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Theme: Cursed Objects

1920 London (2016)

27 March 201717 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Bollywood Possession Film

Director: Tinu Suresh Desai
Actors: Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal, Sushmita Mukharji, …
Category: Horror

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

8 April 200111 February 2020

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Meet the Mummy

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon
Category: Horror

Amityville 1992: It’s About Time (1992)

11 September 200315 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Malevolent Clock

Director: Tony Randel
Actors: Shawn Weatherly, Stephen Macht, Megan Ward, Nita Talbot
Category: Horror

Amityville Exorcism (2017)

11 January 20214 November 2022

Rating: ★

Possession and Haunted Lumber

Director: Mark Polonia
Actors: Jeff Kirkendall, Marie DeLorenzo, James Carolus, Austin Dragovich, …
Category: Horror

Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)

11 June 201317 January 2020

Rating: 0­

Cursed Lamp/Haunting

Director: Sandor Stern
Actors: Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Aron Eisenberg, Brandy Gold, …
Category: Horror

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

27 September 20195 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Sinister Doll

Director: Gary Dauberman
Actors: McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Vera Farmiga, …
Category: Horror

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

23 January 201713 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Mysterious Corpse on the Morgue Table

Director: Andre Øvredal
Actors: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Olwen Kelly, Ophelia Lovibond, …
Category: Horror

Bangkok Haunted (2001)

26 March 201329 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Thai Ghost Stories

Director: Oxide Pang, Pisut Praesangeam
Category: Horror

The Boogey Man (1980)

28 March 201223 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Mirror

Director: Ulli Lommel
Actors: Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Nicholas Love
Category: Horror

Boys from County Hell (2020)

11 February 202220 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Irish Vampire Film

Director: Chris Baugh
Actors: Jack Rowan, Nigel O’Neill, John Lynch, Louisa Harland, …
Category: Horror

The Brass Teapot (2012)

5 July 20135 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Magic Teapot That Produces Money When People Are Hurt

Director: Ramaa Mosley
Actors: Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Stephen Park, Billy Magnussen, …
Category: Fantasy

Burnt Offerings (1976)

4 June 200011 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Parasitic House

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, …
Category: Horror

The Cat Creature (1973)

29 July 201428 March 2020

Rating: ★

Ancient Egyptian Cat Vengeance Curse

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: Meredith Baxter, Gale Sondergaard, David Hedison, Stuart Whitman, …
Category: Horror

Christine (1983)

4 May 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Car/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, William Ostrander, …
Category: Horror

The Church (1989)

20 September 201315 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Possessed Dead Overtake a Church

Director: Michele Soavi
Actors: Tomas Arana, Barbara Cupisti, Hugh Quarshie, Feodor Chaliapin, …
Category: Horror

Coming Soon (2008)

29 August 201228 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Thai Horror Film/Haunted Movie

Director: Sophon Sakdaphisit
Category: Horror

The Conjuring (2013)

19 July 201325 September 2021

Rating: ★★½

Haunting/Possession/”True Story”

Director: James Wan
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, …
Category: Horror

Death Ship (1980)

21 September 201130 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Ghost Ship

Director: Alvin Rakoff
Actors: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Sally Ann Howes, Nick Mancuso, …
Category: Horror

The Devil Complex (2016)

28 November 201727 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Found Footage/Haunted Forest

Director: Mark Evans
Actors: Maria Simona Arsu, Patrick Sebastian Negrean, Marius Dean Munteanu, Bill Hutchens, …
Category: Horror

The Devil’s Chair (2006)

9 March 201129 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Demonic Portal in an Abandoned Asylum

Director: Adam Mason
Actors: Andrew Howard, David Gant, Louise Griffiths, Matt Berry, …
Category: Horror

The Dreaming (1988)

10 June 202010 June 2020

Rating: ★

Cursed Aborigine Artefacts

Director: Mario Andreacchio
Actors: Penny Cook, Arthur Dignam, Gary Sweet, Patrick Frost, …
Category: Horror

Evil Bong (2006)

9 June 20204 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Demonic Marijuana Bong

Director: Charles Band
Actors: David Weidoff, Brian Lloyd, Robin Sydney, Tommy Chong, …
Category: Horror

Ghosthouse (1988)

31 March 202231 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Haunted House/Italian Horror

Director: Umberto Lenzi
Actors: Greg Scott, Lara Wendel, Mary Sellers, Donald O'Brien
Category: Horror

Gremlin (2017)

18 August 202218 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Goblin in a Box

Director: Ryan Bellgardt
Actors: Adam Hampton, Kirsty K. Boone, Catcher Stair, Michael Page, …
Category: Horror

