Subgenre Sampler
Paranorma: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott…
- Juicy if variable four–part portmanteau film written by PSYCHO scribe, Robert Bloch, and adorned by the Cushing/Lee double–act as well as…
- Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (TV Series) (1968)
- Feat. Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare
- Fondly remembered sitcom based on the R. A. Dick novel (itself made into a 1947 film) about a young widow and family who befriend a ghost haunting…
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern
- Possibly the finest of the BBC's M R James adaptations, this spooky tale concerns a closeted, sceptical professor (Hordern) whose seaside holiday…
- Gorgon, The (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco…
- A small village falls prey to an unseen monster. Citizens are found turned to stone after every full moon. The town Doctor (Peter Cushing) concludes…
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe
- A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…
- Haunting, The (1963)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson…
- Exquisite photography/design and nerve–shredding sound effects urgently conspire for this, the definitive haunted house movie.
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- Terror, The (1963)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Boris Karloff
- A legendary Corman quickie on which all of star Boris Karloff's scenes were shot in 3 days on sets leftover from THE RAVEN!
- Carnival of Souls (1962)
- Dir. Herk Harvey
Feat. Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey
- A woman's vision of the world is not quite the same after surviving a car accident in this vastly under–appreciated spook story that comes…
- Thirteen Ghosts (1960)
- Dir. William Castle
Feat. Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow
- A nuclear family inherit a house haunted by a dozen ghosts of various colourful guises and some hidden stash. Trademark William Castle…
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
- Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.