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Theme: Paranormal Investigators


Paranormal Investigators refers to individuals or teams that investigate supernatural phenomena. The majority of phenomena being examined are ghosts and haunted locales, although there are plentiful examples of investigators of UFOs, psychic phenomena, vampires, cryptozoological creatures and miracle healings.

Investigators can be academics and scientists looking into phenomena; mediums, professional sceptics to the FBI’s X Files division. Modern variants include amateur investigators armed with video cameras who appear in various Found Footage films.

See also Monster Hunters for those who track down and combat malevolent supernatural forces and Occult Investigators for those engaged in dealing with occult forces.


11: 11 (2004)

27 January 201530 September 2020

Rating: ★

Psychic Killings/End of the World Prophecies

Director: Micheal Bafaro
Actors: Michael St. John Smith, Cathy Weseluck, Jane Sowerby
Category: Horror

30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013)

10 December 201310 October 2023

Rating: ★

Genre Spoof

Director: Craig Moss
Actors: Kathryn Fiore, Flip Schultz, Olivia Alexander, French Stewart
Category: Horror

616 Paranormal Incident (2013)

14 July 20219 December 2021

Rating: ★½

Ghost Hunters Investigate a Haunted Prison

Director: David Chirchirillo
Actors: Tom Downey, Eve Mauro, Trent Haaga, Rib Hillis, …
Category: Horror

Alone in the Dark (2005)

26 July 20078 July 2019

Rating: ★½

Videogame Adaptation/Monsters

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Matthew Walker, …
Category: Horror

Altergeist (2014)

17 August 20172 August 2019

Rating: ★

Ghost Hunters Investigate Haunted Winery

Director: Tedi Sarafian
Actors: Kristina Anapau, David Weidoff, Mark Hapka, Brendan Fletcher, …
Category: Horror

Amityville 3-D (1983)

7 August 199922 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Candy Clark, Robert Joy
Category: Horror

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

27 September 201910 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Sinister Doll

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

Another Evil (2016)

11 October 201621 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Eccentric Ghost Hunter

Director: Carson D. Mell
Actors: Steve Zissis, Mark Proksch, Jennifer Irwin, Dax Flame, …
Category: Horror

The Apparition (2012)

24 August 201222 June 2021

Rating: ★

Haunting

Director: Todd Lincoln
Actors: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Rick Gomez, …
Category: Horror

Asylum of Fear (2018)

10 March 202210 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Haunted Abandoned Asylum

Director: Craig Deering
Actors: Maurice Demus, Callie Stephens, Michael Medford, Allen Murphy, …
Category: Horror

Atrocious (2010)

23 January 201327 September 2019

Rating: ★

Found Footage/Possibly Haunted Woods

Director: Fernando Barreda Luna
Actors: Cristian Valencia, Clara Moraleda, Chus Pereiro, Sergi Martin, …
Category: Horror

The Awakening (2011)

21 July 201225 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Victorian Ghost Story

Director: Nick Murphy
Actors: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hampstead-Wright, …
Category: Horror

Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)

3 July 199915 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Spoof

Director: Ray Cameron
Actors: Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price, Gareth Hunt, …
Category: Horror

Book of Blood (2009)

15 June 201219 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Haunted House/Clive Barker Adaptation

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Sophie Ward, Jonas Armstrong, Paul Blair, Clive Russell, …
Category: Horror

Books of Blood (2020)

17 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Clive Barker Anthology

Director: Brannon Braga
Actors: Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Nicholas Campbell, Paige Turco, …
Category: Horror

The Borderlands (2013)

13 November 201424 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Found Footage/Haunted Church

Director: Elliot Goldner
Actors: Rob Hill, Aidan McArdle, Luke Neal, Patrick Godfrey
Category: Horror

Convergence (2015)

14 September 201712 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Hospital That Exists in an Afterlife Limbo

Director: Drew Hall
Actors: Clayne Crawford, Ethan Embry, Mykelti Williamson, Gary Grubbs, …
Category: Fantasy

Curse of the Nun (2019)

23 June 202228 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghostly Nun

Director: Aaron Mirtes
Actors: Lacy Hartselle, Brad Belemjian, Jonathan Everett, Cale Adcock, …
Category: Horror

Dead of the Nite (2013)

27 September 201826 October 2018

Rating: ★★

Ghostbusters Stalked in a Haunted House

Director: S.J. Evans
Actors: Tony Todd, Gary Mavers, Joseph Millson, Cicley Tennant, …
Category: Horror

The Dead Room (2015)

26 August 201625 June 2021

Rating: ★★

New Zealand Haunted House Film

Director: Jason Stutter
Actors: Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, Laura Petersen
Category: Horror

