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This is a selective list of ghost films, and includes both movies and television series about ghosts,
and movies and television series that prominently feature ghosts. Ghost movies and shows can fall
into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama.
Depictions of ghosts are as diverse as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beetlejuice, Hamlet's
father, Jacob Marley, Freddy Krueger, and Moaning Myrtle, as well as the traditional spectral spirits
and other bumps in the night.
Contents
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1 History
2 Films
3 Television series
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3.2 Animation
3.3 Puppets
4 See also
5 References
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History[edit]
With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and
spanned a variety of genres; the works of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens andOscar Wilde have all
been made into cinematic versions. Novel-length tales have sometimes been difficult to adapt to
cinema, although that of The Haunting of Hill House to The Haunting in 1963 is an exception.[1]
Childrens benevolent ghost stories became popular, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, created in
the 1930s and appearing in comics, animated cartoons, and eventually the 1995 feature
film Casper. Nol Coward's play Blithe Spirit, later made into a film, places a more humorous slant
on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations, and The Ghost Goes West, a
comedy in which a Scottish castle and its ghost are moved to Florida, was voted the best British film
of 1935.
Sentimental depictions were more popular in early cinema than horror, and include the 1947
film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was later adapted to television with a successful 1968-70 TV
series.[1] Genuine psychological horror films from this period include 1944's The Uninvited and
1945's Dead of Night.
The 1970s saw screen depictions of ghosts diverge into distinct genres of the romantic and horror. A
common theme in the romantic genre from this period is the ghost as a benign guide or messenger,
often with unfinished business, such as 1989's Field of Dreams, the 1990 film Ghost, and the 1993
comedy Heart and Souls.[2] In the horror genre, 1980's The Fog, and the A Nightmare on Elm
Street series of films from the 1980s and 1990s are notable examples of the trend for the merging of
ghost stories with scenes of physical violence.[1]
Popularised in such films as the 1984 comedy Ghostbusters, ghost hunting became a hobby for
many who formed ghost hunting societies to explore reportedly haunted places. The ghost hunting
theme has been featured in reality television series such as Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters
International, Most Haunted, and A Haunting. It is also represented in children's television by such
programs as The Ghost Hunter and Ghost Trackers. Ghost hunting also gave rise to multiple
guidebooks to haunted locations, and ghost hunting how-to manuals.
The 1990s saw a return to classic gothic ghosts, whose dangers were more psychological than
physical. Examples of films from this period include 1999s The Sixth Sense and 2001s The Others.
Asian cinema has been adept at producing horror films about ghosts, such as the 1998 Japanese
film Ring (remade in America as The Ring in 2002), and the Pang brothers' 2002 film The Eye.[3]
Films[edit]
(American productions, unless otherwise specified)
This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for
completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Name
Year
Country, notes
13 Ghosts
1960
1980
100 Feet
2008
1408
2007
2001 Maniacs
2005
1987
Hong Kong
A Christmas Carol
1908
See 'A Christmas Carol' template below for many other adaptations,
or this list.
Name
Year
Country, notes
A-Haunting We Will
Go
1942
A Nightmare on Elm
Street
1984
Annabelle
2014
Apartment 1303
2007
Apartment 1303 3D
2012
2004
Beetlejuice
1988
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Bhooter Bhobishyot
2012
India
Bhoothnath
2008
India
Blithe Spirit
1945
United Kingdom
Book of Blood
2009
Bunshinsaba
2004
U.S. For the entire nine-film series featuring Freddy Krueger see A
Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Japan
Thailand
South Korea
Name
Year
Country, notes
Bulong
2011
Philippines
Carnival of Souls
1962
Casper
1995
U.S. For other Casper films see the template at the bottom of this page
or the Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography.
Chamatkar
1992
2001
United Kingdom
Chandramukhi
2005
Cinco
2010
Conjurer
2008
Coraline
2009
Corpse Bride
2005
1992
Japan
Dark Water
2002
Japan
Name
Year
Country, notes
Dark Water
2005
Darkness
2002
Darkness Falls
2003
Dead of Night
1945
United Kingdom
Death Ship
1980
Dead Silence
2007
Death of a Ghost
Hunter
2007
Dek hor
2006
Thailand
Dementia
2014
Philippines
Demonic Beauty
2002
Thailand
Eeram
2009
India[4]
Esprit d'amour
1983
Hong Kong
FeardotCom
2002
Feng Shui
2004
Philippines
Name
Year
Country, notes
Feng Shui
2014
Field of Dreams
1989
Fragile
2005
Ghost
1990
Ghost
2012
India
2005
Cambodia
Ghost Dad
1990
1941
Ghost Ship
2002
Ghost Story
1981
Ghost Town
2008
1993
Ghost Rider
2007
Ghostbusters
1984
Philippines
Spain
United Kingdom
Name
Year
Country, notes
Ghostbusters II
1989
Ghosts of Girlfriends
Past
2009
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Ghostwatch
1992
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
2014
Gothika
2003
1992
Grave Encounters
2011
Guni-Guni
2012
Philippines
Hamlet
1948
British. For many other film versions see the 'Hamlet' template at the
bottom of the page.
