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...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.6/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters,...
The sixth film in the ever-darkening series is visually stunningly and has its fair share of gleeful humour too, as the young wizard's inevitable batt... Read more
Diagnosis: Death (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Jason Stutter
Starring: Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Jemaine Cl...
Raybon Kan is an unethical high school teacher who has fallen for one of his students in this horror spoof. As fate would have it, both of them are di... Read more
Knowing (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Na...
Nic Cage stars in this supernatural Da Vinci Code meets Nostradamus thriller. In 1958 a group of students draw pictures to go in a time capsule, but o... Read more
Knowing ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend, Chandle...
Nic Cage stars in this supernatural Da Vinci Code meets Nostradamus thriller. In 1958 a group of students draw pictures to go in a time capsule, but o... Read more
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, Breckin Meyer...
Unabashed womaniser, Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey), proves to be a real buzzkill on the eve of his brother's nuptials. That night he is visited by... Read more
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter, Jasmine Guy, Britt McKillip, Cynthia Stev...
Following on from the cult TV show, this feature-length film finds George and her colleagues with a new boss whose focus is merely on moving souls thr... Read more
Vinyan (2008)
5.3/10
Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Josse De Pauw, Rufus Sewell, Julie Dreyfus
In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua in a tsunami six months ago. Jeanne is disturbed and... Read more
Being Human: Series 1 (2008)
7.8/10
Starring: Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey
A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a house in Bristol and do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dar... Read more
The Disappeared (2008)
6/10
Director: Johnny Kevorkian
Starring: Greg Wise, Alex Jennings, Harry Treadaway, Tom Felton
Still haunted by the disappearance of his younger brother many years ago, a troubled teen returns to live with his father in London and embarks on a c... Read more
Supernatural: Season 4 (2008)
9.5/10
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki
Resurrection. After enduring unspeakable torture, Dean escapes from Hell, rescued by an all-powerful creature he's never seen before: an Angel. This w... Read more