Deadstream (2022)

19 November 202319 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Livestream from a Haunted House Comedy

Director: Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter
Actors: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone, Jason Wixom
Category: Horror

Demon Tongue (2016)

21 December 20177 October 2023

Rating: ½

Paranormal Investigators/Possession

Director: Gavin Rapp
Actors: Debbie College, Jessica Long, Jack Davis, Seth Gontkovic, …
Category: Horror

Demonic (2015)

20 November 20156 October 2024

Rating: ★

Haunted House/Paranormal Investigators

Director: Will Canon
Actors: Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Dustin Milligan, Cody Horn, …
Category: Horror

The Devil’s Chair (2006)

9 March 20112 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Demonic Portal in an Abandoned Asylum

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

Door to the Other Side (2016)

19 September 201727 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Norman Lesperance
Actors: Mitch Holden, Nicholas Bianchi, Chelsea Gilligan, Jonathan Wallace, …
Category: Horror

The Dunwich Horror (2009)

20 August 201220 November 2019

Rating: ★

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Dean Stockwell, Jeffrey Combs, Griff Furst, Sarah Lieving
Category: Horror

The Enfield Haunting (2015)

3 October 20169 June 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Haunted House/”True Story”

Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
Actors: Timothy Spall, Matthew Macfadyen, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Juliet Stevenson, …
Category: Horror

The Entity (1982)

30 June 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunting/Rapist Poltergeist

Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, Jacqueline Brooks, Alex Rocco
Category: Horror

Gacy House (2010)

9 September 201413 August 2022

Rating: ★

Found Footage/Haunted House

Director: Anthony Fankhauser
Actors: James Arthur Lewis, Michael Gaglio, Sylvia Panacione, Rachel Riley, …
Category: Horror

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

Ghostwatch (1992)

18 June 202418 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Live Broadcast Investigation Into a Haunted House

Director: Lesley Manning
Actors: Michael Parkinson, Gillian Bevan, Brid Brennan, Craig Charles, …
Category: Horror

Grave Encounters (2011)

15 February 201320 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Found Footage/Haunted Asylum

Director: The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz
Actors: Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Meriwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, …
Category: Horror

The Gravedancers (2006)

9 January 20208 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Haunting

Director: Mike Mendez
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Tcheky Karyo
Category: Horror

Haunted (1995)

20 June 200112 August 2021

Rating: ★★½

Haunting

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, Anna Massey, …
Category: Horror

Haunted Mansion (2023)

28 October 202328 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Haunted House Comedy

Director: Justin Simien
Actors: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, …
Category: Horror

The Haunting (1963)

3 November 19995 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★★

Haunted House

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, …
Category: Horror

The Haunting (1999)

25 July 19999 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Haunted House

Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, …
Category: Horror

The Haunting of Winchester House (2009)

14 July 201511 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Mark Atkins
Category: Horror

Hellboy (2004)

5 July 200415 October 2024

Rating: ★★½

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, …
Category: Horror, Fantasy

Hellboy (2019)

19 July 201926 November 2024

Rating: ★

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: David Harbour, Sasha Lane, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, …
Category: Fantasy

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

9 October 200815 October 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, …
Category: Fantasy

Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)

18 October 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Brian Taylor
Actors: Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph, Joseph Marcell, …
Category: Fantasy

Housebound (2014)

11 October 20144 February 2023

Rating: ★★

New Zealand Haunted House Comedy

Director: Gerard Johnstone
Actors: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, …
Category: Horror

Incantation (2022)

23 June 202523 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Aftermath of a Paranormal Investigation

Director: Kevin Ko
Actors: Hsuan-yen Tsai, Sin-Ting Huang, Ying-Hsuan Kao, RQ, …
Category: Horror

The Innkeepers (2011)

30 March 201219 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hotel

Director: Ti West
Actors: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, Lena Dunham, …
Category: Horror

Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

31 March 201810 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Paranormal Investigation

Director: Adam Robitel
Actors: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Caitlin Gerard, …
Category: Horror

John Dies at the End (2012)

13 November 201217 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Reality-Expanding Drugs/Gonzo Supernatural Investigators

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Glynn Turman, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

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

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

17 February 20037 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted House

Director: John Hough
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt
Category: Horror

The Lockdown Hauntings (2021)

20 August 20215 May 2024

Rating: ★

Ghostly Murders During the Pandemic Lockdown

Director: Howard J. Ford
Actors: Angela Dixon, Tony Todd, Heather Peace, Justin K. Hayward, …
Category: Horror

The Marsh (2006)

