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Supernatural horror films

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The Quiet Ones (2014 film)

The Quiet Ones is a 2014 supernatural horror film directed by John Pogue, in which an Oxford professor tries to create a poltergeist by experimenting on a disturbed young woman.

The Reading (film)

The Reading is a 2023 American supernatural thriller, Courtney Glaude's feature debut, starring Mo'Nique as widowed author Emma Leeden; a staged psychic reading by Sky Brown unleashes real evil. BET+ original, February 2, 2023, executive produced by Lee Daniels.

The Remedy (film)

The Remedy is a 2025 psychological supernatural horror film by director Alex Kahuam and writer Daniel Kuhlman, starring Timothy Granaderos, London Thor, Doug Jones, Jenny O'Hara, and Chris Mulkey; it premiered at SXSW London in June 2026 after Cannes Fantastic Pavilion, about a son whose herbal remedy for his dying mother unleashes a flesh-eating entity.

The Revenge of La Llorona

The Revenge of La Llorona is an upcoming 2027 New Line horror sequel to The Curse of La Llorona (2019), directed by Santiago Menghini, written by Sean Tretta, produced by James Wan and Gary Dauberman, releasing theatrically February 26, 2027; distinct from a 2006 film of similar name.

The Sentinel (1977 film)

The Sentinel (1977) is a Michael Winner supernatural horror film based on Jeffrey Konvitz's 1974 novel, starring Cristina Raines as a model in a Brooklyn brownstone guarding Hell's gateway; critically panned (Metascore 19), it earned four Saturn nominations.

The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson as a hospice nurse at a Louisiana plantation house.

The Sudbury Devil

The Sudbury Devil is a 2023 American independent folk horror film by Andrew Rakich (Atun-Shei Films), about Puritan witch hunters in 1678 Massachusetts; made for $25,000, premiered at The Satanic Temple in Salem, self-streamed from December 2023.

The Surrender

The Surrender is a 2025 supernatural horror film, the feature debut of writer-director Julia Max, starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton as a daughter and mother who attempt an occult resurrection ritual after the family patriarch dies; it premiered at SXSW and streamed on Shudder from May 23, 2025.

The Third Parent

The Third Parent (aka Tommy Taffy) is an upcoming 2027 American horror film directed by David Michaels, adapted from Elias Witherow's creepypasta, starring Rob Lowe, Crispin Glover (as villain Tommy Taffy), and Roselyn Sánchez, released by Bleecker Street.

The Veil (2016 film)

The Veil (2016 film) refers chiefly to a Blumhouse horror film directed by Phil Joanou, written by Robert Ben Garant, starring Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, and Lily Rabe, about a cult mass suicide survivor; a separate 2016 sci-fi film of the same name stars William Levy.

The Voices of Our Mother

The Voices of Our Mother is a 2026 Canadian supernatural horror film written, directed by, and starring Mark O'Brien, with Sheila McCarthy as a possibly possessed mother; released on Shudder June 19, 2026, 93 minutes, 70% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Ward (film)

The Ward is John Carpenter's 2010 psychological horror film, starring Amber Heard as a 1966 psychiatric patient stalked by a ghost. Premiered at TIFF, released July 8, 2011; his last feature to date.

The Watchers

The Watchers is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan in her feature debut, based on A.M. Shine's 2021 novel and starring Dakota Fanning.

The Whisper (film)

The Whisper (El susurro) is a 2025 Uruguayan-Argentine horror film by Gustavo Hernández about siblings fleeing their vampire father; Sitges premiere, Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre and Mórbido festival winner, distinct from The Whisper Man.

The Wind (2018 film)

The Wind (2018) is an American horror-western directed by Emma Tammi, written by Teresa Sutherland, starring Caitlin Gerard. Premiered at TIFF 2018; inspired by accounts of prairie wind driving settler women mad; shares source material with the 1928 silent film.

The Wretched (film)

The Wretched (2020), originally titled Hag, is a low-budget ($66,000) supernatural horror film by Brett and Drew Pierce about a teen battling a witch possessing his neighbor; it topped the US box office for five weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown via drive-ins.

The Young People

The Young People is a 2026 American horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins, starring Lola Tung, Nico Parker, Nicole Kidman, and Tatiana Maslany; Neon releases it theatrically in 2026 after Vancouver filming.

Thelma (2017 film)

Thelma is a 2017 Norwegian supernatural thriller by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, starring Eili Harboe as a religious Oslo student whose seizures express psychokinetic powers; Norway's 2018 Oscar entry, not nominated.

There's Something Wrong with the Children

There's Something Wrong with the Children is a 2023 Blumhouse horror film directed by Roxanne Benjamin, starring Zach Gilford and Alisha Wainwright, about two children who change after finding a pit in the woods; premiered January 17, 2023, originally titled The Ravine.

Things Heard & Seen

Things Heard & Seen (2021) is a Netflix horror-thriller directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, adapted from Elizabeth Brundage's novel All Things Cease to Appear, starring Amanda Seyfried and James Norton as a 1980 Hudson Valley couple in a haunted farmhouse.

Thirteen Ghosts

Thirteen Ghosts is a 2001 American horror film directed by Steve Beck, starring Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Matthew Lillard, and F. Murray Abraham, released by Warner Bros. in October 2001.

Trilogy of Terror

Trilogy of Terror (1975) is an ABC made-for-TV horror anthology directed by Dan Curtis, starring Karen Black in four roles across three Richard Matheson adaptations; the final segment, "Amelia," features the iconic killer Zuni fetish doll.

Triton (film)

Triton is an unreleased horror-fantasy feature directed by Janell Shirtcliff, written by Angie Simms, starring Freya Allan, Josh Whitehouse, Raff Law, Elsie Hewitt, Thalia Besson, and Malcolm McRae; three women vacationing in Greece meet dangerous men. Filmed in Athens, wrapped December 2023, in post-production.

Truth or Dare (2017 film)

Truth or Dare (2017 film), Syfy TV movie directed by Nick Simon, distinct from the 2018 Blumhouse film; eight college friends awaken a deadly spirit playing the game in a haunted house.

Truth or Dare (2018 film)

Truth or Dare, also marketed as Blumhouse's Truth or Dare, is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Lucy Hale, released by Universal Pictures.

Twixt (film)

Twixt (originally Twixt Now and Sunrise) is Francis Ford Coppola's 2011 self-financed gothic horror film starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, and Elle Fanning, about a writer drawn into a small-town murder mystery through dreams; it grossed $649,835 and was later recut as B'Twixt Now and Sunrise.

Umma (2022 film)

Umma (엄마) is a 2022 American supernatural horror film, Iris K. Shim's directorial debut, starring Sandra Oh as a Korean American beekeeper haunted by her dead mother's remains; produced by Sam Raimi, released March 18, 2022.

Under the Shadow

Under the Shadow (زیر سایه) is Babak Anvari's 2016 British-Iranian horror debut, set in 1980s Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, where a mother and daughter are stalked by a djinn; it won the 2017 BAFTA for Outstanding Debut.

Undertone (film)

Undertone (stylized undertone), also released as The Undertone, is a 2026 Canadian supernatural horror film and Ian Tuason's feature debut, starring Nina Kiri, sold to A24 after Fantasia 2025 and grossing about $21.5 million on a $500,000 budget.

Uzumaki (うずまき) (film)

Uzumaki (うずまき), also released as Spiral, is a 2000 Japanese horror film directed by Higuchinsky, adapting Junji Ito's manga about a town cursed by spirals; released February 11, 2000 by Toei, starring Eriko Hatsune.