My Top 15 Horror/Paranormal Movies

LOVE everything about this movie! The atmosphere, the mystery, the emotion, the setting. Has a couple parts that make me jump, but it's also not that kind of film but more of a "feeling" movie in some ways than it is horror.

One of my first movies like this that I saw and have loved ever since, even though I know what's going to happen since I've seen it before. Just love the feeling of it and the "darkness" of the house, along with the use of fog and other things that give it a creepy feel, and it gives just enough clues to keep you guessing but doesn't reveal too much at a time. Some creepy characters in it, too, and a creepy book as well (won't give spoilers as to what it is)

Also love the setting of this & the passion the governess has for protecting the children. It raises a lot of questions and leaves things somewhat open to interpretation. A good creepy movie that's also dramatic and mysterious.

My favorite "paranormal" movie so far. Ghosts, demons, and a creepy old house. Great actors in this one, too.

This one scared me way more than the first one and even more than The Conjuring.

This is an odd one, but I like it. It's even weirder when you see the Netflix version instead of the tv version (and if you've seen both, you'll know maybe what I mean). Kind of a lot of unanswered questions and things that don't make sense, but for me, it's still fun to watch, and I like the main character and her bf both.

Old one, but I still like watching it. And Bette Davis is awesome in it. Love her!

The version that stays closest to the book.

I don't like the bloody/gory parts, but the rest is great & a very creepy setting. I don't like how the ending differed from the book. I think the ending in the book was better. But either way, it's really creepy seeing Jack Nicholson's character slowly go insane, and I love the way the kid says "Red rum, red rum". Lol.

I absolutely LOVE Ray Bradbury! He is my writing mentor just in the sense that I own his book on writing and think it is probably the best book on writing I've ever read, as evidenced by all the underlining, page marking and notes copied from it onto index cards. I've also read a lot of his short stories, and my two favorite books of his are Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes, which is what this movie is based on. It does a great job, too, in setting the atmosphere (October in a small town in around the 1930's) and showing the character growth of the "aging" father (played brilliantly by Jason Robards) who thinks he's let his son down but redeems himself in the end, and of the two boys. Mr. Dark is creepy, along with his band of freaks, and I love that the last time I watched this I realized that he is the same guy who played Governor Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies! So different in this. While this isn't technically a horror film, I think it's scary enough, more in a psychological way, and it takes you back to your childhood if you're older or makes you wish you had a childhood like that.

Based on the book by Wilkie Collins. I like the book a lot better, as it goes into much more details and really fleshes out the story, but I enjoy the movie, too, and I'm a fan of Justine Waddell from Wives and Daughters. This is more of a mystery, but it has villains who are very dark, so I'm including it in my list, and also, it does have the hint of the paranormal.

Found this at my county library. It's eerie throughout and has a twist. See if you can figure it out before the end.

Very loosely based on the book "The Haunting of Hill House", this one is more fun than scary, and it's Vincent Price at what he did well.

Another, like The Conjuring, dealing with possession and demons. Sad ending but interesting film.

I didn't like the way it ended, but I liked the rest of it. Which is enough to get it on the list, as one of my favorite movies, Little Women, doesn't end the way I would like either (nor the book, of course), but I still love the movie. It had an interesting premise, at least.