spirits. As the haunting spreads beyond the home, Kayako and other apparitions pursue a growing group of victims in a fragmented cycle of supernatural terror.
Kayako and Toshio's death curse repeatedly haunts and kills people connected to the Saeki house, making the supernatural threat central.
2007
Katie believes an unseen entity has followed her since childhood, so her boyfriend Micah sets up a camera to record what happens while they sleep. Night after night, small disturbances escalate, and a visiting psychic warns that the presence tormenting Katie may be demonic rather than a simple ghost.
A demonic entity stalks Katie and Micah inside their home, with escalating paranormal attacks forming the entire horror premise.
2002
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates the sudden death of her niece and discovers a videotape linked to a deadly urban legend. After watching it herself, she receives the same seven-day warning and begins tracing the tape's disturbing images and history before the curse can claim another victim.
A cursed videotape tied to Samara causes a supernatural death cycle that the protagonist must investigate.
2001
During the final months of the Spanish Civil War, young Carlos is sent to an isolated orphanage shadowed by an unexploded bomb and simmering adult conflicts. There he encounters the ghost of a dead boy, whose presence points toward a mystery rooted in the orphanage's recent past.
The ghost of a murdered boy haunting an orphanage is central to the film's mystery and supernatural horror.
2016
Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to Enfield, England, to investigate reports of violent paranormal activity surrounding the Hodgson family, especially young Janet. As doubts about the case mix with increasingly threatening phenomena, the Warrens confront signs that something more sinister may be behind the haunting.
The Enfield haunting, possession, and demonic Valak threat form a self-contained supernatural case that works independently.
2023
On Halloween night in 1977, struggling talk-show host Jack Delroy stages an ambitious live special featuring psychics, skeptics, and a young girl connected to an alleged demonic possession. What begins as a ratings stunt grows increasingly dangerous as the broadcast invites forces the production cannot control.
An attempted on-air demonstration of possession unleashes a demonic force that becomes the core horror event.
2005
A priest is put on trial after the death of college student Emily Rose following an exorcism. Through courtroom testimony and flashbacks, the case pits medical explanations against claims of demonic possession, while defense attorney Erin Bruner examines what Emily and Father Moore believed was happening to her.
Alleged demonic possession and Emily's exorcism are the central supernatural-horror mechanism, even as the film examines skeptical explanations.
2024
In 1838, Thomas Hutter travels to the remote castle of Count Orlok to complete a property sale, despite his wife Ellen's disturbing premonitions. Orlok's arrival awakens an obsessive supernatural threat tied to Ellen, while his vampiric presence brings dread and death toward their home.
Count Orlok's vampiric curse and psychic bond with Ellen sustain the film's central supernatural menace.
2025
In 1932 Mississippi, twin brothers Smoke and Stack return home to open a juke joint, bringing together their community for a night of music. The celebration attracts a predatory supernatural force, turning the gathering into a fight against vampires drawn to the extraordinary musical gift at its center.
Vampires and their supernatural influence become the central threat confronting the juke-joint community.
1994
Private investigator John Trent is hired to find missing horror novelist Sutter Cane, whose books appear to cause paranoia and violence in some readers. Trent's search leads him toward a seemingly impossible town as the boundary between Cane's fiction, supernatural horror, and reality begins to collapse.
An otherworldly evil tied to Cane's fiction warps reality and sanity, making supernatural cosmic horror central.
1998
After a serial killer is executed, detective John Hobbes sees a new series of murders that eerily repeat the dead man's methods. Strange behavior and a familiar song seem to pass between different people, leading Hobbes to suspect that an ancient supernatural presence is continuing the killings.
The body-hopping fallen angel Azazel possesses people and orchestrates killings, directly driving the investigation and danger.
1992
Young solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to the castle of Count Dracula, a centuries-old vampire whose attention soon turns toward Harker's fiancée, Mina. As Dracula makes his way to England, his supernatural powers, bloodlust, and fixation on Mina draw her circle into a struggle against him.
