Portland, OR area artist/musician (and good friend of mine) Seth King (band camp site seen at http://wastemusic.bandcamp.com/ ) has requested a list of Haunted House movies, and I couldn’t be happier to oblige. In honor of October, here is another list; my twenty favorite Haunted House movies.
1. The Shining ~ 1980, Stanley Kubrick
2. House (Japanese film) ~ 1977, Nobuhiko Obayashi
3. The Others ~ 2001, Alejandro Amenabar
4. The Sentinel ~ 1977, Michael Winner
5. The Innkeepers ~ 2011, Ti West
6. House (American film) ~ 1986, Steve Miner
7. The Entity ~ 1982, Sidney Furie
8. Purani Haveli ~ 1989, Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay (This is a super awesome Bollywood horror film. Highly recommended. I’m no expert on the sub-genre, as I’ve probably seen less than ten Bollywood horror films in total anyway, but of all the ones I have seen, this is my favorite.)
9. The Tennant ~ 1976, Roman Polanski (This one kinda counts, right? I say it does.)
10. The Keep~ 1983, Michael Mann (Probably doesn’t count… But I’m including it anyway.)
11. Let’s Scare Jessica To Death ~ 1971, John Hancock
12. The Legend of Hell House ~ 1973, John Hough
13. The Changeling ~ 1980, Peter Medak
14. Death Spa (AKA Witch Bitch) ~ 1989, Michael Fischa
15. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken ~ 1966, Alan Rafkin
16. From Beyond ~ 1986, Stuart Gordon (This one is also pushing it.)
17. Paranormal Activity ~ 2007, Oren Peli
18. The House on Haunted Hill ~ 1959, William Castle
19. The Haunting ~ 1963, Robert Wise
20. Hold That Ghost ~ 1941, Arthur Lubin