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- DirectorClive BarkerStarsScott BakulaKevin J. O'ConnorJ. Trevor EdmondA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLouis JourdanLynda Day GeorgeCarroll O'ConnorA psychiatrist investigates a man possessed by a spirit living in an antique mirror that can bring dead people back to life.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsRobert CulpGig YoungJohn HurtA criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGranville Van DusenBeatrice StraightTovah FeldshuhAfter a near-death experience from a vehicle accident, a sportswriter finds that people in the afterlife are able to contact him and cryptically suggest that he help someone they know.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsGranville Van DusenJoBeth WilliamsBarnard HughesA golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island. An episode called "Monster" from the TV-series "The World Beyond".
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsLeonard NimoySusan HampshireRachel RobertsA US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate them.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.
- CreatorHans BeimlerRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsPaul BlackthorneValerie CruzTerrence MannHarry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
- 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.
- CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
- CreatorEvan KatzStarsMichael LandesAlexondra LeeRichard GantDetectives Kate Benson and Nick O'Malley from a secret Chicago P.D. unit solve violent crimes committed by mythological creatures aka 'Links' while trying to hide the Links existence from the general public.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThe discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.Based on the Hellblazer comics, and it was all a little disappointing. If they'd cast better and stuck closer to the source material it would have been much better, but judged without the source material in mind, it wasn't too bad - well not as bad as I was expecting it to be anyway!!
- DirectorKevin MunroeStarsBrandon RouthAníta BriemSam HuntingtonThe adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.A rather disappointing adaptation of the classic Italian comic series[1], there were some nice ideas but the execution was poor and the ending was laughable. Pity.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Dog - DirectorSasa NumicStarsBen SetonTim PowellJames BlakelyWatch on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/38613752 - DirectorMartin CampbellStarsFred WardDavid WarnerJulianne MooreIn a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
- 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.Occult detectives are very popular these days (as popular as they were back in Victorian/Edwardian times, when Spiritualism was at its height being opposed by the emerging modern scientific method) and it is always going to be difficult pinning down quite what one work helped take things to the next level. However, if you were forced to pick something, then it has to be The X-Files, whose influence can clearly be seen in Alias, Warehouse 13, Fringe, etc. where you have slicker, often government-backed investigators into what is usually the more scientifically strange.
Where you have the scuzzier, private eye delving into occult matters (Dresden Files, Lord of Illusions, Curandero, Grimm and all the other such investigators in urban fantasy/horror books and comics that haven't made it to the screen) then you have to point the finger at Hellblazer, which was disappointingly adapted as Constantine. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonBilly ConnollyMulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
- TV SeriesThe adventures of a British combat magician named William Gravel.Based on the Warren Ellis comics[1], should be good, if it ever gets off the ground (he hasn't had much like in this area, as Global Frequency, above, demonstrates).
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravel_%28comics%29 - DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- 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.
- CreatorDavid GreenwaltJoss WhedonStarsDavid BoreanazCharisma CarpenterAlexis DenisofThe vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption.Buffy spin-off which starts off with Angel setting up his own detective agency, although that story engine was largely sidelined later on.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.It might not be the occult they are investigating but the science is so far out there, Clarke's Third Law[1 applies.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws - 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.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.Draws heavily on that dirty modern magic feel popularised in Hellbalzer, at the time of writing it has managed to capture this far better than any John Constantine outing yet.
- CreatorHans BeimlerRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsPaul BlackthorneValerie CruzTerrence MannHarry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.Based on the novel series by Jim Butcher.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsHugh JackmanKate BeckinsaleRichard RoxburghThe famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanDoug JonesSelma BlairA demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanSelma BlairDoug JonesA prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth. Hellboy and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLouis JourdanLynda Day GeorgeCarroll O'ConnorA psychiatrist investigates a man possessed by a spirit living in an antique mirror that can bring dead people back to life.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- 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.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsRobert CulpGig YoungJohn HurtA criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsGranville Van DusenBeatrice StraightTovah FeldshuhAfter a near-death experience from a vehicle accident, a sportswriter finds that people in the afterlife are able to contact him and cryptically suggest that he help someone they know.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsGranville Van DusenJoBeth WilliamsBarnard HughesA golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island. An episode called "Monster" from the TV-series "The World Beyond".
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsLeonard NimoySusan HampshireRachel RobertsA US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate them.
- 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.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsScott BakulaKevin J. O'ConnorJ. Trevor EdmondA private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.
- 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.
- CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
- 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."
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsStuart TownsendGabrielle UnionEric JungmannInvestigative reporter Carl Kolchak, who's after his wife's killer, teams up with Perri Reed, Jain McManus, and their boss Tony Vincenzo to investigate strange crimes in Los Angeles that may contain dark supernatural elements.
