Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "specter"

1. Smile (V) (2022)

R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.

Director: Parker Finn | Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert

Votes: 161,909

2. A Haunting in Venice (2023)

PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

Votes: 112,688

3. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

R | 134 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 300,794 | Gross: $102.47M

4. Lights Out (II) (2016)

PG-13 | 81 min | Horror, Mystery

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Billy Burke

Votes: 142,460 | Gross: $67.27M

5. The Woman in Black (2012)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

Director: James Watkins | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Emma Shorey

Votes: 192,718 | Gross: $54.33M

6. Taken (2002)

TV-PG | 68 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Three families experience alien abductions over a period of five decades.

Stars: Dakota Fanning, Matt Frewer, Emily Bergl, Heather Donahue

Votes: 21,017

7. The Eye (2008)

PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Mystery

Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud | Stars: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 56,152 | Gross: $31.42M

8. The Forest (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young woman's desperate search for her twin sister brings her to a ghost-filled stretch of wilderness known as the 'Suicide Forest.'

Director: Jason Zada | Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Osamu Tanpopo

Votes: 45,712 | Gross: $26.58M

9. Pulse (I) (2006)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

Director: Jim Sonzero | Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder

Votes: 30,711 | Gross: $20.26M

10. The Whip and the Body (1963)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Romance

The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli

Votes: 4,672

11. Dark Circles (2013)

R | 87 min | Horror

Alex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don't expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family.

Director: Paul Soter | Stars: Brett Beoubay, Jamie Bernstein, Ashley Braud, Philippe Brenninkmeyer

Votes: 4,371

12. SX_Tape (2013)

R | 82 min | Horror

Jill's an artist. Adam's a filmmaker. And their love life is off the chain. There's no experience too wild, no dare too dangerous -- not even when Jill lets Adam strap her to a gurney in ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Caitlyn Folley, Ian Duncan, Diana García, Chris Coy

Votes: 2,172

13. Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne and Velma fish for clues to solve the mysteries of The Woodsman, The Fishman and The Banshee of Black Canyon.

Director: Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin

Votes: 4,459

14. Within (2016)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

A widower moves into a seemingly perfect new home with his daughter and new wife.

Director: Phil Claydon | Stars: Michael Vartan, Erin Moriarty, Nadine Velazquez, Ronnie Gene Blevins

Votes: 7,917

15. Let Her Out (2016)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a traumatic accident, a bike courier begins to experience blackouts and hallucinations. She soon discovers that she's being dangerously influenced and even controlled by her unborn twin.

Director: Cody Calahan | Stars: Alanna LeVierge, Nina Kiri, Adam Christie, Kate Fenton

Votes: 1,867

16. House on Willow Street (2016)

Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Horror

After a young woman is kidnapped, her captors soon come to realize that in fact they may be the ones in danger and this young woman has a dark secret inside her.

Director: Alastair Orr | Stars: Sharni Vinson, Carlyn Burchell, Steven John Ward, Gustav Gerdener

Votes: 9,564

17. The Eye 2 (2004)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After a failed suicide attempt, a pregnant woman gains the ability to see ghosts.

Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Shu Qi, Eugenia Yuan, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Thanarat Poonnarattanakul

Votes: 5,083

18. Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008)

R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

After ghosts invade the human world through the Internet, a father must protect his daughter from the psychotic spirit of his ex-wife.

Director: Joel Soisson | Stars: Todd Giebenhain, Diane Ayala Goldner, Rachel Robinson, Dodie Brown

Votes: 2,957

19. The Eye 3 (2005)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

Ted, his cousin May, her best friend April and April's boyfriend, Kofei take a vacation to Thailand to visit their Thai buddy, Chongkwai, who shows them a book of ten ways to see ghosts. And the game begins...

Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Chen Bo-lin, Yan Kam Ching, Ng Wing Chuen, Leung Cjun Fai

Votes: 2,112

20. Specter (I) (2012)

81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A supernatural thriller containing real natural disasters intertwined with a narrative story that will keep you guessing until the very end.

Director: Jordan Graham | Stars: Corey Ankele, Kaitlin Ankele, Adrian Cavlan, Michael Daniel

Votes: 271

21. The Devil's Castle (1897)

3 min | Short, Horror

A man dressed in red is ushered into an antechamber in a Castle and offered a seat. When he tried to sit down the chair moves to the other side of the room causing the man to fall on the ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 1,433

22. Gegege no Kitarô: Sennen noroi uta (2008)

119 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Set in the same world populated by Yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers - Wentz Eiji of WaT reprises his role as half-human, half-yokai hero Kitaro, who takes it upon himself to ... See full summary »

Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Eiji Wentz, Kie Kitano, Rena Tanaka, Yô Ôizumi

Votes: 175

23. The Shades (2021)

81 min | Horror, Thriller

Two U.S. ecologists travel to a remote town in South America to investigate what appears to be unnatural decay of the environment. They soon discover the cause is a horrific curse that's been haunting the lands for centuries.

