Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ectoplasm"

1. Ghostbusters (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis

Votes: 449,873 | Gross: $238.63M

2. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 50,778

3. The Frighteners (1996)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin

Votes: 95,470 | Gross: $16.76M

4. Personal Shopper (2016)

R | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie

Votes: 43,271 | Gross: $1.31M

5. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.

Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner

Votes: 65,146 | Gross: $55.39M

6. Noroi (2005)

Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto

Votes: 15,313

7. Gothic (1986)

R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Votes: 8,863 | Gross: $0.92M

8. Blithe Spirit (1945)

96 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford

Votes: 8,008

9. The Legend of Hell House (1973)

PG | 95 min | Horror

A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill

Votes: 14,040

10. Extra Ordinary (2019)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.

Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty

Votes: 11,534

11. The Uninvited (1944)

Passed | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner

Votes: 12,463

12. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Fantasy

Play as either a ghost or one of three Ghostbusters.

Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Tesshô Genda, Ernie Hudson, Masashi Sugawara

Votes: 72

13. Nightwish (1989)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A professor and four graduate students journey to a house in the mountains to investigate paranormal activities, but the experiment goes awry after an alien entity starts attacking them.

Director: Bruce R. Cook | Stars: Brian Thompson, Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das

Votes: 1,279

14. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,673

15. Exspiravit (2016)

13 min | Short, Horror

Cheryl is house sitting for a stranger, in a remote part of town. When her boyfriend tells her he can't be with her, that night, her consternation turns into angst, upon noticing the ... See full summary »

Director: Mauro Blanco | Stars: Sam Valentine, Ryan Steven McKenzie, Giselle Pekelman, Juliana Opik

16. The League of S.T.E.A.M. (2010–2016)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management) is an organization comprised of Inventors, Scientists, Adventurers, Craftsmen, Monster and Creature Hunters, and Paranormal Researchers.

Stars: Nick Bauman, Robin Blackburn, Russell Isler, Duane Matthews

Votes: 324

17. Las nueve caras del miedo (1995)

90 min | Horror

A TV crew alongside a medium, a friar and a killer with regrets spend the night inside a haunted hotel, place where a guy murdered prostitutes in the 1950's. Soon they discover the place is... See full summary »

Director: Christian González | Stars: Manuel Ojeda, Roberto Ballesteros, Sebastian Ligarde, Carmen del Valle

Votes: 54

18. Not Ghoulty (1959)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

His fellow ghosts bring Casper up on charges for breaking the Ghostly Laws ,since he will not scare people, and he loses his ghostly powers. He realizes he needs to do something drastic, so... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Izzy Sparber, Frank Endres, Steve Muffati, Myron Waldman | Stars: Mae Questel, Gilbert Mack, Norma MacMillan, Jack Mercer

Votes: 47

19. Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Fantasy

Maxwell must collect starites by helping people around the world in order to save Lily from turning into stone

Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Votes: 164

20. Into the Silver Ether (2020)

6 min | Short, Horror

New York, 1927. An aspiring model goes to have her picture taken, but a camera can have a mind of its own.

Director: Vito A. Rowlands | Stars: Hannah Mitchell, Craig Mungavin

21. The Summoners, Beyond the Cringe (2017 Video)

16 min | Short, Comedy

Andy Warski responds to a video in which two Vice media writers use a Ouija board to summon Karl Marx, but succeed only in making contact with the ghost of the Democratic Party.

Stars: Andy Warski, Sarah Lyons, Callie Beusman

22. The Ghost Fisher (2012)

PG-13 | 25 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

After Donald the Ghost Fisher is possessed by the spirit of Victor Cobwell, his son Benji is forced to put balance to the natural and the supernatural.

Director: Jace Daniel | Stars: Bill Christensen, Gary Christensen, John Branch, Amanda Vasconcellos

Votes: 14

23. World Beyond Death (1976)

52 min | Documentary

This documentary explores the concept of life after death with the help of psychics, psychiatrists, and scientists.

Director: Don Como | Stars: Will Geer, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

24. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: The Diabolical (2006)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A girl who is unable to walk or talk becomes a human portal for a demon.

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Brandon Carroll, Greg Cool, Debra Creedon

Votes: 90

25. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: No Exit (2006)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean meet up with America's first serial killer, while Jo lies to her mother about going to Vegas and joins Sam and Dean to help them on their hunt.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Alona Tal, Samantha Ferris

Votes: 5,945

26. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Episode: Dreams in the Witch House (2022)

TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Years after his twin sister's death, a researcher ventures Into a dark, mysterious realm with the aid of a special drug, determined to bring her back.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Rupert Grint, Ismael Cruz Cordova, DJ Qualls, Nia Vardalos

Votes: 8,629

27. Historic Hauntings (2018)
Episode: Wales (2018)

History

Deep in Wales' long memory is a history of violence and bloody curses. Acts of treachery and vengeance leave their stain within Wales' haunted castles.

Star: Robert Hardy

Votes: 6

28. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Crusade Against Spiritualism (2021)

23 min | Documentary

In 1848 the Fox sisters began a traveling show hosted by P. T. Barmun where they communicated with the dead. So began a spiritual movement that exploded following the Spanish flu pandemic ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

29. Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit (2004– )
Episode: Walpurgisnacht (2003)

44 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Jan Peter | Stars: Heinz Rölleke, Bernhard Lauer, Jörg Rudolph, Malcom Gaskill

30. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Southern Comfort (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean team up with Garth, who has taken over Bobby's job, as they hunt down a Specter that's possessing innocent people who have a grudge against someone.

Director: Tim Andrew | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, DJ Qualls, Liane Balaban

Votes: 3,618

31. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Halt & Catch Fire (2015)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

To take his mind off of the Mark of Cain, Dean goes hunting. They track down a ghost that is killing college students through electronics and the internet.

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Willa Milner, Barbara Kottmeier

Votes: 3,397

32. Inside No. 9 (2014– )
Episode: Seance Time (2015)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Having never consulted the spirit world before, Tina isn't quite sure what to expect. But there's something already waiting for her on the Other Side - The Scaredy Cam. However, there's something waiting for the Scaredy Cam team as well.

Director: Dan Zeff | Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Sophie McShera, Alison Steadman, Dan Starkey

Votes: 1,675

33. Teen Titans Go! (2013– )
Episode: Scary Figure Dance (2015)

TV-PG | 10 min | Animation, Short, Action

The Titans' Halloween party is interrupted by the Hive Five robbing a candy factory.

Directors: Luke Cormican, Peter Rida Michail | Stars: Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 141

34. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: ScoobyNatural (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam, Dean, and Castiel are transported into the animated world of Scooby Doo where they join forces with the Scooby gang to solve a ghostly mystery.

Director: Robert Singer | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Frank Welker

Votes: 8,789