Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "possessed-by-evil-spirit"

1. The Nun II (2023)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

1956 - France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.

Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell

Votes: 58,729

2. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist

Votes: 150,923 | Gross: $102.09M

3. Paranormal Activity (2007)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong

Votes: 256,258 | Gross: $107.92M

4. Conan the Barbarian (2011)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang

Votes: 102,719 | Gross: $21.30M

5. House (1977)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara

Votes: 33,743

6. Shocker (1989)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp

Votes: 17,714 | Gross: $16.55M

7. The First Power (1990)

R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Director: Robert Resnikoff | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson

Votes: 4,883 | Gross: $22.42M

8. Natty Knocks (2023)

TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A small-town babysitter and the kids she is looking after struggle to survive a serial killer on Halloween Eve.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Charlotte Fountain-Jardim, Thomas Robie, Noen Perez, Bill Moseley

Votes: 1,008

9. Son: The Guest (2018)

TV-MA | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A psychic, a Catholic priest, and a detective team up to fight crimes caused by supernatural forces.

Stars: Kim Dong-wook, Kim Jae-Wook, Jung Eun-chae, Park Ho-san

Votes: 2,232

10. Killer Party (1986)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

In order to join a sorority, three friends go to a hazing party in an old house where a sadistic bloodthirsty demonic spirit is lying in wait.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes, Paul Bartel

Votes: 2,651 | Gross: $0.68M

11. Dark Tower (1987)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.

Directors: Freddie Francis, Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Carol Lynley, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 1,257

12. Night of Dark Shadows (1971)

GP | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker

Votes: 1,836 | Gross: $3.05M

13. The Outing (1987)

R | 87 min | Horror

A group of high schoolers decide to stay in a natural museum after closing hours, but a newly acquired and mysterious lamp hiding a deadly force will turn the fun into horror.

Director: Tom Daley | Stars: Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi, Scott Bankston

Votes: 2,138 | Gross: $1.08M

14. The Entity (2019)

114 min | Horror, Thriller

A family is haunted by what appears to be the ghost of their youngest daughter.

Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, John Arcilla, Kent Gonzales, Pam Gonzales

Votes: 318

15. J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Murdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup

Votes: 1,448

16. Haunted (2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After having a near-death experience, ex-cop-turned-private-eye Frank Taylor learns that he has the ability to see and communicate with restless ghosts of murdered people who ask for his ... See full summary »

Stars: Matthew Fox, Russell Hornsby, Lynn Collins, Michael Irby

Votes: 645

17. The Black Cat (1989)

R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An actress starts seeing visions of a witch character called Levana, which she's supposed to play in an upcoming horror movie, and slowly begins to discover a supernatural plot against her life.

Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Florence Guérin, Urbano Barberini, Caroline Munro, Brett Halsey

Votes: 791

18. Long Weekend (2013)

85 min | Horror

The girl Nam befriends the bullied boy Thongsook at the same room in the hospital and she tells that she likes horror films. Thongsook asks whether she would like to see ghosts and he ... See full summary »

Director: Taweewat Wantha | Stars: Natpassara Adulyamethasiri, Acharanat Ariyaritwikol, Chinawut Indracusin, Chamaiporn Jaturaput

Votes: 481

19. Grave Secrets (1989)

R | 90 min | Horror

A woman tormented by ghostly apparitions and a professor of psychic phenomena investigate other-worldly disturbances and unlock the secret of a malevolent force reaching out for vengeance from beyond the grave.

Director: Donald P. Borchers | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Renée Soutendijk, Lee Ving, Olivia Barash

Votes: 537

20. The Widow (2020)

86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades.The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Minin | Stars: Viktotiya Potemina, Anastasiya Gribova, Margarita Bychkova, Ilya Agapov

Votes: 1,014

21. The Dybbuk (1937)

Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

The mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.

Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana

Votes: 715

22. The Faith of Anna Waters (I) (2016)

TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When young and successful reporter Jamie finds out that her sister has died in mysterious circumstances, she travels to Singapore to uncover the truth. There, she discovers multiple deaths ... See full summary »

Director: Kelvin Tong | Stars: Daeng Amer Omar, Darius Tan, Colin Borgonon, Elizabeth Rice

Votes: 2,100

23. P (2005)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Horror

Whilst growing up in rural Thailand, a young orphan girl is taught the ways of magic by her grandmother. But when grandmother falls sick, Dau is lured to Bangkok to find work so that she ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Spurrier | Stars: Suangporn Jaturaphut, Opal, Dor Yodrak, Narisara Sairatanee

Votes: 1,307

24. Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014 Video Game)

M | Crime, Fantasy, Horror

A detective, murdered by a serial killer, returns as a ghost and must combine his investigative skills with powerful supernatural abilities to uncover the shocking link between his own death and a series of killings terrifying the town of Salem.

Director: Yosuke Shiokawa | Stars: Jason Brooks, Cassidy Lehrman, Travis Willingham, Tiffany Espensen

Votes: 1,365

25. 1920: Evil Returns (2012)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A famous poet, Jaidev, meets a woman who has lost her memories. He brings her to his house and tries to help her, but things take an ugly turn when she gets possessed by an evil spirit.

Director: Bhushan Patel | Stars: Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai, Sharad Kelkar, Vidya Malvade

Votes: 2,245

26. Deliver Us (2016)

94 min | Documentary

Documentary about the practice of exorcism and people's issues of everyday life: the contrasts between ancient traditions and modern habits.

Director: Federica Di Giacomo

Votes: 309

27. The Haunted Castle (1969)

83 min | Horror

A young woman turns to the supernatural to wreak revenge on an murderous warlord.

Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Naomi Kobayashi, Mitsuyo Kamei, Yôko Atsuta

Votes: 178

28. Alapaap (1984)

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A YOUNG WRITER'S JOURNEY TO CREATIVITY IS PROPELLED BY THE USE OF DRUGS THAT INDUCE HALLUCINATIONS AND BRING HIM TO HIGHLAND FOLK MYSTICISM.

Director: Tata Esteban | Stars: William Martinez, Mark Gil, Michael De Mesa, Tanya Gomez

Votes: 33

29. Venus Versus Virus (2007)

24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Pricked by a special broach, Sumire finds herself able to see evil spirits (viruses). Lucia exterminates viruses and mistakenly shoots Sumire with an antiviral bullet, which transforms her ... See full summary »

Stars: John Swasey, Blake Shepard, Carli Mosier, Joanne Bonasso

Votes: 95

30. Red Harvest

Comedy, Horror | Announced

Plot unknown.

Director: Zach Klinefelter | Stars: Zach Klinefelter, Benjamin Barton, Jesse Babcock, Chris Hazenberg

31. Son épouse (2014)

108 min | Drama

Gracie, a young Tamil woman living near Madras, has been having behavioural disorders since the day she was married. The memory of her French friend Catherine, who died in unresolved ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Spinosa | Stars: Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Janagi, Angadi Theru Mahesh

Votes: 186

32. Impaktita (1989)

Unrated | Drama, Horror

The people of a small Filipino village believe they have an evil creature called an Impaktita living among them.

Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Jean Garcia, Richard Gomez, Nida Blanca, Gloria Romero

Votes: 35

33. Shining Force II (1993 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

According to legend, the Dark Dragon will return to the world of Rune 1,000 years after being banished to an alternate dimension. He will defy the powers of the Light and lead the powers of... See full summary »

Directors: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Shugo Takahashi

Votes: 143

34. The Dybbuk (1952 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.

Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Maurice Bannister, David Kossoff, Donald Pleasence, Peter Wyngarde

35. Campus Mystery (2015)

94 min | Horror, Thriller

After playing with friends, evoking spirits, Song DuoDuo, a psychology student at the medical college, begins to have a nightmare of three people playing Ouija board game and has a strong impression that something is haunting her.

Director: David Kuan | Stars: Le-er You, Bingqiang Chen, Manyu Yang, Zui Tao

Votes: 6

36. Black Mirror III: Final Fear (2011 Video Game)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Darren alias Adrian is now possessed by the spirit of evil Mordred, so he teams up with a renegade female priest to try and find a way to exorcise and destroy Mordred and save himself.

