This article discusses the most famous movies about haunted houses. Such paintings are always in demand among viewers interested in paranormal phenomena, of which there are a huge number. We’ll tell you about quality-completed projects that really scare even those who are not the most timid! Let's talk about the pictures of the past, created in the last century, and about completely new ones that were released literally today.
70s movies
In 1973, the movie "The Legend of the Hell House" was presented to moviegoers. In this film about haunted houses, the main characters are scientists who arrived in the home of a serial maniac named Belasco. Having placed the equipment in the mansion of the famous killer, they are waiting for the moment when the otherworldly force will fully manifest itself. What happens next will certainly not disappoint these paranormal hunters.
The plot base for this picture was the work of the famous writer Richard Matheson's "Hell House". In this story, considerable attention was paid to sex and murder, but for some reason they were not present at all in the film directed by John Haft.
In 1977, the film "The House" by Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi was released. In this psychedelic horror movie about a haunted house, the flywheel of events begins to unwind at the moment when schoolgirls come to the village of one of them aunt. They will not be able to have a fun vacation, but they certainly will not be bored: they will get acquainted with a chandelier that drains the soul, a bloodthirsty piano and a voracious refrigerator.
The film "Home" has only recently been called a cult representative of the classics of the Japanese horror, but when he was just born, he was immediately subjected to fierce criticism, which, of course, largely contributed to his massive failure in the world box office.
80s movies
The Stanley Kubrick painting "Shine", created in 1980, is now on the list of the worst films of the last century. The protagonist of this story should not have agreed to work in a hotel located away from big cities. Moreover, he should not have taken his wife and son with him to a place where there are more ghosts than living people.
The result of the collaboration of the master of the word Stephen King (the work of the famous writer became the scenario basis for this film about haunted houses) and the film master Stanley Kubrick was a brilliantly made picture that will be used as an example for young directors as an example of professionalism for decades.
1982 was marked by the release of the full-length tape for large screens "Poltergeist". The increased interest of viewers in films about haunted houses gave rise to a project in which not an old mansion appears, but a completely modern building, which, however, was built on the site of a desecrated cemetery.
The film quickly became a cinematic hit, which is not surprising: the script was written by Stephen Spielberg himself, a man who knows almost everything about the tastes and preferences of an ordinary viewer.
90s
In 1999, the famous actor Bruce Willis starred in the thriller The Sixth Sense, thereby adding himself to the list of actors who played in films about haunted houses. His character, the psychiatrist Crowe, is trying to help the boy Cole, who swears that he sees the ghosts of those who died with terrible agony.
The director of the picture M. Knight Shyamalan claims that it is a symbiosis of the films “Ordinary People” and “The Exorcist”. The statement is quite controversial, but let's agree with him, because the film from this director turned out to be really no worse than the two above-mentioned projects.
2000s
In 2001, another film appeared about haunted houses, and its name is "Other". According to many critics, the tape turned out worthy, although it does not have an original plot. Spectators are brought into the house in which a woman named Grace lives and her children, who cannot stand the light of the sun. That is why this house is always dark. And scary.
It is worth saying that the director of the project Alejandro Amenabar loves to scare not only the audience, but also his actors. During the filming, he unexpectedly turned on loud music for everyone to bring the actors into a state of fear that their heroes should have experienced.
2010s
Pact is a 2012 film created by director Nicholas McCarthy. The picture belongs to the genre of horrors. After the death of their mother, the sisters Nicole and Annie had a need to settle in the house in which they spent their childhood. Here they have to learn firsthand what is meant by the concept of "real horror." The project is rightly forbidden to watch to persons under 16 years of age.
Open House (2018) is an American-made film. In this tape, it is proposed to sympathize with Naomi, who has lost her husband, and her son Logan, who are forced to settle in a house located in the wilderness. As expected, our heroes will soon regret their hasty decision.