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Theme: Ghosts in Light Fantasy

This refers to every other depiction of a ghost and/or a haunting that does not take place in a horror context. Those can be found under Hauntings and Ghost Stories. The two are differentiated for the simple reason that otherwise the theme becomes a very large one. Moreover, the tone of either – spooky vs comedic or wacky – is very different.

This listing covers works that come in a comedy vein, ranging from the Light Fantasy comedies of the 1940s that began with ‘Topper (1937) through to modern works like ‘Ghostbusters (1984). Here ghosts are variously comically inept, annoying or friendly as opposed to scary, or where scares are alleviated by a comedy element. In these ghosts can often act as Invisible Companions, even engage in romances, while there are also erotic films featuring sex with ghosts.

This also refers to ghosts that appear in a surrealistic, eccentric on gonzo context. Or else helpful ghosts that appear in fairytales and children’s fantasies all the way to Casper the Friendly Ghost. And others such as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and To Come in various versions of ‘A Christmas Carol (1843) or the appearances of Hamlet’s father.
This refers to every other depiction of a ghost and/or a haunting that does not take place in a horror context. Those can be found under Hauntings and Ghost Stories. The two are differentiated for the simple reason that otherwise the theme becomes a very large one. Moreover, the tone of either – spooky vs comedic or wacky – is very different.

This listing covers works that come in a comedy vein, ranging from the Light Fantasy comedies of the 1940s that began with Topper (1937) through to modern works like Ghostbusters (1984). Here ghosts are variously comically inept, annoying or friendly as opposed to scary, or where scares are alleviated by a comedy element. In these, ghosts can often act as Invisible Companions, even engage in romances, while there are also erotic films featuring sex with ghosts.

This also refers to ghosts that appear in a surrealistic, eccentric on gonzo context. Or else helpful ghosts that appear in fairytales and children’s fantasies all the way to Casper the Friendly Ghost. And others such as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and To Come in various versions of A Christmas Carol (1843) or the appearances of Hamlet’s father.


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Alice (1990)

12 September 199928 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Modernised Alice in Wonderland

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt, Keye Luke, …
Category: Fantasy

The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972)

11 May 199913 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Ghost Story/Time Travel

Director: Lionel Jeffries
Actors: Lynne Frederick, Diana Dors, Lawrence Naismith, Rosalyn Landor, …
Category: Fantasy

An American Carol (2008)

17 January 201025 December 2022

Rating: 0­

American Conservative Version of A Christmas Carol

Director: David Zucker
Actors: Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Arend, …
Category: Fantasy

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

16 October 201322 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Modern Werewolf

Director: John Landis
Actors: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, …
Category: Horror

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

17 April 20106 May 2024

Rating: ★

Modern Werewolf

Director: Anthony Waller
Actors: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Julie Bowen
Category: Horror

Angels in America (2003)

6 January 200525 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations

Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (2015)

8 August 201627 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Portuguese Magical Realist Vignettes

Director: Miguel Gomes
Category: Fantasy

Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)

9 May 199922 September 2019

Rating: ★

Alcoholic Millionaire Comedy/Ghost Butler

Director: Bud Yorkin
Actors: Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, John Gielgud, Cynthia Sikes, …
Category: Fantasy

Beetlejuice (1988)

3 July 200016 October 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Afterlife Comedy

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, …
Category: Fantasy

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

19 October 202412 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Afterlife Comedy

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, …
Category: Fantasy

Believe (2000)

24 May 20008 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Ghost Story

Director: Robert Tinnell
Actors: Elisha Cuthbert, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Mabe, Jan Rubes, …
Category: Fantasy

Blackbeard’s Ghost (1968)

8 July 199929 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Pirate’s Ghost/Disney Comedy

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, …
Category: Fantasy

Blithe Spirit (1945)

16 September 200530 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Ghost Drawing Room Comedy

Director: David Lean
Actors: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Category: Fantasy

The Brown Bunny (2003)

25 May 200810 March 2020

Rating: ★

Mumblecore Deathdream

Director: Vincent Gallo
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny, Cheryl Tiegs
Category: Fantasy

Can’t Be Heaven (1998)

