| Personally I love being scared silly and a spine tingling | | | | funny circus clown. |
| ghost movie works for me. Of all the top horror | | | | Starring: Bobbie Phillips, Shawnee Smith. |
| movies genre out there like; vampires, zombies, killer | | | | 5) The Haunting (1963) |
| tomatoes, the eerie, transparent ghoul that is floating | | | | An old mansion called Hill House gives paranormal |
| around the room and whispering warnings to you in the | | | | proof to Dr. Markway and his invited guests. The good |
| dark, ghost movies are the best! | | | | story line made this a spooky movie. |
| The love for a good ghost movie came about for me | | | | Starring: Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom. |
| at a tender young age...thanks to two cousins! | | | | 1999 movie has the same story line only its Dr. |
| It was a crisp fall day when I, at an impressionable age | | | | Marrow, a high standard cast and great movie magic. |
| of eight or nine was dropped off at my grandparent's | | | | Starring: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen |
| farm for a weekend stay. | | | | Wilson, Lili Taylor. |
| My bratty two older cousins were staying there also. | | | | 6) The Fog (1980) |
| For sleeping, the three of us shared two feather | | | | One hundred years ago a ship carrying lepers |
| mattress beds in the open basement of the old | | | | purposely crashed drowning all on board. Now the |
| farmhouse. | | | | ghoulish lepers are back for revenge and coming |
| That was where I experienced my first ghost story. In | | | | through the fog. John Carpenter can certainly put |
| the silent darkness my cousins told me a spine tingling | | | | together a great ghost movie, not only once but twice. |
| story that "actually" happened not too far away. A tale | | | | Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, John |
| worthy of being one of the top horror movies ever. | | | | Houseman. |
| They began in detail, a story about a kid, my age, | | | | 2005- Very similar to the 1980 version but with better |
| getting his head chopped in half with an ax by his | | | | effects. Mr. Carpenter has also become more |
| crazy grandfather. The poor ghoulish kid with half a | | | | successful in the last twenty five years. |
| bloody head now roams the countryside. | | | | Starring: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair. |
| I never slept a wink that night. In fact it was a good | | | | 7) Witchboard (1986) |
| while before I slept at my grandparent's farmhouse | | | | College students start playing with an Ouija board that |
| again. | | | | becomes evil. Meanwhile they were all thinking it was |
| Halloween is near, enough of the vampire genre! That | | | | the spirit of a nice ten year old boy. |
| is why this article is about the eeriest, scariest ghost | | | | Starring: Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Clare Bristol. |
| movies, twelve of them! Put in chronological order from | | | | 8) The Sixth Sense (1999) |
| oldest to newest and worth watching in this order. | | | | In this subtle ghost movie, nine-year old Cole Sear can |
| Notice how the older ghost movies were remade. | | | | see, hear and talk to dead people right after they pass |
| 1) The Uninvited (1944) | | | | on. Dr. Crowe, a child psychologist tries to help Cole |
| A brother and sister move into an old seaside mansion. | | | | with these...hallucinations. I love movies that have a |
| Bought very cheaply and came with a sinister past is | | | | good twist ending and this is one of them. Definitely |
| now haunted. | | | | one of the top horror movies. |
| Starring: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Gail | | | | Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette. |
| Russell. | | | | 9) The St. Francisville Experiment (1999) |
| 2009 - The new ghost movie has a very different | | | | In a little town in Louisianna is a known haunted house. |
| storyline. Hair standing straight scary never the less. | | | | The house is haunted by the ghosts of slaves who |
| Starring: Emily Browning, David Strathaim, Elizabeth | | | | died enduring horrible torture.Four people are |
| Banks. | | | | unprepared for the horrors that are about to occur. |
| 2) House On Haunted Hill (1959) | | | | Starring: Tim Baldini, Madison Charap, Paul Palmer. |
| Eccentric multimillionaire and his wife invite five | | | | 10) What Lies Beneath (2000) |
| unrelated strangers to a huge, isolated mansion. They | | | | The wife of an university scientist begins to see |
| offer 10,000 dollars to each guest if they make it | | | | apparitions. Her husband thinks that she is nuts until he |
| through the night (12 hours). All five arrive by hearse | | | | sees the images for himself. Now, they must both |
| and in the morning all five will be leaving by hearse, | | | | uncover the truth and find out what lies beneath. |
| one-way or the other. | | | | Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, James |
| Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long. | | | | Remar. |
| The new 1999 movie has the same story line, slightly | | | | 11) Ghost Ship (2002) |
| altered like one million dollars instead of 10,000 and of | | | | This is a 'better get ready to hang on to something' |
| course better special effects. | | | | ghost movie. I would consider this as one of the top |
| Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, | | | | horror movies. A 1962 elite passenger ship was |
| Chris Katten. | | | | suddenly found floating adrift by a salvage crew, forty |
| 3) 13 Ghosts (1960) Out of all the top horror movies | | | | years later. Old, rusted, deserted, full of gold and |
| this ghost movie is one of the best. Uncle Zorba, an | | | | ghosts. |
| occultist, wills a huge unusual house to his needy | | | | Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, |
| nephew Cyrus and his family. This house came with | | | | Isaiah Washington. |
| three surprises; treasure, thirteen ghosts and special | | | | 12) The Ring (2002) |
| goggles to see these ghosts. | | | | A strange video tape with eerie footage that seems |
| Starring: Charles Herbert, Donald Woods, Jo Morrow. | | | | to kill the viewer in seven days. Seconds after the |
| 2001 version has the same story line, with creative well | | | | video ends, a phone call, one week later you die a |
| done effects and Cyrus is the uncle's name. | | | | horrible death. Originally a 1998 Japanese film called |
| Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, F. Murray | | | | 'Ringu". I had to add this flick to the top horror movies |
| Abraham. | | | | list. |
| 4) Carnival Of Souls (1962) | | | | Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David |
| A ghostly man appears through mirrors at first only to | | | | Dorfman, Jane Alexander. |
| an innocent church organist. Did someone or something | | | | You want to be frightened this Halloween season? My |
| at the deserted carnival prompt this ghoulish image | | | | recommendation for a great scary ghost movie is any |
| which keeps appearing to this poor girl? Even though | | | | one of these twelve films. They are all worthy to be |
| this is a low budget movie it still merits a decent level | | | | on the 'top horror movies' list. |
| on the fright meter. | | | | So after the costumed kids are done ringing your |
| Starring: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney | | | | doorbell and threatening you for treats, grab a pillow to |
| Berger. | | | | hang on to, turn off all the lights and put on one of |
| 1998 version was much more brutal with a not so | | | | these scary movies. Great way to end Halloween. |