Director: Jeff Sun | Stars: Rodrigo Mattos, Nicole Alexandra Lvova, Sarah Hess, Andrea Camponovo

Votes: 52

24. Casper Genie (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Crime

Casper, the Friendly Ghost, who has a hard time making a friend, is in search of a friend and comes upon a young boy reading about Aladdin and his magic lamp. Casper decides he can make a ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Tom Golden | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond, Alan Shay

Votes: 35

25. Delerium (2014)

Horror

A 19th century Gothic Horror about a woman trapped in a marriage of nightmarish proportion, in which she must escape her dangerously obsessed, and crazed husband or face the consequences.

Director: Tàlen Legacy | Stars: Tara Beier, Kate Dickson, Tye Evans, Sydney Kondruss

Votes: 39

26. Confidence (1933)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

When the Great Depression hits, Oswald the Rabbit goes to the President himself for help.

Directors: William Nolan, Walter Lantz | Stars: Tex Avery, Walter Lantz

Votes: 91

27. Dead Game (2009)

16 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

Shelby, an awkward goth girl, simply cannot measure up to Nina, a trailer blonde. One ordinary day, Shelby finds an occult game, unaware that it is the incarnation of evil. She steals the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Bluth | Stars: Pamela Marie Hobby, Rik Baron, Debi Hall, J. Jesse Harley

Votes: 9

28. The Cat's Tale (1951)

7 min | Animation, Short

Baby Mighty Mouse appears on the doorstep of a loving couple and quickly gains a fearsome reputation.

Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Dayton Allen

Votes: 22

29. Swallow (2008)

10 min | Short, Horror

Heath Ramsauyer awakes at 3 am to find his bedroom filled with a host of grisly characters. Confronted by each phantasmal creature, he must face his personal addictions which have brought ... See full summary »

Directors: Shawn Wight, Heather Jacobs | Stars: Rob Hazel, Anthony Campanella, Thomas Gleicher, Jamie Pulliam

Votes: 7

30. Spectre: My Bond Song - Sam Smith (2015 TV Special)

17 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Add a Plot

Director: Max Arnold | Stars: Nick Grimshaw, Sam Smith, Adele, David Arnold

31. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Deadly Assassin: Part One (1976)

TV-PG | 21 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A mysterious evil is at work on Gallifrey. The President of the Time Lords has been assassinated and the Doctor caught red-handed. An inexorable master plan has been set in motion. There can be no escape

Director: David Maloney | Stars: Tom Baker, Llewellyn Rees, Bernard Horsfall, George Pravda

Votes: 698

32. The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode: Dream Sentinel (1999)

R | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A stripper is visited by the ghost of a killer who wishes to protect and possess her.

Director: Chris Hartwill | Stars: David Bowie, Eric Roberts, Alice Poon, Maurizio Terrazzano

Votes: 82

33. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: All Souls (1998)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a girl dies a mysterious death, Scully and Mulder discover more girls' lives are at stake in a divine battle of good versus evil.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Glenn Morshower, Jody Racicot

Votes: 3,557

34. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a haunted house with two ghosts who are determined to prove just how lonely the holiday can be.

Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Lily Tomlin, Edward Asner

Votes: 4,475

35. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Space (1993)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a space shuttle mission is sabotaged, Mulder suspects it may be the work of an alien spirit that inhabits the body of a former Gemini astronaut.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Ed Lauter, Susanna Thompson

Votes: 6,332

36. Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
Episode: Haunted House Hang-Up (1970)

TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A detour causes them to run into a headless specter in a maze of a United States mansion.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Nicole Jaffe, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Heather North

Votes: 533

37. Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode: The Burning of the Sorrows (2021)

TV-14 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Nancy, Bess, Agent Park and Temperance have to join forces when an attempt to trap a killer ends up unintentionally unleashing a deadly supernatural entity that feeds on people's sorrows.

Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim

Votes: 185

38. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Party On, Garth (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Garth calls Sam and Dean for assistance in battling a ghost that you can only see when drunk.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, DJ Qualls, Terry David Mulligan

Votes: 3,840

39. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Southern Comfort (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean team up with Garth, who has taken over Bobby's job, as they hunt down a Specter that's possessing innocent people who have a grudge against someone.

Director: Tim Andrew | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, DJ Qualls, Liane Balaban

Votes: 3,623

40. Extant (2014–2015)
Episode: Extinct (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After Molly collapses and experiences a vision of her encounter on the Seraphim, Sam agrees to give her an ultrasound so she can learn more about her mysterious pregnancy. Also, Molly ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Halle Berry, Goran Visnjic, Pierce Gagnon, Hiroyuki Sanada

Votes: 676

41. Twin Peaks (2017)
Episode: Part 8 (2017)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Gotta light?

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Leslie Berger, Robert Broski, Cullen Douglas

Votes: 8,009

42. Twin Peaks (2017)
Episode: Part 11 (2017)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

There's fire where you are going.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Chrysta Bell

Votes: 4,692

43. Upstart Crow (2016–2020)
Episode: A Crow Christmas Carol (2018)

TV-14 | 39 min | Comedy, History

Still dealing with grief after his tragic loss, Will gets inspired by a ghostly traveler to use his setup for Christmas Carol to save Green's soul for Christmas by making him face his past, present and future with the help of his troupe.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: David Mitchell, Kenneth Branagh, Helen Monks, Paula Wilcox

Votes: 159