Directors: Michael Holzapfel, Andrew Grant | Stars: Tony Babcock, Don Berns, Razie Brownstone, David Burfoot

Votes: 161

37. Bunsong kerubin (1987)

Comedy, Drama, Family

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Director: Luciano B. Carlos | Stars: Susan Roces, Matet De Leon, Lotlot De Leon, Ronaldo Valdez

Votes: 10

38. Rocky 666 (1999 Video)

7 min | Short, Action, Comedy

A man who recently lost his wife meets a woman at a dance club. When she turns out to be possessed, he calls in a priest for an exorcism. The demon fights back, and a brawl ensues.

Director: K. Shawn Edgar | Stars: Peggy Ringle, Justin Lundy, Jeff Welk, Clarissa Filice

39. Scarred by the Dead (2014 Video)

38 min | Short, Horror

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Stars: Abby White, Jessica Fildes, Beth Fisher

40. Sabbath (1989)
Episode: The Mask of Satan (1989)

94 min | Horror

Loosely based on Black Sunday (1960), a group of skiers get lost in the mountains, and come across the snowy tomb of a centuries-old witch. They accidentally awaken the witch's vengeful spirit, who then proceeds to possess them one by one.

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Giovanni Guidelli, Debora Caprioglio, Stanko Molnar, Mary Sellers

Votes: 378

41. Brimstone (1998–1999)
Episode: Ashes (1998)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Ezekiel is hunting a serial arsonist with an interesting MO for a damned soul. Detective sergeant Delilah Ash joins him on the case and the two start falling for each other.

Director: Larry Carroll | Stars: Peter Horton, John Glover, Teri Polo, Michael Bowen

Votes: 54

42. Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode: The Ghostmakers (1997)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An army of demonic evil spirits tries invading New York City by secretly possessing its inhabitants one by one - including Eduardo.

Director: Victor Dal Chele | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Pat Musick

Votes: 37

43. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Wendigo (2000)

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

Peter and Lindsay investigate what happened to their three colleagues who went missing in the woods while investigating a werewolf case. The missing team's found footage clues the two in that they're actually dealing with a wendigo.

Director: John Bell | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox

Votes: 15

44. Roar (1997)
Episode: Tash (1997)

44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Conor desperately seeks a solution when an evil spirit possesses Catlin and threatens to destroy her. He discovers one of Galen's magic scrolls may hold the answer, however, unable to read ... See full summary »

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Heath Ledger, Lisa Zane, Sebastian Roché, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 40

45. She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
Episode: What's Got Into Them? (1991)

TV-PG | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Ian's attempts to convince Dr. Mason, his mentor and a famous Oxford mythology professor, to recommend him for a job at the famed university are sidetracked when ghosts inhabit the bodies ... See full summary »

Director: Dennis Abey | Stars: Kate Hodge, Neil Dickson, Scott Fults, Jean Challis

Votes: 19

46. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode: The Grain (2001)

Action, Comedy, Crime

The special unit searches for the sandman. A being that possesses people and the victim experience radical behavioral changes.

Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 35

47. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Asylum (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

While investigating a haunting in an abandoned asylum and rescuing two teenagers who ventured in, Sam and Dean become trapped with the spirits of those who had died in a riot decades ago, ... See full summary »

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Brooke Nevin, Nicholas D'Agosto

Votes: 6,989

48. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.726 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After Trask prays Quentin seems normal. Judith is very impressed with Gregory.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Jerry Lacy

Votes: 31

49. Martin Mystery (2003–2006)
Episode: Curse of the Necklace (2004)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure

When a young woman discovers an ancient Celtic necklace, strange things begin to happen. Martin, Diana, and Java discover that an evil spirit has inhabited her so she can give out evil candy, which causes people to become their costumes.

Directors: Stephane Berry, Gregory Panaccione | Stars: Sam Vincent, Teryl Rothery, Kelly Sheridan, Dale Wilson

Votes: 27

50. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Very Beast Friends (1990)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The Ghostbusters are on a cruise on Ray's brand new sailboat. Suddenly the voyage becomes a nightmare when the Ghostbusters are caught in the immortal battle between Kishnar and Anshar. ... See full summary »

Directors: Stan Phillips, Will Meugniot | Stars: Dave Coulier, Buster Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie

Votes: 58