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A Dark Song
A Dark Song is a 2016 Irish-British occult horror film, Liam Gavin's debut, starring Catherine Walker and Steve Oram as a grieving mother and occultist performing the Abramelin ritual in a remote Welsh house; it premiered at Galway 2016 and holds 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Absentia (film)
Absentia (2011) is Mike Flanagan's $70,000 Kickstarter-funded indie horror debut about sisters Tricia and Callie linking a tunnel to disappearances; festival prizes at Fantasia, Shriekfest, Sonoma, Toronto After Dark; Phase 4 Films DVD release; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.
As the Gods Will (film)
As the Gods Will (神さまの言うとおり) is Takashi Miike's 2014 live-action adaptation of Kaneshiro and Fujimura's death-game manga, starring Sota Fukushi, released by Toho on November 15, 2014, 117 minutes, R15+, Rome Maverick Director Award winner, with no sequel made.
At the Devil's Door
At the Devil's Door (2014), also titled Home at SXSW, is a supernatural horror film written and directed by Nicholas McCarthy, starring Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, and Ashley Rickards in a demon-body-possession story.
Baskin (film)
Baskin (Baskın) is a 2015 Turkish horror film by Can Evrenol, expanded from his 2013 short: five cops answer a backup call and enter a hellish cult den led by The Father. Premiered at TIFF Midnight Madness 2015; self-financed; IFC Midnight released it in the US.
Before I Wake (2016 film)
Before I Wake (2016), originally titled Somnia, is a Mike Flanagan supernatural horror film starring Kate Bosworth, Jacob Tremblay, and Thomas Jane about a foster child whose dreams manifest physically; delayed by Relativity's bankruptcy, it reached Netflix US in January 2018.
Children of the Corn: Runaway
Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018), also called Children of the Corn 9, is a direct-to-video horror sequel directed by John Gulager, starring Marci Miller as Ruth, who flees the Gatlin child cult; shot in Oklahoma to retain Dimension Films' rights.
Clown (film)
Clown (2014) is a supernatural body horror film directed by Jon Watts and produced by Eli Roth, originating from a 2010 fake trailer falsely credited to Roth. Andy Powers plays a father transformed by a cursed clown suit made from the Nordic demon Clöyne; released in the U.S. June 17, 2016.
Countdown (2019 film)
Countdown is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Justin Dec, about a smartphone app that predicts when each user will die, starring Elizabeth Lail as a nurse given three days to live.
Detention (2019 film)
Detention (返校) is a 2019 Taiwanese psychological horror film directed by John Hsu, adapted from Red Candle Games' 2017 video game, set in 1962 White Terror Taiwan, starring Gingle Wang, grossing over NT$250 million and winning five Golden Horse Awards.
Devil (2010 film)
Devil is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle, in which five strangers trapped in an elevator die one by one, produced by M. Night Shyamalan.
Devil's Due (film)
Devil's Due is a 2014 American found-footage horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and released by 20th Century Fox, in which a newlywed couple's honeymoon pregnancy proves demonic.
Doctor Sleep (2019 film)
Doctor Sleep (2019) is Mike Flanagan's supernatural horror film adapting Stephen King's 2013 novel as a sequel to both the novel and Kubrick's 1980 The Shining, starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, and Kyliegh Curran.
Don't Knock Twice (film)
Don't Knock Twice is a 2016 British supernatural horror film directed by Caradog W. James, starring Katee Sackhoff and Lucy Boynton as a mother and daughter menaced by the Baba Yaga witch; shot in Cardiff, premiered at Raindance, released by IFC Midnight in 2017.
Ek Thi Daayan (एक थी डायन)
Ek Thi Daayan (एक थी डायन) is a 2013 Hindi supernatural thriller directed by debutant Kannan Iyer, starring Emraan Hashmi as magician Bobo haunted by a daayan witch, with Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin, and Huma Qureshi; based on Mukul Sharma's short story, released 19 April 2013.
Eli (2019 film)
Eli (2019) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Ciarán Foy, starring Charlie Shotwell as a boy with an autoimmune disorder haunted at an isolated clinic. Sold by Paramount to Netflix, released October 18, 2019.
Friend Request
Friend Request (original title Unfriend) is a 2016 German supernatural horror film directed by Simon Verhoeven, starring Alycia Debnam-Carey and Liesl Ahlers, about a college student cursed after unfriencing an outcast on Facebook; distinct from the 2014 film Unfriended.
Ghost in Love (자귀모)
Ghost in Love (자귀모, Jaguimo) is a 1999 South Korean fantasy romance directed by Lee Kwang-hoon, starring Kim Hee-sun, Lee Sung-jae, and Cha Seung-won, about a woman pushed to death who joins a suicide ghosts' club; 91 minutes, 362,935 Seoul admissions.
Girl on the Third Floor
Girl on the Third Floor (2019) is an American haunted-house horror film, Travis Stevens's directorial debut, starring CM Punk as Don Koch, who renovates a former brothel in Frankfort, Illinois that turns on him.
Haunter (film)
Haunter (2013) is a Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali, written by Brian King, starring Abigail Breslin as a murdered teen ghost protecting a living girl from a killer's possessing spirit; premiered at SXSW, released by IFC Midnight.
Head Count (2018 film)
Head Count (2018) is an American supernatural horror film, Elle Callahan's directorial debut, in which college students at Joshua Tree summon a shape-shifting mimic, the hisji, released June 14, 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Hellraiser: Revelations
Hellraiser: Revelations (2011), ninth Hellraiser film directed by Víctor García and written by Gary J. Tunnicliffe; a $350,000 Dimension Films rush production made to retain franchise rights, the first without Doug Bradley as Pinhead, disowned by Clive Barker.
Hereditary (film)
Hereditary (2018) is Ari Aster's debut supernatural horror film for A24, starring Toni Collette as Annie Graham. After grandmother Ellen's death, a cult summons the demon Paimon into her family; it grossed $90.4M on a $10M budget with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Honeymoon (2014 film)
Honeymoon (2014) is an American psychological horror film and Leigh Janiak's directorial debut, starring Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway as newlyweds whose cabin honeymoon turns sinister after Bea's sleepwalking episode; released by Magnolia Pictures, it grossed $9,318 and holds 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Horror Story (film)
Horror Story is a 2013 Hindi-language supernatural horror film directed by Ayush Raina and produced by Vikram Bhatt, about seven friends trapped in a haunted, abandoned hotel.
I Am Not a Serial Killer (film)
I Am Not a Serial Killer is a 2016 Billy O'Brien horror-thriller adapted from Dan Wells' novel, starring Max Records as teen sociopath John Cleaver hunting a supernatural killer, with Christopher Lloyd, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) is Oz Perkins's gothic Netflix ghost story starring Ruth Wilson as a nurse-narrator, with Paula Prentiss and Lucy Boynton; premiered at TIFF 2016.
In Fabric
In Fabric is a 2018 British horror-comedy by Peter Strickland about a cursed blood-red dress sold at the Dentley & Soper department store, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, and Gwendoline Christie; giallo-influenced, A24-distributed, premiered at TIFF 2018.
In the Tall Grass (film)
In the Tall Grass is a 2019 Netflix supernatural horror film directed and written by Vincenzo Natali, adapted from the Stephen King and Joe Hill Esquire novella; siblings trapped in a Kansas grass field, 36% Tomatometer.
Incarnate (film)
Incarnate (2016) is a Blumhouse supernatural horror film directed by Brad Peyton, starring Aaron Eckhart as scientist Dr. Seth Ember, who enters possessed minds to evict demons; it grossed about $9 million on a $5 million budget.