The haunted house has always been a very atmospheric location, perfect in horror films. Horror cinematography embraces a great many titles in which, causing havoc for the protagonists, is precisely the new dwelling or structure into which they move. Built on cemeteries, haunted by ghosts or possessed by demons, houses in horror have always held a certain fascination for horrorphiles.
Synonymous with a safe place in life, a nest in which familial love unravels, in horror films it becomes the cage or tomb for those who live inside. Fiendish houses, chilling dwellings, these on-screen structures become the meeting point where life joins with death and evil, blossoming and annihilating to give way to suffering and all that is nefarious.
Below we will group (in random order), over time, the best horror movies about haunted houses.
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In 1973, director John Hough, gave the world a masterpiece about haunted houses viz. After life (The Legend of Hell House). Based on the novel by Richard Matheson (who also wrote the screenplay for the film, by the way), After Life tells the story of a team of mediums who reach "villa inferno" owned by a certain Belasco. In fact, the structure appears to be haunted by the spirits of a serial killer's victims.
The cast includes Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, and Peter Bowles.
Dating back to 1979 Amityville Horror by Stuart Rosenberg. The film is based on the book "Horror in Amityville" by Jay Anson in 1977 and itself inspired by alleged events that actually happened. Amityville Horror had seven sequels and a remake, in 2005, directed by Andrew Douglas.
Victim of a house in which paranormal phenomena occur is the Lutz family. Having moved into the home, the site of a massacre in the past, the new tenants will witness terrifying events within the walls of their new abode.
In the cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, and John Larch.
The house of ghosts (USA - 1959) by William Castle, based on a screenplay by Robb White, is a supernatural horror film, a gem of the late 1950s whose story takes place in a haunted house. In 1999 William Malone directed its remake, The mystery of the house on the hill (House on Haunted Hill) .
Ne The house of ghosts, Vincent Price plays Frederick Loren, a wealthy man who offers $10,000 to five brave people to spend a night inside a house haunted by spirits.
The names of the actors: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook, Julie Mitchum, Howard Hoffman, and Leona Anderson.
In 1961 Jack Clayton directed Suspense (The Innocents), a film about ghosts based on the short story The crackdown by Henry James and for which the director won Best Director.
Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) is hired as a housekeeper by a wealthy businessman. She is to care for his grandchildren namely Miles and Flora, two orphaned children. Her stay in the sinister country house will inevitably bring her up against dangerous secrets.
The cast includes Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Clytie Jessop, and Isla Cameron.
Here is the review of Suspense.
Considered one of the most chilling horror films of all time, Changeling (aka The Changeling) by Peter Medak, is a sad and disturbing horror film about a house haunted by the spirit of a child, Joseph.
Musician John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into an old Victorian mansion in suburban Seattle following the disappearance of his wife and daughter. Here the man will try to devote himself to music but will discover that he is not alone. In fact, the haunted spirit of a murdered dead little boy lurks in the house. John will research the identity of the child but the truth will be heartbreaking.
They are part of the cast of Changeling (Canada - 1980): George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns and Eric Christmas.
