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1. The Mummy (1999)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
Votes: 461,505 | Gross: $155.25M
2. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
R | 96 min | Horror
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan
Votes: 137,030
3. The Mummy (2017)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe
Votes: 206,344 | Gross: $80.10M
4. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,453 | Gross: $96.52M
5. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 48,085 | Gross: $0.06M
6. The Mummy Returns (2001)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
Votes: 346,115 | Gross: $202.02M
7. The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17 | 85 min | Horror
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Votes: 232,519 | Gross: $2.40M
8. Evil Dead (2013)
R | 91 min | Horror
Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci
Votes: 197,371 | Gross: $54.24M
9. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,511
10. Army of Darkness (1992)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror
When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Votes: 194,450 | Gross: $11.50M
11. Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Lucy Lawless
Votes: 79,995
12. Evil Dead II (1987)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Votes: 182,023 | Gross: $5.92M
13. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A protege of the magician Merlin must train his teacher's successor - an introverted but resourceful physics prodigy - in the art of sorcery to prevent the return of Morgana le Fay.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 170,052 | Gross: $63.15M
14. The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Fantasy
Since his rise to power, Mathayus' kingdom has fallen. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Dave Bautista, Bostin Christopher, Tanapol Chuksrida, Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson
Votes: 9,146
15. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,845
16. Big Tits Zombies (2010)
73 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Lena Jodo works at an unsuccessful strip club called Paradise Ikagawa along with his five female co-workers. But everything changes when they summon an army of zombies by accident. Now they are the only ones who can save the world.
Director: Takao Nakano | Stars: Sora Aoi, Risa Kasumi, Mari Sakurai, Tamayo
Votes: 1,448
17. Vampire on Bikini Beach (1988 Video)
80 min | Horror
Two teenagers find a book called "The Book of the Dead," and soon they discover that a vampire cult, which needs the book to raise the dead so they can take over the world, is after them.
Director: Mark Headley | Stars: Jennifer Badham, Todd Kaufman, Stephen Mathews, Nancy Rogers
Votes: 309
18. Thralls (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror
A young woman gets caught up in the plans of a coven of vampires fighting to free themselves from their master.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Leah Cairns, Siri Baruc, Fiona Scott
Votes: 747
19. Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Ash battles his way through Dearborn town, fighting Deadites.
Director: Chris Mullender | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Philece Sampler, Bill Farmer, Wally Wingert
Votes: 515
20. Afterlife (1978)
18+ | 7 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A psychedelic new-age short about what a spiritual human being might find after death.
Director: Ishu Patel
Votes: 175
21. Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sometime after the events of the Evil Dead movie trilogy, traumatized Ash is still haunted by nightmares, so he decides to return to the cabin in the forest with his new girlfriend and face his fears. History repeats itself.
Director: Lani Minella | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ron Jones, Steve Brodie, Erin Ashe
Votes: 462
22. Moxina (2012)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
In the winter of 2008, two climbers encountered the Taiwanese legendary monster Moxina (a.k.a. Mô-sîn-á) at the evil mountain Wuzhishan. Ryota Nakanishi presents sixteen minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
Director: Ryota Nakanishi | Stars: Mario Bava, Pengquang Chen, Shunji Chen, Sean S. Cunningham
Votes: 766
23. Brackish (2015)
90 min | Horror
"If you could bring her back, would you?" This is the question burning deep within the mind of Jake, a man already torn apart by the brutal death of his fiancé Sarah. In an attempt to snap ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew A. Peters | Stars: Ryan Santiago, Wayne W. Johnson, Charity Buckbee, Mark Joseph Peek
Votes: 17
24. Death: The Ultimate Mystery (1975)
97 min | Documentary
An examination of reincarnation, regression, and other life-after-death subjects.
Directors: Robert Emenegger, Allan Sandler | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Gloria Prince, Don Felipe, Harry G. Armstrong
Votes: 23
25. Great Pyramid: Gateway to the Stars (1995 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Christopher Mann | Stars: Robert Bauval, Vivian Davies, Edward Eiddan, Rudolf Gantenbrink
Votes: 27
26. Hell on Earth (2010)
71 min | Horror
Bobby owns the Book of the Dead and one night his dysfunctional family finds out just what it means to be mean to Bobby and his friends from beyond.
