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Crimson Peak (2015)

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Crimson Peak
Movie
6.5/10on IMDb
Released
Notice the red clay coming up through the floors of Allerdale Hall and the snow falling through its ruined roof. Edith can see that the place is in trouble before she understands why the people living there insist on keeping her out of particular rooms. Expect a lush gothic romance with some graphic violence.
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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Movie
4.6/10on IMDb
Released
Follow Lily through the author’s house at the speed she can bear to move. The book she reads gives the rooms a past, and long, quiet views of the interior make it harder to tell how much of that past she can safely uncover. Choose it for whisper-quiet dread with few loud shocks.
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His House (2020)

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His House
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Watch the walls of the home assigned to a refugee couple. Bol and Rial have practical reasons they can’t simply move, and the rooms keep turning their past into something they can hear or see. Expect disturbing visions, sustained grief, and abrupt scares.
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25

The Night House (2021)

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The Night House
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Look for reversed forms as Beth studies the house her husband built. A shape hidden in the ordinary layout can look different when you find a new place to stand. Expect a quiet opening, then forceful sound scares and a disturbing story about grief.
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26

The Orphanage (2007)

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The Orphanage
Movie
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Listen to the rhythm of the games Laura and her son associate with the old orphanage. Following how the children use its hallways gives you a way to read clues the adults miss. Expect a sad, patient ghost story with a few sharp scares and upsetting child peril.
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The Conjuring (2013)

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The Conjuring
Movie
7.5/10on IMDb
Released
Listen to the hide-and-clap game in the farmhouse. Once you’ve learned what the signal means and how sound carries between rooms, it becomes much harder to trust the person you think is on the other side of a door. Expect sustained dread, jump scares, and intense possession scenes.
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The Amityville Horror (1979)

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The Amityville Horror
Movie
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
Watch the family compare what they notice upstairs and what is hidden in the basement. The 1979 movie leans on repetition, making the same sounds and spaces harder to explain with each pass through the house. Expect slow domestic dread, startling imagery, and bursts of violence.
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Beetlejuice (1988)

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Beetlejuice
Movie
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Watch the Maitlands try to leave their own house and find out what lies beyond the threshold. The afterlife handbook gives you rules to compare against the practical work of haunting people who just moved in. Pick it for morbid jokes, visual grotesques, and relatively light scares.
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The Haunted Mansion (2003)

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The Haunted Mansion
Movie
5.3/10on IMDb
Released
Watch the family trip to Gracey Manor turn into a search through rooms with a history the hosts won’t explain. Hidden passages make exploring the house more useful than trying to question its staff. Expect broadly comic scares and a crypt sequence that plays much louder.
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Haunted Mansion (2023)

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Haunted Mansion
Movie
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
Watch what happens when a visitor to Gracey Manor tries to leave. The ghosts make the house a problem its visitors have to come back and solve, while a séance and distinct rooms give the group different ways to approach it. Expect Disney ride humor and quite a few surprise appearances.
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The House by the Cemetery (1981)

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The House by the Cemetery
Movie
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
Listen at the cellar door after the family arrives at a house with a grave indoors. The floor plan keeps sending you to a part of the building the adults can’t explain to the child. Choose it for a long ominous build and very graphic Italian horror.
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The Sentinel (1977)

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The Sentinel
Movie
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
Watch the top floor of the New York brownstone where Alison takes an apartment. A blind priest sits at its window and the neighbors seem to have rules Alison hasn’t learned. The old building gives you quiet scenes of unease before the film turns to much more disturbing imagery.
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The Legend of Hell House (1973)

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The Legend of Hell House
Movie
6.6/10on IMDb
Released
Follow the investigators through Belasco House as they try to measure the activity the property contains. Their equipment is one way to read the rooms, and the reactions of the mediums give you another. Expect a brooding setup, strong supernatural menace, and a few violent shocks.
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35

Burnt Offerings (1976)

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Burnt Offerings
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Pay attention to the rule about leaving food for the elderly woman upstairs in the summer house. Then look at the condition of the rooms as the renters start suffering. The movie keeps both details in view without spelling out the connection early. Expect long stretches of unease and a disturbing culmination.
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Hell House LLC (2015)

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Hell House LLC
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Look at the difference between the Abaddon Hotel’s intended haunted attraction and the parts of the property where no one planned a scare. The crew’s basement props teach you what normal looks like, so a slight change in position can land hard. Expect rough footage, dread, and jarring scares.
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The Skeleton Key (2005)

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The Skeleton Key
Movie
6.5/10on IMDb
Released
Watch Caroline learn what her skeleton key can open in the Louisiana house. The attic gives her something the people downstairs won’t explain, and missing mirrors make a useful detail to keep in mind. Expect a patient Southern gothic mystery with some unnerving ritual imagery.
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The Abandoned (2006)

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The Abandoned
Movie
5.5/10on IMDb
Released
Follow a woman back to the isolated Russian house where her family used to live. A possible relative appears and the property begins to repeat pieces of a past she’s only starting to discover. Choose it for disorientation, sudden violence, and a chilly old-house setting.
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Movie
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
Listen for the ticking as Lewis tries to learn the layout of his uncle’s house. The sound gives you a reason to think about the space inside the walls, while enchanted furnishings make more ordinary corners unpredictable. Expect family fantasy and some monsters that can startle younger viewers.
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Relic (2020)

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Relic
Movie
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
Watch Kay and Sam search the family home for signs of Edna, then keep track of the corridors once the rooms stop making spatial sense. The growing confusion is tied to the fear of losing someone you know. Expect slow, painful dread and an intense stretch of body horror.
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You Should Have Left (2020)

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You Should Have Left
Movie
5.4/10on IMDb
Released
Keep a rough idea of where the rooms sit in the rented house. As Theo starts checking distances, the house gives you evidence that its interior isn’t behaving like the outside. Expect a sparse, unnerving puzzle with a handful of sharp jolts.
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The Uninvited (1944)

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The Uninvited
Movie
7.2/10on IMDb
Released
Listen for the unexplained crying at the house two siblings buy on the coast. Cold rooms and the scent of mimosa give you clues different people can notice without agreeing on their meaning. Choose the 1944 movie for an elegant ghost mystery with gentle scares.
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