Supernatural Mysteries
Mysteries with supernatural elements or horror movies that have a real mystery at their core.
Maybe a ghost is trying to help solve its own murder, maybe a psychic is investigating a crime, maybe crimes are being committed by something that turns out to be not quite human. In any event real crimes, investigation, leg work, sneaking and/or snooping, and revelations are required.
This list is an offshoot of Spooky Mysteries.
Maybe a ghost is trying to help solve its own murder, maybe a psychic is investigating a crime, maybe crimes are being committed by something that turns out to be not quite human. In any event real crimes, investigation, leg work, sneaking and/or snooping, and revelations are required.
This list is an offshoot of Spooky Mysteries.
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- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn DouglasAfter experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMarisa ParedesEduardo NoriegaFederico LuppiAfter Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsRay MillandRuth HusseyDonald CrispA composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.Sci-fi mystery
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsGabriele LaviaAnne CanovasPaola TanzianiStefano, a young journalist, buys a used typewriter and accidentally sees that some text is still readable on the ribbon. He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, who in the 1950's discovered that some types of terrain have the power to revive the dead that are buried in them. Stefano's investigations bring him in contact with a group of renegade scientists that are still making experiments to prove Zeder's theories.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsJames EllisonHeather AngelJohn HowardSurviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary MasonA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJennifer O'NeillGabriele FerzettiMarc PorelA clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.
- DirectorPitofStarsGérard DepardieuGuillaume CanetInés SastreParis, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.
- DirectorNicholas McCarthyStarsCaity LotzCasper Van DienMark StegerAs a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother's death and the disappearance of her sister, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home.
- DirectorÓskar Thór AxelssonStarsJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonSara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirA story about a young man and two women who move into a small abandoned town in Iceland to renovate an old house. Little do they know the town has a dark history.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsHarrison FordMichelle PfeifferKatharine TowneThe wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.The pros (Roman Polanski and Frank Langella) outweigh the cons (Johnny Depp) and make this one worth a viewing.
- DirectorPieter Van HeesStarsEline KuppensMatthias SchoenaertsSien EggersWhen Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.Obviously influenced by Rosemary's Baby. But unlike Rosemary, when weird things start to happen to Marie she goes right out and starts nosing around.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellDiane ClareBrook WilliamsDuring a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingRichard PascoIn the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
- DirectorWilliam Peter BlattyStarsGeorge C. ScottEd FlandersBrad DourifA police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsAlbert FinneyDiane VenoraEdward James OlmosA New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.Could've been an episode of Kolchak or X-Files
(no, it's not werewolves) - DirectorPaul AnnettStarsCalvin LockhartPeter CushingMarlene ClarkEight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMia WasikowskaJessica ChastainTom HiddlestonIn the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.It's a wildly unoriginal hodge-podge of bits stolen from other movies, a few from this list but also Rebecca, Flowers in the Attic, The Shining, and the final third of the movie is pretty much just the final third of Notorious. As with 2010's hodge-podge The Black Swan, it makes me sick to think of clueless punk kids watching it and giving it credit for any of the ideas. But, as with Black Swan, I can't deny that I liked the movie (it's easy to make a good movie when you steal only the good parts from a slew of previous attempts). Arg!
And this is Guillermo Del Toro, who used to make such imaginative films (see above). Arrrggg!!!
Seriously? Our protagonist marries a shady man and moves into his isolated house with him and the cold female family member who controls him. She steals a key off the key ring to investigate another part of the house, but before she can slip it back on the ring its absence is noticed. They're on to her! The controlling female family member convinces the husband (who really loves our protagonist) to start slowly poisoning her regular drink to make it look like she gets sick and dies. She only realizes her drinks are poisoned after it's too late and she's too weak to leave. The controlling female family member confines her to her bed and gives an ominous speech. Her true love from outside comes to visit her and she's too weak to tell him what's going on, even as the conspirators stand right behind him. He ends up helping her down a long flight of stairs to the front door. Seriously? Really? Seriously? Are you F-ing kidding me?! AAAAAAARRRRRGGGG!!! - DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."Could've been an episode of X-Files.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.Gory giallo thriller.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJennifer ConnellyDonald PleasenceDaria NicolodiA young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.Gory giallo thriller.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsFaye DunawayTommy Lee JonesBrad DourifA famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.Giallo-esque American thriller.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee TracyA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.And lo, Dr. X begat Kolchak which begat X-files. And it was good.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDarren McGavinJo Ann PflugSimon OaklandA reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRoy ThinnesDon PorterAngie DickinsonAn investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.Extremely Kolchakian. Written by Dan Curtis and even has Claude Akins as the disbelieving, antagonistic local sheriff.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if someone told me this was a Kolchak script in its early stages. - CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.Overall it is a step down from the movies, I'm not going to lie. But there are some genuinely good episodes in there.
And at 50 minutes, they're not much shorter than the 75 minute films. - CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsLance HenriksenMegan GallagherTerry O'QuinnA former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those obsessed with the end of the millennium.The first season of Millennium is a wonder to behold. Quality didn't translate to viewers however, and the show was retooled for a crummy second season (they tried to make it X-Files). This didn't fix things and the show was retooled again for a third season that was crummy in a whole new way (they made it a new-agey cat-lady show).
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosTobe HooperStarsWilliam DevaneCathy Lee CrosbyRichard JaeckelSomeone, or something, is on an indiscriminate killing and mutilation spree during night-time. Frustrated by the clueless police, the father of the first victim is looking for answers, no matter how far fetched they are.A terrible Kolchak ripoff from the late seventies. The only thing I can think is that the original team ran out of money at some point and studio suits took over. The monster is given laser eyes, obviously in in post production (perhaps so they could edit out violence). And its origins are never explained.
This stinker is riffed by the comedians at Rifftrax dot com. You can watch a preview here
https://www.rifftrax.com/the-dark - DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsJohn StinsonDiana DavidsonDavid MosesAn ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism!Another terrible Kolchak ripoff (I guess there were a lot of them?) riffed by the pros at Rifftrax dot com. You can watch a preview here
https://www.rifftrax.com/scared-to-death