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The Legend of Hell House
The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 British-American horror film directed by John Hough, adapted by Richard Matheson from his novel about investigators in a haunted mansion.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is Roger Corman's Poe adaptation starring Vincent Price as Prince Prospero, shot in England by Nicolas Roeg, censored in the UK and US, and restored in 4K in 2019.
The Mummy (1959 film)
The Mummy (1959 film) is Hammer Film Productions' Terence Fisher-directed, Technicolor horror remake starring Christopher Lee as Kharis and Peter Cushing as John Banning, the first film under Hammer's 1958 Universal remake-rights deal, released 25 September 1959 in the UK.
The Phantom Lover (夜半歌声)
The Phantom Lover (夜半歌声) is Ronny Yu's 1995 Hong Kong musical drama starring Leslie Cheung as a disfigured Shanghai opera star, remaking Ma-Xu Weibang's 1937 Song at Midnight from Leroux's Phantom of the Opera; it won two Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Phantom of the Convent
El fantasma del convento (The Phantom of the Convent/Monastery) is a 1934 Mexican horror film by Fernando de Fuentes: a couple and their friend shelter in a haunted monastery, a precursor of Mexican horror cinema.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) is Roger Corman's second Edgar Allan Poe film for AIP, written by Richard Matheson and starring Vincent Price, John Kerr, and Barbara Steele. Released 23 August 1961, it invented a new plot around Poe's pendulum and outgrossed House of Usher.
The Raven (1935 film)
The Raven (1935) is a Universal horror film directed by Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers), starring Bela Lugosi as Poe-obsessed surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin and Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman; released 8 July 1935, suggested by Poe's poem, budget $109,750.
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase (1946) is a Robert Siodmak RKO psychological thriller based on Ethel Lina White's Some Must Watch, starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore as a mute servant stalked by a killer targeting disabled women.
The Tomb of Ligeia
The Tomb of Ligeia is Roger Corman's 1964 horror film, the last of his Vincent Price Edgar Allan Poe cycle, adapted by Robert Towne from Poe's "Ligeia" and shot at Norfolk's Castle Acre Priory and Stonehenge.
The Turning (2020 film)
The Turning is a 2020 American horror film directed by Floria Sigismondi and adapted from Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw, starring Mackenzie Davis and Finn Wolfhard.
The Uninvited (1944 film)
The Uninvited (1944) is a Paramount haunted-house film, Lewis Allen's directorial debut, adapted from Dorothy Macardle's Uneasy Freehold, starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, and Gail Russell, with Victor Young's Stella by Starlight.
The Watcher in the Woods
The Watcher in the Woods is Disney's 1980 PG supernatural horror film directed by John Hough, starring Bette Davis, based on Florence Engel Randall's 1976 novel, withdrawn after its New York premiere and re-released in 1981 with a new ending.
The Well (2023 film)
The Well (2023) is an Italian horror film by Federico Zampaglione, starring Lauren LaVera as art restorer Lisa Gray, who restores a medieval painting in an Italian village and faces a curse and a well-dwelling monster; premiered at Sitges 2023.
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands is a 2026 drama-horror film by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Sjón, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Darla Contois as a governess in the 1860s Pacific Northwest; a Sweden-Belgium-UK-Iceland co-production released in 2026.
Victorian Psycho (film)
Victorian Psycho is a 2026 gothic horror-comedy film directed by Zachary Wigon, adapted by Virginia Feito from her 2025 novel. Maika Monroe plays killer governess Winifred Notty; premiered at Cannes 2026, Un Certain Regard.