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1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | Post-production

This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder

2. The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert (2020 Video)

Family, Musical

A concert presentation of the Tim Burton/Danny Elfman classic animated film, as interpreted by some of Broadway's ghoulishly talented artists. The proceeds collected will benefit The Actors Fund and Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Director: James Monroe Iglehart | Stars: Rafael Casal, Adrienne Warren, James Monroe Iglehart, Danny Burstein

Votes: 98

3. Betelgeuse (2019)

Short, Comedy

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Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: James Fielding, Llenelle Gibson, Heath Harper, Mariah Maison

Votes: 26

4. Cold Moon (2016)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

From Michael McDowell, the writer of Beetlejuice (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), comes a chilling tale of supernatural vengeance.

Director: Griff Furst | Stars: Josh Stewart, Candy Clark, Robbie Kay, Frank Whaley

Votes: 2,022

5. Thinner (1996)

R | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror

An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.

Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz

Votes: 33,663 | Gross: $15.17M

6. Bone Chillers (1996)

30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The spooky, sometimes even funny, misadventures of a gang of schoolchildren who encounter any number of strange happenings in their school and hometown.

Stars: Esteban Powell, Linda Cardellini, Trey Alexander, Saadia Persad

Votes: 198

7. Bone Chillers (1996)
Episode: Frankenturkey (1996)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Fitz, Brian, Sarah and Lexi try to save a doomed thanksgiving turkey by building a fake one, but when it gets struck by lighting...see everyone turn chicken!

Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Linda Cardellini, Karl A. D'Amico, Charles Fleischer, Saadia Persad

Votes: 13

8. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey

Votes: 375,554 | Gross: $75.08M

9. The JFK Conspiracy (1992 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary, Thriller

Up to now, no one knows the truth about the JFK assassination. But now, in a fast-paced two-hours, learn what really happened, who ordered it, and how the truth was hushed up for all these years.

Director: Daniel Helfgott | Stars: James Earl Jones, Oleg Nechiporenko, L. Fletcher Prouty, Victor Marchetti

Votes: 66

10. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester

Votes: 19,394 | Gross: $16.32M

11. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Far Below (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man sent to investigate why a subway maintenance crew is paid so highly gets more than he bargained for.

Director: Debra Hill | Stars: Barry Nelson, John Scott Clough, Calvin Levels, Rick Goldman

Votes: 112

12. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 27,132

13. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: La Strega (1989)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A young man tries to destroy a beautiful witch, whom he thinks has placed his mother under a deadly curse.

Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Linda Blair, Rob Morrow, Maria Tucci, Anita Durst

Votes: 231

14. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Lover Come Hack to Me (1989)

Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Peggy wants to make sure her honeymoon turns out perfect.

Director: Tom Holland | Stars: John Kassir, Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen, Lisa Figus

Votes: 1,425

15. Beetlejuice (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe

Votes: 340,726 | Gross: $73.71M

16. High Spirits (1988)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann

Votes: 10,703 | Gross: $8.58M

17. Monsters (1988–1990)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A horror anthology about a family of monsters watching a different horror story every week on their TV. Each tale is separate, often cautionary with occasional dark humor and irony and features various deadly creatures.

Stars: John Bolger, Pamela Dean Kelly, Michael J. Anderson, Carlos Lauchu

Votes: 2,008

18. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Cutty Black Sow (1988)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Young Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.

Director: Richard Glass | Stars: Huckleberry Fox, Paula Trueman, Mary Griffin, Timothy Landfield

Votes: 288

19. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Moth (1987)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Dying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.