26 February 200725 April 2023

Rating: ★

Coming of Age/Ghostly Saxophonist

Director: Richard Friedman
Actors: Diane Ladd, Ralph Macchio, Michelle Trachtenberg, Rachel Ticotin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

3 February 200120 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Ghost Comedy

Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Reginald Owen
Category: Fantasy

Careful (1992)

14 February 200123 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Kitsch Surrealism

Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Kyle McCulloch, Brent Neale, Victor Cowie, Katya Gardner
Category: Fantasy

Casper (1995)

1 May 200124 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Friendly Ghost

Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)

12 December 200414 December 2020

Rating: ★½

Friendly Ghost

Director: Sean McNamara
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Michael McKean, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield, …
Category: Fantasy

Casper Meets Wendy (1998)

18 March 200324 March 2020

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Characters Meet

Director: Sean McNamara
Actors: Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, George Hamilton, …
Category: Fantasy

Castle in the Air (1952)

8 June 20238 June 2023

Rating: ★★½

Haunted Castle Comedy

Director: Henry Cass
Actors: David Tomlinson, Margaret Rutherford, Brian Oulton
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (1938)

7 April 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Edwin L. Marin
Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll, Ann Rutherford, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (1984)

25 December 202425 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Clive Donner
Actors: George C. Scott, Edward Woodward, David Warner, Frank Finlay, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (1999)

31 October 200810 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Miser’s Redemption

Director: David Jones
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Saskia Reeves, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2004)

11 February 200625 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption Musical

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jane Krakowski, Jason Alexander, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2009)

14 November 20095 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption/Animation

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderfella (1960)

2 March 20026 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Sex-Reversed Cinderella Comedy

Director: Frank Tashlin
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Henry Silva, Robert Hutton
Category: Fantasy

The Civil Dead (2022)

26 November 202326 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Ghostly Companion Comedy

Director: Clay Tatum
Actors: Clay Tatum, Whitmer Thomas, Whitney Weir, Robert Longstreet, …
Category: Fantasy

Coco (2017)

10 February 20184 January 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Pixar Animaton/Mexican Afterlife

Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Actors: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, …
Category: Fantasy

Cold Fever (1995)

14 August 20049 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Quest to Iceland/Magical Realism

Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Actors: Nagase Masatoshi, Fisher Stevens, Lili Taylor
Category: Fantasy

Coraline (2009)

25 August 200918 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Stop-Motion Animation/Sinister Mirror World

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, …
Category: Fantasy

Cowards Bend the Knee, or The Blue Hands (2003)

29 July 200417 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Surreal Silent Movie Melodrama

Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Darcy Fehr, Amy Stewart, Louis Negin, Tara Birtwhistle, …
Category: Fantasy

Da (1988)

17 February 20035 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Autobiography of an Irish Childhood/Cranky Father’s Ghost

Director: Matt Clark
Actors: Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes, William Hickey
Category: Fantasy

Dark and Stormy Night (2009)

13 June 201310 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Old Dark House Parody

Director: Larry Blamire
Actors: Daniel Roebuck, Jennifer Blaire, Dan Conroy, Brian Howe, …
Category: Horror

Dark Shadows (2012)

10 May 201216 October 2024

Rating: ★★

TV Series Comedy Remake/Vampire/Family Saga

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz, …
Category: Horror

Dead of Night (1945)

2 September 200327 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Basil Dearden, Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, …
Category: Horror

Deadly Advice (1994)

5 September 200229 March 2021

Rating: ★★★

Advice from Ghosts of Famous Murderers/Black Comedy

Director: Mandie Fletcher
Actors: Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Brenda Fricker, Jonathan Pryce, …
Category: Fantasy

The Decay of Fiction (2002)

2 September 20034 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hotel of Ghosts

Director: Pat O'Neill
Category: Fantasy

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

23 May 200319 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Surrealism

Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Fernando Rey, Stephane Audran, Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Category: Fantasy

The Divine Ryans (1999)

26 September 199925 April 2023

Rating: ★★★

Family Saga/Father’s Ghost/Surreal Dreams

Director: Stephen Reynolds
Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Wendel Meldrum, Robert Joy, Rick Boland, …
Category: Fantasy

Dreamkeeper (2003)

13 March 200618 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

American Indian Myths and Legends

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: August Schellenberg, Gil Birmingham, Sheila Tousey, Chaske Spencer, …
Category: Fantasy