1 January 20098 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Haunted House

Director: Jordan Barker
Actors: Gabrielle Anwar, Forest Whitaker, Justin Louis, Niamh Wilson, …
Category: Horror

The Night Stalker (1972)

29 June 200811 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Journalist Tracks a Vampire

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, …
Category: Horror

The Night Strangler (1973)

3 January 201327 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Journalist Tracks an Immortal Killer

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Darren McGavin, Richard Anderson, Simon Oakland, Jo Ann Pflug, …
Category: Horror

Night’s End (2022)

14 March 202414 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Haunted Apartment

Director: Jennifer Reeder
Actors: Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonious Munk, Lawrence Grimm, …
Category: Horror

Noroi: The Curse (2005)

29 January 202529 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Found Footage/Paranormal Investigator

Director: Koji Shiraishi
Actors: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno
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

The Orphanage (2007)

15 September 20088 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Ghost Story

Director: J.A. Bayona
Actors: Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Roger Princep, Fernando Cayo, …
Category: Horror

Paranormal Asylum (2013)

27 October 201510 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Ghostbusters Investigate a Haunted Asylum

Director: Nimrod Zalamanowitz
Actors: Aaron Mathias, Nathan Spiteri, Laura Gilreath, Grace Evans, …
Category: Horror

Phenomena (2023)

7 January 20247 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

True-Life Spanish Paranormal Investigators

Director: Carlos Theron
Actors: Belen Rueda, Toni Acosta, Gracia Olayo, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, …
Category: Horror

Poltergeist (1982)

5 September 200226 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Haunting

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Heather O'Rourke, …
Category: Horror

Poltergeist (2015)

30 May 201517 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Haunting

Director: Gil Kenan
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Jared Harris, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jane Adams, …
Category: Horror

Puppet Master II (1990)

6 December 200427 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Malevolent Dolls

Director: David Allen
Actors: Elizabeth MacLellan, Collin Bernsen, Nita Talbot, Charlie Spradling
Category: Horror

The Quiet Ones (2014)

28 April 201420 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Parapsychological Experiment/”True Story”

Director: John Pogue
Actors: Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Laurie Calvert, …
Category: Horror

Red Lights (2012)

9 July 20121 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Psychic Debunkers

Director: Rodrigo Cortes
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, …
Category: Fantasy

Rose Red (2002)

18 March 200520 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Haunted House

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Nancy Travis, Julian Sands, Melanie Lynskey, Matt Keeslar, …
Category: Horror

Scoob! (2020)

22 May 202031 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghostbusting Team/Hanna-Barbera Crossover

Director: Tony Cervone
Actors: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, …
Category: Fantasy

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

19 April 20045 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Ghostbusting Team/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

Scooby-Doo (2002)

15 July 200222 November 2024

Rating: ★

Ghostbusting Team/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr, Linda Cardellini, …
Category: Fantasy

Silk (2006)

19 June 20106 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Taiwanese Ghost Story

Director: Chao-Pin Su
Actors: Chen Chang, Yosuke Eguchi, Barbie Hsu
Category: Horror

Skinwalker Ranch (2013)

17 June 202517 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Unexplained Phenomena

Director: Devin McGinn
Actors: Jonathan Gries, Steve Berg, Devin McGinn, Erin Cahill, …
Category: Science Fiction

The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)

24 September 20006 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Haunted House/Found Footage

Director: Ted Nicolaou
Category: Horror

Suburban Gothic (2014)

27 October 201424 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Middle-Class Satire/Haunting

Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Actors: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven, …
Category: Horror

Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

28 October 200122 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Steve Beck
Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, …
Category: Horror

Thirteen Erotic Ghosts (2002)

23 September 201414 November 2019

Rating: ½

Erotica/Haunted House

Director: Nicholas Medina, Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Julie Strain, Jay Richardson, Richard Gabai, Fred Olen Ray
Category: Horror

The Triangle (2005)

10 December 20143 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Solving the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Unquiet (2008)

1 September 201619 March 2025

Rating: ★

Haunted Building/Rival Paranormal Investigators

Director: Bill Corcoran
Actors: Cara Buono, Chris William Martin, Michael Teigen, Don S. Davis, …
Category: Horror

We Have a Ghost (2023)

10 March 202316 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Comedy

Director: Christopher Landon
Actors: David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Winston, Isabella Russo, …
Category: Fantasy

The X Files (1998)

29 March 199913 June 2025

Rating: ★★

The X Files Film Spinoff/Alien Invasion Conspiracy

Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, John Neville, …
Category: Science Fiction

The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

24 September 20083 November 2022

Rating: ★

The X Files Film Spinoff/Psychic Priest/Organ Harvesting

Director: Chris Carter
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, …
Category: Science Fiction

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