Gurozuka (2005)

29 January 201318 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Yoichi Nishimiya
Actors: Chisato Morishita, Nozomi Ando
Category: Horror

A Haunted House 2 (2014)

1 June 20151 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Genre Spoof

Director: Michael Tiddes
Actors: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, …
Category: Horror

Husk (2011)

27 November 201415 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Cornfield/Resurrected Scarecrows

Director: Brett Simmons
Actors: Devon Graye, Wes Chatham
Category: Horror

In Fabric (2018)

31 May 202111 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Cursed Dress

Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie, …
Category: Horror

The Jar (1984)

28 December 202228 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Cursed Jar

Director: Bruce Toscano
Category: Horror

Kantemir (2015)

24 October 201622 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Cursed Play Takes Over Its Actors

Director: Ben Samuels
Actors: Robert Englund, Justine Griffiths, Daniel Gadi, Diane Cary, …
Category: Horror

The Mangler (1995)

21 March 20105 July 2020

Rating: 0­

Possessed Laundry Press/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Ted Levine, Robert Englund
Category: Horror

The Mask (1961)

4 December 201221 April 2021

Rating: ★

Ritual Mask That Brings Out the Dark Side

Director: Julian Roffman
Actors: Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Martin Lavut
Category: Horror

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)

20 February 2022

Rating: ★★★

Videogamers vs Unleashed Demonic Entity

Director: Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp
Actors: Tom Plumley, Greg Grunberg, Kevin Smith, Hassie Harrison, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mexican (2001)

4 March 20017 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Romantic Comedy/Magical Realism

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, Bob Balaban, …
Category: Fantasy

Muoi (2007)

10 June 202010 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Korean Ghost Story/Haunted Portrait

Director: Kim Tae-kyun
Category: Horror

Oculus (2013)

11 April 201424 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Mirror

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane, …
Category: Horror

Oni Baba (1964)

12 July 200130 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Supernatural Retribution Tale

Director: Kaneto Shindo
Actors: Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama
Category: Horror

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

21 November 20031 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, …
Category: Fantasy

The Possession (2012)

31 August 201220 May 2020

Rating: ★

Occult Box/Possession

Director: Ole Bornedal
Actors: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, …
Category: Horror

The Red Shoes (2005)

21 April 200811 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Haunted Shoes/Korean Ghost Story

Director: Kim Young-Gyun
Category: Horror

The Red Violin (1998)

31 December 199830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Stories of a Cursed Violin

Director: Francois Girard
Actors: Carlo Cecchi, Irena Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Jean-Luc Bideau, …
Category: Fantasy

Ring (1998)

31 August 199921 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cursed Video Broadcast/Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rihikya Otaka
Category: Horror

The Ring (2002)

18 March 200324 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cursed Videotape/Japanese Horror Remake

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman, …
Category: Horror

The Ring Two (2005)

18 March 200515 July 2020

Rating: ★

Haunting/Possession

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, …
Category: Horror

Rings (2017)

30 April 201720 November 2019

Rating: ★

Cursed Videotape/Haunting

Director: F. Javier Gutierrez
Actors: Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, …
Category: Horror

Sadako 3D 2 (2013)

16 July 20206 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Ring Sequel/Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Actors: Mori Takimoto, Kokoro Hirasawa, Koji Sato, Takeshi Onishi, …
Category: Horror

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

2 November 201917 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Stories Come to Life to Kill People

Director: Andre Øvredal
Actors: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, …
Category: Horror

Skull: The Mask (2020)

4 July 20224 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Possessed Skull

Director: Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman
Actors: Natallia Rodrigues, Ivo Muller, Wilton Andrade, Ricardo Galli, …
Category: Horror

The Spiral (1998)

26 March 200824 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Ring Sequel

Director: Joji Iida
Actors: Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Surumi, …
Category: Horror

Temple (2017)

13 May 201913 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Haunted Japanese Temple

Director: Michael Barrett
Actors: Logan Huffman, Natalia Warner, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, Naoto Takenaka, …
Category: Horror

Trilogy of Terror (1975)

9 September 20077 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Karen Black, Robert Burton, Jim Storm, Kathryn Reynolds, …
Category: Horror

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

8 March 201914 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Cursed Artworks

Director: Dan Gilroy
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, …
Category: Horror

You Should Have Left (2020)

27 June 202022 October 2021

Rating: ★★½

Sinister House

Director: David Koepp
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex, Colin Blumenau, …
Category: Horror

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

21 February 201324 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Sailors Guard a Treasure

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Allison Hayes, Gregg Palmer, Marjorie Eaton, Morris Ankrum, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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