Subgenre Sampler
Paranorma: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
- Dir. Troy Nixey
Feat. Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
- Guillermo del Toro penned this creepily old fashioned remake of a 1974 TV movie that scared the bejesus out of the Mexican filmmaker as a young boy.…
- Haven (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour
- An FBI agent finds herself inextricably linked to the paranormal activity in the fictional north eastern town of Haven, Maine, in this eccentric…
- Hereafter (2010)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Matt Damon, Cecile De France, Bryce Dallas Howard…
- Clint Eastwood delves into the afterlife in this subdued supernatural drama that centers on three strangers whose lives are touched by death.
- Insidious (2010)
- Dir. James Wan
Feat. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins…
- The creators of the original SAW reunite for this genuinely creepy haunted house movie, about a stressed couple whose comatose son is preyed upon by…
- Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet (TV Series) (2010)
- Comedian Leigh "That Guy" Hart fronts this irreverent, ham–fisted send–up of Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, visiting various corners…
- Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
- Dir. Tod Williams
Feat. Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland
- Scary, straight–ahead sequel to the low–tech horror hit is careful not to meddle with the formula that freaked out audiences, this time…
- Phasma Ex Machina (2010)
- Dir. Matt Osterman
Feat. Sasha Andreev
- A grieving college drop–out left to care for his younger brother contrives to build a machine that will bring back his deceased parents –…
- Shelter (2010)
- Dir. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Feat. Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Frances Conroy…
- Julianne Moore's conviction as a forensic psychiatrist is tested when confronted by a patient whose multiple personality disorder manifests as series…
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
- Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Feat. Thanapat Saisaymar
- Weerasethakul's most acclaimed and accessible film to date centres on a man dying of kidney failure, whose twilight hours are spent joyously with…
- Unexplained (2010)
- A fairly skeptical, though still open–minded exploration of paranormal activity throughout the ages. Tackling the historical spook stories are…