Count Dracula's vampirism, predation, and supernatural influence are the central source of gothic horror.
2008
Bullied twelve-year-old Oskar befriends Eli, a mysterious child who moves into his apartment complex and only comes out at night. Their bond deepens as a series of violent deaths reveals Eli's vampiric nature, forcing Oskar to navigate friendship, fear, and the dangerous reality of what she is.
Eli's vampirism and need for blood are sustained supernatural forces shaping the danger, violence, and relationship at the story's center.
2010
Bullied twelve-year-old Owen forms a friendship with Abby, a quiet girl who has recently moved into his apartment complex and only appears at night. As unexplained killings occur nearby, Owen learns that Abby is a vampire, complicating the comfort and loyalty they find in each other.
Abby's vampirism and predatory violence are central supernatural forces shaping the danger and the relationship at the story's center.
2009
Devoted priest Sang-hyun survives a failed medical experiment only to discover that he has become a vampire. His new need for blood clashes with his faith and self-control, while an intense relationship with the unhappy wife of a childhood friend pulls him further into desire and moral danger.
A priest's transformation into a vampire and escalating blood hunger drive the film's supernatural horror and moral conflict.
1999
Constable Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a string of brutal beheadings blamed on the legendary Headless Horseman. Determined to use rational methods and early forensic ideas, Crane is forced to reconsider his skepticism as evidence points toward a genuinely supernatural killer.
The Headless Horseman is a genuinely supernatural killer whose attacks and summoning drive the murder mystery.
2011
Five college friends head to an isolated cabin for a weekend away, unaware that unseen technicians are manipulating their choices from a hidden facility. When monstrous threats are deliberately unleashed, the familiar cabin-in-the-woods scenario becomes part of a larger supernatural system with disturbing rules.
Supernatural monsters and the ritual requiring their victims are deliberately engineered as the film's central horror mechanism.
1996
Frank Bannister can see ghosts and secretly uses friendly spirits to stage hauntings that he then charges people to remove. When a sinister supernatural figure begins marking residents for death, Frank is pulled into a real investigation that connects the new killings to the town's violent past.
Ghosts are central to the protagonist's life, while a murderous spirit becomes the main supernatural threat.
2021
Aspiring fashion designer Ellie moves to London and begins experiencing vivid visions of the 1960s through an ambitious young woman named Sandie. The glamorous dream gradually becomes frightening, and ghostly figures from the past begin intruding into Ellie's present as she searches for what happened.
Ellie's paranormal connection to Sandie and the ghosts that pursue her drive the film's increasingly explicit supernatural horror.
2025
Seventeen children from the same classroom leave their homes at exactly 2:17 a.m. and vanish, leaving only one classmate behind. Their teacher, worried parents, and other townspeople search for an explanation as strange connections and increasingly disturbing events suggest something supernatural lies behind the disappearance.
The supplied synopsis establishes that Gladys uses rituals and supernatural control to entrance victims and compel violence, making her paranormal power central to the disappearances.
2025
After their father's death, teenage Andy and his partially blind stepsister Piper are placed with foster mother Laura and a silent boy named Oliver. Laura's unsettling behavior, fixation on Piper, and interest in death gradually make Andy suspect that grief and an occult purpose are shaping their new home.
The supplied synopsis directly establishes demonic possession and a resurrection ritual as Laura's plan, making the supernatural threat central.
2025
Bear buys a novelty called the One Wish Willow and uses it to wish that his coworker Nikki will love him above anyone else. When the supernatural wish begins taking effect, his desire for an impossible romance turns into a dangerous situation shaped by compulsion, jealousy, and unintended consequences.
The supplied synopsis establishes a wish-granting artifact and curse that supernaturally compels obsessive love and violence.
2007
Television reporter Ángela Vidal and her cameraman follow firefighters into a Barcelona apartment building, only to be sealed inside when residents become violently ill. What first resembles a terrifying outbreak grows more disturbing as the infection begins to carry hints of possession and a supernatural origin.