Director: Jeffrey Wolf | Stars: Debbie Harry, Jane Manning, Paul Sparer

Votes: 234

20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Jar (1986)

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A suffering artist finds a mysterious jar and decides to incorporate it into his exhibition. It's a enormous success, but it also causes problems around the household.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Griffin Dunne, Fiona Lewis, Laraine Newman

Votes: 270

21. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Miscalculation (1986)

Not Rated | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Nerdy collegiate Phil unsuccessfully tries every trick in the book to meet girls. Then he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life. Unfortunately, he can't ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Jon Cryer, JoAnn Willette, J.J. Cohen, Lana Clarkson

Votes: 378

22. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: A New Lease on Life (1986)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Archie Fenton moves into the St. George Apartments, where the lease has caveats: he must take out the trash every night, and he must not hang pictures on the walls. These aren't the only strange things about the St George.

Director: John Strysik | Stars: Marie Windsor, Robert Rothman, Ben Frank, Robert Sutton

Votes: 267

23. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Black Widows (1986)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

On her wedding night, a young bride learns a secret about the women in her family.

Director: Karl Epstein | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Theresa Saldana, Paul Eiding, Joe D'Angerio

Votes: 242

24. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Seasons of Belief (1986)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

On Christmas Eve, a father ends his two children's boredom by holding them spellbound with a scary story about a fearsome beast known as the Grither.

Director: Michael McDowell | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Margaret Klenck, Sky Berdahl, Jenna von Oÿ

Votes: 408

25. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Last Car (1986)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A pretty university student named Stacey (Begona Plaza) waits to board a train that will take her home for Thanksgiving. However Stacey soon discovers there is something unusual and terrifying about the last car of this train.

Director: John Strysik | Stars: Begonya Plaza, Mary Carver, Louis Guss, Scooter Stevens

Votes: 403

26. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Truly amazing, fantastical, funny, and odd, and sometimes scary, sad, and endearing stories are portrayed. Many famous actors, actresses, and directors made guest appearances.

Stars: Charles Durning, Douglas Seale, Sharon Spelman, Louis Giambalvo

Votes: 6,424

27. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)

TV-PG | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Updated remakes of classic stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), originally produced by the Master of Suspense. His original opening bits are colorized for re-use here.

Stars: Bernard Behrens, Cynthia Belliveau, David B. Nichols, Kathleen Quinlan

Votes: 3,257

28. Stephen King's Golden Tales (1985 Video)

139 min | Horror

Compilation of five horror stories from Tales from the Darkside (1983) that takes the viewer into the dark world of vampires, cursed objects and sinister humor. Despite the title, only the final story is by Stephen King.

Directors: Frank De Palma, Jodie Foster, Richard Friedman, Theodore Gershuny, Michael Gornick | Stars: Miranda Beeson, Bill Cain, Jeff Conaway, Marcia Cross

Votes: 98

29. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Answer Me (1985)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Joan Matlin's an English actress living in a NYC sublet. She's unable to get any rest - being constantly annoyed by the sound of a ringing phone from the apartment next door.

Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Jean Marsh, Paul Sparer

Votes: 389

30. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Bigalow's Last Smoke (1985)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Chain smoker Frank Bigalow is imprisoned in a simulacrum of his apartment, then forced to quit smoking and punished each time he lights up.

Director: Timna Ranon | Stars: Richard Romanus, Sam Anderson, Howard Dayton, Catherine Battistone

Votes: 359

31. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Halloween Candy (1985)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Nasty old Mr Killup uses Halloween to taunt kids. This year, he's in for a surprise, from which even his long-suffering son Michael cannot save him.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Roy Poole, Tim Choate, David K. Varney, John Edward Allen

Votes: 476

32. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Inside the Closet (1984)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

What is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she is determined to find out and Dr Fenner isn't telling.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Roberta Weiss, Paul Sparer, Patrick Macnee

Votes: 683

33. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Word Processor of the Gods (1984)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Struggling writer Richard Hagstrom receives an upgraded computer from his computer-whiz nephew Jonathan right before Jonathan dies in an accident. Thanks to Jonathan, this word processor ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: Bruce Davison, Karen Shallo, Patrick Piccininni, Bill Cain

Votes: 567

34. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

"Tales from the Darkside" was a horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events.

Stars: Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, John Marzilli, Karen Shallo

Votes: 6,968