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United Kingdom
Name
Year
Country, notes
1968
Mexico
Haunted
1995
United Kingdom
Haunted Lighthouse
2003
1993
High Spirits
1988
1941
House
1986
1987
Housebound
2014
House on Haunted
Hill
1959
House on Haunted
Hill
1999
2004
Insidious
2011
New Zealand
India
Name
Year
Country, notes
Insidious 2
2013
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
2003
It Follows
2014
It Happened
Tomorrow
1944
2012
India
2003
Japan
Kairo
2001
Japan
Kilometer 31
2006
Mexico
Krasue Valentine
2006
Thailand
Kwaidan
1964
Japan
La Llorona
1960
Mexico
Lady in White
1988
Lake Mungo
2008
South Korea
Australia
Name
Year
Country, notes
1998
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
Mama
2013
Maxie
1985
Mirrors 2
2010
2014
2008
Muni 2: Kanchana
2011
2014
Nang Nak
1999
Thailand
Nomads
1986
Oculus
2013
201
5
Mirror
s
200
8
Name
Year
Country, notes
1941
Ouija
2014
2008
Paranormal Activity
2007
Paranormal Activity 2
2010
Paranormal Activity 3
2011
Paranormal Activity 4
2012
Paranormal Activity:
The Marked Ones
2014
ParaNorman
2012
2012
Presence of Mind
1999
Pridyider
2012
Philippines
Pulse
2001
Japan
United Kingdom
Name
Year
Country, notes
Pulse
2006
Poltergeist
1982
Poltergeist
2015
Poltergeist II
1986
Poltergeist III
1988
Practical Magic
1998
Rinne
2006
Japan
Retribution
2006
Japan
Return to House on
Haunted Hill
2007
United States
2004
R.I.P.D.
2013
Ringu
1998
Japan
Ringu 2
1999
Japan
Route 666
2001
Name
Year
Country, notes
Safe Haven
2013
Saint Ange
2004
Scared Stiff
1953
Scary Movie 2
2001
1979
School Spirit
1985
Scooby Doo 2:
Monsters Unleashed
2004
Scrooge
1913
United Kingdom
Scrooge
1935
United Kingdom
Scrooge
1951
United Kingdom
Scrooged
1988
Segunda Mano
2011
Philippines
Shock
2004
Shutter
2004
Thailand
France
United Kingdom
Name
Year
Country, notes
Shutter
2008
Silent Tongue
1993
Sleepy Hollow
1999
2007
Stay Alive
2006
Stir of Echoes
1999
2007
Susie Q
1996
Tales of Terror
1962
1979
The Babadook
2014
Australia
1999
2014
South Korea
Name
Year
Country, notes
The 'Burbs
1989
United States
1944
1985
1986
1996
The Changeling
1980
The Conjuring
2013
1961
Mexico
2001
Spain
The Echo
2008
The Entity
1981
The Eye
2002
Hong Kong
The Eye 2
2004
Hong Kong
The Eye 10
2005
Hong Kong
Canada
Name
Year
The Fog
1980
The Fog
2005
The Frighteners
1996
1940
1947
1935
1949
1934
The Ghosts of
Berkeley Square
1947
The Ghosts of
Edendale
2004
The Gift
2000
The Gravedancers
2006
The Grudge
2004
Country, notes
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Name
Year
Country, notes
The Grudge 2
2006
The Grudge 3
2009
1993
1896
2003
The Haunting
1963
The Haunting
1999
The Haunting in
Connecticut
2009
The Healing
2012
1982
The Innkeepers
2011
The Innocents
1961
United Kingdom
1973
United Kingdom
France
Philippines
Name
Year
Country, notes
2009
The Maid
20052006
The Messengers
2007
2012
1993
The Orphanage
2007
The Other
1972
2008
The Others
2001
The Phantom
Carriage
1921
Sweden
2005
South Korea
The Ring
2002
The Ring 2
2005
Singapore
Philippines
Spain
Name
Year
Country, notes
The Ruins
2008
1958
The Shining
1980
1997
1999
The Terror
1963
1946
The Uninvited
1944
1989
United Kingdom
2012
United Kingdom
2014
United Kingdom
The Wraith
1986
Third Eye
2014
Philippines
Name
Year
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
Three
2002
Topper
1937
1938
Topper Returns
1941
Tormented
1960
Tormented
2009
Tower of Terror
1997
Trick or Treat
1986
1990
Two Thousand
Maniacs!
1964
Ugetsu
1953
Unfriended
2014
2000
Country, notes
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Japan
Name
Year
Country, notes
2009
Singapore
White Lady
2006
Philippines
White Noise
2005
White Noise 2
2007
2007
Witchboard
1986
Witchboard 2: The
Devil's Doorway
1993
Wonder Man
1945
White House
2010
Philippines
2009
Yaamirukka Bayamey
2014
2015
Kanchana 2
2015
Baby
2015
Name
Year
Country, notes
Maya
2015
Kamara Kattu
2015
Mangaa
2015
Demonte Colony
2015
Masss
2015
Strawberry
2015
Television series[edit]
Dramas and comedies[edit]
1953-1955: Topper
1976-1984: Rentaghost
1999: Polterguests
2002: Haunted
20042005: Hex
20042011: Medium
2005present: Supernatural
Animation[edit]
1989-1991: Beetlejuice
Puppets[edit]
1996-1997: Ghosthunters