Director: Ted A. Bohus | Stars: Brett Fallon, Mary Corinne Miller, Don Money, Terry Shane
27. The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Guidebook for the Underworld (2016)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Silvia Prietov | Star: Addison Anderson
28. Demon Summer (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
20 years ago the small town of Louisville, Ohio was stunned by the gruesome death of a local teenage girl. The case was shrouded in mystery and never resolved. The only man who knows the ... See full summary »
Directors: Andrew Campbell, Lucas Campbell | Stars: Nick Jackson, Andrew Campbell, Cory Maidens, Ashleigh Holeman
Votes: 178
29. Book of the Senseless (2015)
Short, Horror
A man with a gun is seeking for a book in the cellar, filled with horrendous things.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Mikhail Bondarev, Yaroslav Kozak, Artur Naumenko, E.S. Tribes
Votes: 23
30. The Fiend Part II (1990)
30 min | Short, Horror
A group of friends discover an old book unleashing The Fiend.
Director: Darren J. Perry | Stars: Rajiv Ahluwalia, Christopher Brady, Martin Chambers, Gareth George
31. De film van het boek van de meester van het Geheime Huis (2011)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A dysfunctional family documents their discovery of an ancient Egyptian mummy on film. This trashy home movie soon merges with a sunday-afternoon tv-documentary and questions cinema, and the search for immortality throughout the ages.
Director: Joël Rabijns | Stars: Joël Rabijns, Wolf Vangarde
32. Savage High: Book of the Dead (2019)
Unrated | 20 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jason finds a book that opens up the gates to the undead.
Director: Manny Velazquez | Stars: Alex Velazquez, Angie Velazquez, Manny Velazquez
33. The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or the Gore the Merrier (2000 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary, produced for the DVD release of Evil Dead II, provides film fans with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the horror comedy about a man who must lead a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert A. Ferretti | Stars: Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Sarah Berry
Votes: 310
34.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Dreams in the Witch-House
(2005)
TV-MA | 55 min | Horror
A graduate student questions his sanity after he rents a room in an old boarding house which was the residence of a 17th-century witch, and he discovers that the evil forces still roam within the walls.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Campbell Lane, Jay Brazeau, Chelah Horsdal
Votes: 5,381
35.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror III
(1992)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
An evil Krusty the Clown doll tries to kill Homer; Marge is captured by a giant ape who falls in love with her; Bart inadvertently raises the dead.
Director: Carlos Baeza | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 4,085
36.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.757
(1969)
TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Laura opens Barnabas' coffin and raise a stake to his heart then Angelique stops her and chats about the past. Angelique mentions seeing Laura's portrait back in 1795.
Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Grayson Hall, Lara Parker, David Selby, Diana Millay
Votes: 26
37.
Savage High (2019– )
Episode:
Book of the Dead
(2019)
Unrated | 17 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
Jason discovers the Book of the Dead in the basement at Savage High and must stop the zombies from taking over SavageVille.
Director: Manny Velazquez | Stars: Alex Velazquez, Manny Velazquez
38.
School Tales the Series (2022)
Episode:
The Book of Corpses
(2022)
TV-MA | Horror, Mystery
A transfer student writes down a curse against bullies in a mysterious library book, causing dire consequences.
Director: Nuttapong Wongkaveepairoj | Stars: Patchanan Jiajirachote, Sarika Sartsilpsupa
Votes: 79
39.
Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts (1996– )
Episode:
Hieroglyphs
(1996)
Documentary, Mystery
40.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020)
Episode:
Chapter Eight: The Burial
(2018)
TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A disaster rattles the Greendale community. Desperate to help, Sabrina attempts a new kind of dark magic - with the assistance of an unusual ally.
Director: Maggie Kiley | Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Chance Perdomo
Votes: 2,085
41.
Lodge 49 (2018–2019)
Episode:
DisOrientation
(2019)
TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Ernie recounts his trip to Mexico and Dud sees a solution to all the Lodge's problems. Liz works at Higher Steaks. Dud and Liz spend time with a woman from their father's past.
Director: Michael Trim | Stars: Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond
Votes: 135