The outbreak is ultimately tied to a contagious condition derived from demonic possession; the supernatural mechanism is important but revealed late.
1994
Reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis, who claims to be a vampire and recounts the long life that began when the charismatic Lestat transformed him in 18th-century Louisiana. Louis struggles with the need to kill, his conscience, and the volatile relationships that shape his existence among other vampires.
Vampirism is central and sustained, but the film leans more toward gothic drama and character tragedy than pure horror.
1997
Undefeated attorney Kevin Lomax accepts a prestigious position at a powerful New York law firm run by the charismatic John Milton. As Kevin becomes consumed by success, his wife experiences frightening visions and the firm's influence takes on increasingly sinister supernatural dimensions that challenge Kevin's ambitions and choices.
Satan's manipulation and demonic manifestations drive the protagonist's downfall, though much of the film functions as a legal drama and thriller.
2005
John Constantine is an occult detective and exorcist who can perceive the demons and half-angels moving among humans. When he investigates a case connected to a woman's dead twin and an unusual demonic incursion, he uncovers a supernatural scheme that threatens the fragile balance between Heaven, Hell, and Earth.
Demons, possession, and a plan to bring Hell's forces into the human world are central, but the action-fantasy emphasis makes it less archetypal.
2017
Surgeon Steven Murphy's uneasy relationship with a teenage boy named Martin becomes terrifying when Steven's healthy family begins suffering an unexplained, progressive illness. As medicine fails to account for what is happening, Martin presents an impossible demand that turns the family's crisis into a curse-like moral nightmare.
An inexplicable curse-like retribution causes the family's progressive illness and forces the central sacrifice, though the supernatural mechanism remains deliberately opaque.
2014
A documentary crew follows vampire flatmates Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr as they share a house in Wellington and navigate chores, nightlife, feeding, and centuries-old social habits. Their everyday problems unfold alongside blood drinking, werewolves, undead rivalries, and other supernatural complications in this horror comedy.
Vampires, werewolves, and supernatural rules are central to the story, but the mockumentary comedy tone makes it a less representative horror example.
1996
Fugitive brothers Seth and Richie Gecko take a family hostage while fleeing toward Mexico, then stop at an isolated nightclub to meet a contact. The crime story suddenly becomes a supernatural siege when the establishment's inhabitants reveal themselves as vampires and the survivors must fight through the night.
Vampires become the central threat after the crime setup, turning the second half into a sustained supernatural siege.
1998
Blade is a human-vampire hybrid who can walk in daylight and hunts the vampires operating within Los Angeles. With his mentor Whistler and hematologist Karen Jenson, he battles Deacon Frost, an ambitious vampire whose plans threaten to shift the balance between the hidden undead world and humanity.
Vampires and a supernatural blood-god ritual are central antagonistic forces, though action dominates the presentation.
1992
After being thrown through a portal, Ash Williams lands in medieval England, where he is mistaken for an enemy and forced to prove himself against undead creatures. Armed with his chainsaw, shotgun, and irreverent confidence, he must recover the Necronomicon while a supernatural army threatens the kingdom.
Deadites, the Necronomicon, and an undead army drive a largely self-contained medieval conflict, but comedy and fantasy dilute its horror emphasis.
2012
Norman Babcock can speak with the dead, an ability that leaves him mocked by classmates and misunderstood by his family. When a centuries-old witch's curse threatens his New England town, Norman becomes one of the few people capable of communicating with the ghosts and understanding what is happening.
A witch's curse, ghosts, and the risen dead drive the town's central danger, though the family-comedy tone makes it less representative of conventional horror.
2021
Four children become friends during a quiet summer and discover that they possess strange psychic abilities hidden from the adults around them. Their experiments begin as secret games in forests and playgrounds, but growing cruelty and power struggles turn those supernatural gifts into something increasingly dangerous.
The children's paranormal powers, especially their dangerous use against one another, become the main source of escalating horror.