Dudes (1987)

16 October 199928 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Punk Road Movie/Modern Western/Ghost Cowboy

Director: Penelope Spheeris
Actors: Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Mary Stewart, Lee Ving, …
Category: Fantasy

Edge of Darkness (1985)

1 February 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction

Emperor Visits the Hell (2012)

11 October 201225 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Modernised Journey to the West

Director: Li Luo
Category: Fantasy

The Erotic Misadventures of the Invisible Man (2003)

11 February 201424 December 2022

Rating: ★

Erotica with an Invisible Man

Director: Rolfe Kanefsky
Actors: Gabriella Hall, Kim Dawson, Elina Madison, William Knight
Category: Science Fiction

Erotic Possessions (1999)

12 November 201113 October 2023

Rating: ★

Erotica/Ghostly Possession

Director: William Wildest
Actors: Shauna O'Brien, Amber Newman, Griffin Drew
Category: Fantasy

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

12 April 20033 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Surreal Musical Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton, …
Category: Fantasy

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

4 April 20013 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sex-Themed Skits/Genre Spoofs

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, John Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

29 July 20029 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Family Saga/Ghosts

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ewa Froling, Jan Malmsjo, Jalle Kulle, Pernilla Wallgren, …
Category: Fantasy

Ferpect Crime (2004)

28 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Murderous Black Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Enrique Villen, Javier Gutierrez
Category: Fantasy

Field of Dreams (1989)

15 February 200211 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Mystical Baseball Field with Ghost Players

Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, …
Category: Fantasy

Forest Warrior (1996)

16 January 200516 December 2020

Rating: ★

Environmental Ghost Warrior

Director: Aaron Norris
Actors: Chuck Norris, Terry Kiser, John Dennis Johnston, Max Gail, …
Category: Fantasy

The Frighteners (1996)

6 December 200018 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Medium vs Ghostly Serial Killer Comedy

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, …
Category: Horror

Ghost (1990)

19 October 20022 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Man Returns as a Ghost

Director: Jerry Zucker
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)

12 April 200329 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Ghost-Mortal Friendship

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Vanessa Brown, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

21 November 201320 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Old Dark House Comedy

Director: George Marshall
Actors: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Paul Lukas, …
Category: Horror

Ghost Chasers (1951)

29 December 202125 November 2024

Rating: ★★½

Idiots Try to Expose a Medium Comedy

Director: William Beaudine
Actors: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Bernard Gorcey, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Dad (1990)

1 May 19992 April 2021

Rating: ★

Man Returns as a Ghost Comedy

Director: Sidney Poitier
Actors: Bill Cosby, Ian Bannen, Denise Nicholas, Barry Corbin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ghost Goes West (1935)

1 November 20023 May 2021

Rating: ★★½

Haunted Castle Comedy

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Lucas Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Lantern (1993)

17 September 202018 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Reincarnation Romance Comedy

Director: Andrew Lau
Actors: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chingmy Yau, Roy Cheung
Category: Fantasy

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

30 July 200022 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Universal Frankenstein Sequel

Director: Erle C. Kenton
Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, …
Category: Horror

A Ghost Story (2017)

30 September 20172 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Man Becomes a Ghost

Director: David Lowery
Actors: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Town (2008)

22 November 20087 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Man That Can See Ghosts Comedy

Director: David Koepp
Actors: Ricky Gervais, Téa Leone, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Writer (1989)

16 December 20094 May 2021

Rating: ½

Starlet’s Ghost Comedy

Director: Kenneth J. Hall
Actors: Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, Jeff Conaway, Joey Travolta, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostbusters (1984)

16 December 200013 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostbusters (2016)

23 July 201623 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Paul Feig
Actors: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

15 January 202215 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

18 May 202424 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Gil Kenan
Actors: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostbusters II (1989)

1 February 200214 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)

18 March 202418 March 2024

Rating: 0­

Widow Guided on an Erotic Journey by Her Late Husband’s Ghost

Director: John Derek
Actors: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Donald Trump, Don Murray, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghosts – Italian Style (1967)

24 November 20025 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Haunted Villa/Italian Comedy

Director: Renato Castellani
Actors: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf, Aldo Giuffre, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

