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...

A psycho-chiller/thriller from the master of the genre as the naive young wife of a rich Cornish land owner is haunted by the image of his first glamorous wife, Rebecca. The usual mix of pyschology and fine film making, and widely considered to be one of Hitchcock's best works. Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards. find out more...

Sir Henry's disgusting ancestral home has spawned an industry; a Radio 4 sketch, Peel-show episodes, Bonzo track, complete album, stage readings, his motto is 'Omnes Blotto', his home is Knebworth, outside a dusty heap of rotten food and excrement and empty bottles within. A superb spoof, with Howard as the sad figure of Sir Henry showing the camera crew around his dilapidated and decrepit stately home. Based on Viv 'Doodah Dog Band' Stanshall's poem/song and beautifull filmed in monochrome, it' 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...

Shortly after coming to live with orphans Flora and Miles in their dark, eerie mansion, the new governess begins to realise that her young charges share their bodies with evil spirits and sets about trying to save the children from their fate at increasing personal risk to herself. Based on Henry James' gothic ghost tale "The Turn Of The Screw", 'The Innocents' is rich in malevolent atmosphere, a classic spine chiller. find out more...

Apocalyptic look at mankind's self-destructive descent back to savagery. The Antichrist is reborn in 20th Century Italy and immediately prophecies are fulilled, enemies vanquished and the dark forces re-awakened. Superior horror, tense and unforgiving, with some classic mayhem scenes!

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It's the end of WW2 and highly strung Grace and her two photosensitive children are awaiting the return of her husband. Grace lives an isolated and twilght existence but after the arrival of three uninvited servants she becomes convinced that the house is haunted by malevolent spirits. The Others is a stylish, spooky, highly intelligent ghost story that builds up the tension without having to resort to blood and guts.

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Bergman's fascinating and acclaimed allegorical search for a meaning for human existance. A disillusioned soldier returns from the Crusades to find plague ravaging Europe. Death arrives in person to take his soul, but by beating him at chess he earns a reprieve. Repressive, dark, medieval and superb! find out more...

Superb supernatural suspense thriller, relying on good old-fashioned atmosphere rather than technological wizardry to provide the edge-of-the-seat factor. Bruce Willis plays Dr Malcolm Crowe, an esteemed child psychologist haunted by his failure to save an ex-patient. Before calling it a day Crowe decides to take on one last case - that of a very frightened eight year old boy, Cole Sear, who has a dark secret - he sees dead people. Too young to see how he's supposed to help these troubled spirit find out more...

Kitsch classic, shot in glorious Technicolor with amazing special effects that bagged it three Academy Awards for technical brilliance. A romantic fantasy adventure, following the deposed King of Bagdad, who's been thrown into a dungeon where he meets Abu, the best thief in all of Bagdad. Together they escape and set about a series of adventures that involve a Djinni in a bottle, a mechanical flying horse, an all-seeing magic jewel, a flying carpet and a beautiful Basra princess, who's betrothed find out more...