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 Haunting (1963)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
This nerve-jangling adaptation of Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House' centres on a gathering at a Boston mansion. An anthropologist, a disb... Read more
Robin of Sherwood: Series 1 (1984)
Director: Ian Sharp
Starring: Nickolas Grace, Michael Praed, Ray Winstone, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Clive Man...
Richard Carpenter's ethereal, mist-shrouded take on the Robin Hood legend stars Michael Praed as the forest-dwelling Robin of Loxley - troubled and br... Read more
It ( Stephen King's It ) (1990)
7.4/10
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring: Annette O'Toole, Dennis Christopher, Harry Anderson, John Ritter, Richard Masur,...
Made-for-tv production about a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults to face their own 'big chill' - an evil presence that lurks beneath th... Read more
Christine (1983)
6.7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Keith Gordon, Alexandra Paul, John Stockwell, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton
Stylish adaptation of Stephen King's novel about a 1958 Plymouth Fury which comes off the assembly line possessed by evil powers. A great soundtrack i... Read more
Dragonfly (2002)
6.1/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates, Linda Hunt
After his pregnant doctor wife dies in an accident in Venezuela, Chicago physician Kevin Costner is haunted by a series of occurrences that make him t... Read more
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
5/10
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Set...
A masked villain is wreaking mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc's former foes. Jin... Read more
Phenomenon (1996)
6.4/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ri...
Winning mixture of drama, romance and fantasy stars John Travolta as an easygoing small-town mechanic who, after a late-night encounter with a mysteri... 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
Angel: Season 1 (1999)
8/10
Director: David Greenwalt, Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon, David Grossman, James A Contner, Regis B Kimble, Vern Gillum, etc
Starring: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, Glenn Quinn, Sarah Michelle...
Cursed with a human soul, vampire Angel leaves Sunnydale and his beloved Buffy and heads to LA where, still seeking redemption for his past crimes, he... Read more
The Others (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sy...
In a remote mansion on the British isle of Jersey during World War II, soldier's widow Nicole Kidman lives in darkened isolation with her two children... Read more