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1) The haunting
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A professor lures three subjects to a mysterious mansion for an experiment which turns into a nightmare as the secrets of Hill House are revealed in this supernatural thriller.
2) Lights out
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a bloodthirsty supernatural being that lurks in the shadows preys upon her family, a young woman must fight to protect herself, save her younger brother, and uncover a mystery about her family's shadowy past.
3) Darkness
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl moves into a remote countryside house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The door to heart-pounding terror swings wide open in this gripping psychological thriller based on true events. Looking for a fresh start, Dana, David, and their five-year-old son move from the big city to a rural Southern mansion in need of restoration. But the young family's dream home quickly becomes a chilling nightmare when Dana discovers a hidden room in the attic, unleashing unexplainable events that test her sanity and slowly reveal shocking...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young lawyer is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers. While he works alone in the client's isolated house, he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who is terrorizing the locals. This leads him on a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.
9) Haunt
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On Halloween, a group of friends encounters an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
10) A haunted house
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When young couple Malcolm and Kisha move in to their dream place, they soon discover they're not alone. But it's not the home that's possessed, it's Kisha. Now, Malcolm will go to hilarious extremes, including hiring a priest, a psychic, and a team of modern-day Ghostbusters to get his place and his sex life back to normal.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], ©2003
Language
English
Description
Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in New Orleans. However, when Evers and his family visits the property before their family vacation, he discovers it's already inhabited by 999 ghosts, none of whom are interested in sharing the space. As the spirits make their displeasure known, Evers and his family, with the help of an eccentric medium named Madame Leota, try to get the...
14) Poltergeist
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch expected when he convinced his wife Liz that he could renovate their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won't be so easy to change after all.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Figuring the answers to a murder mystery lie in the old Simmons mansion, so Luther Heggs visits the estate at the witching hour of midnight. Certain he's seen a ghost, Luther writes a story which makes front page news -- and brings on a libel suit from the mansion's owner. When the trial judge orders an investigation -- and no apparition appears -- Luther is branded a fraud. That is, until he and his devoted girlfriend team up to uncover the mystery...
18) Dream house
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Will Atenton quit a high-profile job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby, and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was once the murder scene of a mother and her children. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his mysterious neighbor.
Publisher
Shout! Factory/IFC Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the nineteenth century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband dismisses...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A horror film about a young couple and their children who move into a house that was once the site of a horrific series of murders. Over the next 28 days, they find that the house might be haunted by a murderous presence.
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