The Legend of Hell House
Four brave souls accept the offer (and sizable amounts of cash) from its new owner to spend one week at Belasco House, the “Mount Everest” of haunted houses, in this “Mount Everest” of haunted-house movies.
The Innocents
Jack Clayton’s masterpiece of narrative ambiguity The Innocents begins with a time-honored tableau: Deborah Kerr, hands clasped devoutly, imploring a higher power to make her useful to her young wards (“more than anything, I love children”).
Free Spirits
From a pool of strong contenders, Poltergeist emerged as the defining film of an ‘80s childhood.
The Uninvited
One of the most beloved horror movies of the 1940s that didn’t have the name Val Lewton attached to it, Paramount’s The Uninvited is a classy, atmospheric chiller that remains transgressive to this day.