A truly effective horror movie made with imagination and style. A dead child murderer starts getting into a group of teenagers' dreams and the line between sleep and reality becomes very blurred. Not one to watch late at night all alone! find out more...

Clive Barker's bizarre and gripping plot has been skilfully adapted into an explosive psycho-drama. A terrifying evil demon has been unleashed, half myth, half reality, its power lies in peoples tendency to drive themselves mad with fear. A genuine, skin-crawlingly original horror flick. find out more...

A father is haunted by the death of his young child. Omens point to disaster and hallucinations predict the future as this wonderful atmospheric film moves to its disturbing climax. Shot in the beautiful city of Venice and based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.

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Guillermo Del Toro's blockbusting tale of a young girl struggling to make sense of the violent world around her was a big 2006 arthouse hit. Continuing his exploration of the impact of the Spanish Civil War on his generation (it was also the backdrop for his excellent ghost story, The Devil's Backbone) Del Toro's fantasy mixes strong horror with fairytale-style aesthetics to great effect, making Ofelia's escape into an imaginary realm a poignant response to the cruel realities of her existence. find out more...

Five builders enter the desolate and ominous Danvers state mental hospital on a two week contract. Though the hospital has long closed it still holds tormented memories and the men, each of whom have a dark secret of their own, are entering the merciless jaws of hell. "Session 9" is a class psychological horror, dripping in atmosphere, well acted, originally plotted and relentlessly unnerving. find out more...

Tom is just your average geezer, but after he is hypnotised at a party he begins to see horrific visions, as they intensify he begins to realise he is witnessing a real and hideous crime. The desire to escape his new-found powers becomes swamped by the overpowering desire to solve the mystery, though the consequences may well be fatal. Stir of Echoes is a very good, dark, psychological thriller. find out more...

Hill House is a dark brooding mansion with a chillingly eerie history. Dr Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, and an unhealthy penchant for terror, is drawn to the site and, along with two researchers and a skeptic, sets out to unravel the house's mysteries.
A really good early horror made thrilling by the atmosphere, the low key sound effects and the chilling camerawork. find out more...

Adrien Brody plays an amnesiac Gulf War veteran, who's either had part of his brain blown away, is a restless spirit or an angel, take it your own way, sentenced to life in a mental institution for a brutal killing he may, or may not, have done. There he is subjected to barbaric drug and sensory deprivation treatment during which he finds himself in 2007 with a girl, Keira Knightley, he met once in the past, a future, moreover, in which he discovers he has been dead for 14 years. How did he die? find out more...

The gloriously ghoulish Christopher Walken stars in this satisfyingly sinister supernatural chiller. A novice priest spooked by nightmares, ducks out of his ordination and becomes a cop instead. Years later, it seems the forces of evil and the ghosts of his past have come back to haunt him. Spooky. find out more...

Tense, taut psycho-horror as the new tenant of a dingy apartment becomes haunted by the presence of the previous occupant, a beautiful young suicide. find out more...