10 May 20099 August 2021

Rating: ★

Playboy’s Supernatural Redemption/Romantic Comedy

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, …
Category: Fantasy

Going Postal (2010)

31 July 20103 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Jon Jones
Actors: Richard Coyle, David Suchet, Charles Dance, Claire Foy, …
Category: Fantasy

Golden Kingdom (2015)

29 September 201511 May 2021

Rating: ★★½

The Lives of Buddhist Orphans/Magical Realism

Director: Brian Perkins
Category: Fantasy

The Halfway House (1944)

12 November 200228 May 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Inn

Director: Basil Dearden
Actors: Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Esmond Knight
Category: Fantasy

Hamlet (1996)

14 August 200417 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Shakespeare Adaptation/Ghosts and Madness

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Richard Briers, …
Category: Fantasy

Hamlet (2000)

17 June 200028 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julia Stiles, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Murray, …
Category: Fantasy

Hamlet (2011)

19 October 201128 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Bruce Ramsay
Actors: Bruce Ramsay, Lara Gilchrist, Peter Wingfield, Gillian Barber, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hanging Garden (1997)

17 March 199928 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Gay Man’s Childhood/Ghosts

Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Actors: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Sarah Polley, Peter MacNeill
Category: Fantasy

The Happy Ghost (1984)

27 June 202427 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Ghost Comedy

Director: Clifton Ko Chi Sum
Actors: Raymond Pak-Ming Wong, Bonnie Law, Loletta Lee
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

6 December 20021 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Young Wizard

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

15 July 20111 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

15 June 200410 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

18 November 200122 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Young Wizard

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

6 April 200428 July 2023

Rating: ★½

Haunted House Comedy

Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, …
Category: Horror

Heart Condition (1990)

17 January 20015 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Bigoted White Man Gets a Black Ghost Companion

Director: James D. Parriott
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Ray Baker, …
Category: Fantasy

High Spirits (1988)

27 February 20036 October 2022

Rating: ★★

Haunted Castle Comedy

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Beverly D'Angelo, …
Category: Fantasy

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)

5 January 201412 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Country and Western Singers in a Haunted House Comedy

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Basil Rathbone, Joi Lansing, …
Category: Horror

Hollow Creek (2016)

12 October 20177 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Abducted Woman Thriller

Director: Guisela Moro
Actors: Guisela Moro, Burt Reynolds, Steve Daron, Earleen Carey, …
Category: Horror

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

28 September 201230 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Animation/Hotel for Famous Monsters

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, …
Category: Fantasy

The House of the Spirits (1993)

18 April 20012 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Latin American Family Saga/Magical Realism

Director: Bille August
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, …
Category: Fantasy

House of Usher (2008)

18 January 201117 April 2024

Rating: ★

Softcore Gay Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Michael Cardelle, Frank Mentier, Taylor Graham, Bart Voitila
Category: Horror

How I Won the War (1967)

18 March 20033 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

WWII Absurdist Black Comedy

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Lee Montague, Roy Kinnear, …
Category: Fantasy

The Invisible (2007)

15 June 200917 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Disembodied Teenager

Director: David S. Goyer
Actors: Justin Chatwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette, …
Category: Fantasy

It’s a Wonderful After Life (2010)

17 November 20105 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghosts and Murder Comedy in Little India

Director: Gurinder Chadha
Actors: Goldy Notay, Shabana Azmi, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Mark Addy, …
Category: Fantasy

Just Like Heaven (2005)

27 January 200618 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Romantic Comedy

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Dina Waters, Jon Heder, …
Category: Fantasy

Justice League Dark (2017)

19 March 20176 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Team of Occult Superheroes

Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Matt Ryan, Jason O'Mara, Camilla Luddington, Nicholas Turturro, …
Category: Fantasy

Kaos (1984)

12 April 200330 May 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Luigi Pirandello Anthology/Werewolf/Ghosts

Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Actors: Margarita Lozano, Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Franchi, Bigro Barone, …
Category: Fantasy

Keyhole (2011)

7 February 201229 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Surrealist Haunted House Film

Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Louis Negin, …
Category: Fantasy

Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave (1982)

19 July 201729 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Martial Arts vs Evil Sorcerer

Director: Lee Chiu
Actors: Billy Chong, Lo Lieh
Category: Fantasy

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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 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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