Supernatural
That which cannot be explained by science - psychic powers, other-worldly phenomena, things that go bump in the night and hide under the bed. Filmmakers have been tapping people's fascination for the supernatural since they first started cranking out celluloid. And who doesn't love a good ghost story? Below are Alice's films that touch on the paranormal, some in a nice way ('What Dreams May Come', 'Phenomenon'), some in a not-so-nice way, ('The Exorcist', 'The Grudge'). A little something for everyone...
The Innocents (1961)
7.9/10
Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Franklin, M...
Possibly the best ghost story ever filmed, this adaptation of Henry James's novel 'The Turn of the Screw', offers spooky apparitions, demented religio... Read more
The Isle (2001)
7/10
Director: Kim Ki-duk
Starring: Jung Suh, Kim Yoo-Seok, Park Sung-Hee
'The Isle' tells the tale of a beautiful woman living on an eerie, remote lake selling food to fisherman by day, and her body by night. When the woman... Read more
The Jacket (2004)
7.1/10
Director: John Maybury
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly L...
A relentlessly stylish whodunit with Adrien Brody as delusional Gulf War vet, Jack Stark, who winds up in a mental hospital run by the brutal Dr Becke... Read more
The Killian Curse (2005)
7.8/10
This tongue-in-cheek horror series, with creatures created by the WETA workshop, tells the 21 stories of 21 students from Room 21, each of whom must f... Read more
The Kingdom (1994)
8.4/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Norby
This joyfully creepy and surrealistic Danish medical thriller/satire, is full of jaded New Age practices, a nationalistic neurologist longing for his... Read more
The Lake House (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Dylan Wal...
Sandra Bullock is a sullen doctor coming out of a relationship; Keanu Reeves a disillusioned architect dealing with an estranged dad (Christopher Plum... Read more
The Langoliers (1995)
6.1/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: David Morse, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Stockwell, Patricia Wettig, Frankie Faison
In this eerie adaptation of Stephen King's novella, ten passengers on a nighttime transcontinental flight awaken to discover that the rest of the plan... Read more
The Lazarus Project (2008)
6.2/10
Director: John Glenn
Starring: Linda Cardellini, Tony Curran, Bob Gunton, Piper Perabo, Brooklyn Proulx, Paul W...
A harrowing psychological thriller with Paul Walker as Ben, an ex-con with a loving wife (Piper Perabo) and a steady blue-collar job until his boss fi... Read more
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
6.8/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt
Four psychic investigators take on 'the Mt. Everest of haunted houses' in this effectively chilling ghost story. It's already destroyed one team of re... Read more
The Lord Of The Rings (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: William Squire, John Hurt, Christopher Guard
J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tale of Middle- Earth comes to life through the imaginative art of animator Ralph Bakshi. Frodo the hobbit, Gandalf the wiz... Read more