- DirectorKiyoshi YamamotoStarsSayaka HosakaHitomi MiwaKazunori TaniNanami and Daisue join their high school's occult research club to investigate a curse surrounding a student who committed suicide after being possessed by the spirit of a doll. They go to "The Doll Cemetery" - but will they leave alive?aka Occult Detective Club: The Doll Cemetery
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDavid JanssenBarbara RushBradford DillmanAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.Public domain, get from the Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/MoonoftheWolf_ - DirectorDan CurtisStarsDarren McGavinJo Ann PflugSimon OaklandA reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- 1971–197352m6.4 (117)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan CookeStarsDonald PleasenceTony SteedmanMichele DotriceA ghost detective named Carnacki investigates the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the homeowner's daughter and her fiance. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.The only Carnacki adaptation I am aware of, from a series adapting works based on other detectives around at the time of Sherlock Holmes.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsStephen ManganDarren BoydLisa JacksonHolistic detective Gently relies on the universe to unravel mysteries based on the 'interconnectedness of all things'.A subversion/inversion of the genre but worth flagging up here.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordCate BlanchettShia LaBeoufIndiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- Based on Steve Nile's comic book and novel series[1], but it has been in development for quite a while now.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Macabre - 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.Here for the thumbnail graphic, the list begins below:
- CreatorMarc SilvestriMichael TurnerStarsYancy ButlerDavid ChokachiAnthony CistaroNYPD Det. Sara Pezzini has a supernatural weapon and abilities to help her fight evil.
- DirectorRalph HemeckerStarsYancy ButlerAnthony CistaroConrad DunnWitchblade is the story of New York detective, Sara Pezzini, whose search for justice leads her to an arcane weapon that grants her the power to battle Earth's darkest evil forces.Pilot for the TV series
- CreatorEvan KatzStarsMichael LandesAlexondra LeeRichard GantDetectives Kate Benson and Nick O'Malley from a secret Chicago P.D. unit solve violent crimes committed by mythological creatures aka 'Links' while trying to hide the Links existence from the general public.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonBrian GrazerStarsTrevor EveDennis DuganNina FochA disparate duo investigates the paranormal.
- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsRyan ReynoldsJeff BridgesMary-Louise ParkerA cop killed by his own partner joins RIPD, an afterlife law enforcement department working to apprehend various monsters disguised as humans living on earth, and gets paired up with a smart-mouthed veteran.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyDavid EigenbergA reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsTony Ka Fai LeungChao DengCarina LauAn exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.Inspired by real-life figure Di Renjie[1], who inspired a number of detective stories, the 18th Century Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee[2] and the English-language translator would then go on to write a series of Judge Dee stories[3], and here takes a leap off into stranger territory.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Renjie
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrated_Cases_of_Judge_Dee
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dee_stories - DirectorBen RockStarsDavid BickfordBob DeRosaDesi DoyenAn reporter trying to figure out that a secret agency named "B.P.R.D"(related to Hellboy(2004)) has ever existed or not.There is something online but not of the length listed here. You can watch it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvIJQGz9s-Q - CreatorEiji TsuburayaStarsKenji SaharaYasuhiko SaijôHiroko SakuraiThe first entry of Tsuburaya Productions' "Ultra Series," in which an aviator/amateur sci-fi writer, his plucky assistant, and a young female newspaper reporter investigate strange phenomena, usually involving aliens and giant monsters.Like a B&W X-Files with giant monsters.
- StarsJack DavenportSusannah HarkerIdris ElbaThe six-episode series, first aired in 1998, stars Jack Davenport as Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield, who discovers a secret government vampire-hunting unit while investigating the disappearance of his partner.A policeman's investigations dig too deep and he discovers some dark truths about the way the world works - a successful updating of vampires, definitely worth a watch.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinCarl LumblySydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.On the surface a spy-fi series but one with a more... occult storyline running through it (revolving around Rambaldi[1]). Could be seen as dabbling in themes that would be explicit in JJ Abrams' later TV series Fringe.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Rambaldi - StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.A police detective ends up tracking down odd artefacts which all came from one obscure motel room where something very strange happened.
- CreatorJane EspensonD. Brent MoteStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekPete and Myka, U.S Secret Service agents, are deployed in South Dakota's Warehouse 13 with a new assignment from an authority above and outside the government.Secret service agents hunt down mysterious artefacts
- StarsSeiichi TanabeRin TakanashiHiroyuki OnoueUltra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monsters appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.The return of Ultra Q.
- CreatorJim DunnSam ErnstStarsEmily RoseLucas BryantEric BalfourMany in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.
- StarsPeter StormareChristopher LambertMax BrownA bounty hunter of lost masterpieces is at the end of his tasks. But one last assignment by a mysterious Countess will force him to discover his dark legacy.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard EganConstance DowlingHerbert MarshallA security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots.
- DirectorCurt SiodmakHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard CarlsonKing DonovanJean ByronThe Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.The first of a trilogy of films that tell the adventures of the Office of Scientific Investigation, a proto-X-Files team who investigate mysteries (although they tend to have a hard science explanation).
- DirectorRichard CarlsonHerbert L. StrockStarsWilliam LundiganHerbert MarshallRichard CarlsonThree men are assigned by the Office of Scientific Investigation to man rocket ships to outer space and attempt to capture a meteor.The second film in the trilogy, here for the sake of completeness as there isn't much here that mysterious.
- DirectorRoberto D'AntonaStarsRoberto D'AntonaFrancesco EmuloMichele Friuli"My name is Dylan Dog, I'm a nightmare inquiring, but lately I'm a failed ..." so begins the new adventure of the beloved Old Boy, now exhausted and tormented by strange nightmares for several nights hiding something truly terrifying pushing him to depression. A terrifying adventure awaits our Dylan, an adventure that will haunt his mind through his sleep remembering the steps of the "Divine Comedy" opera. In the company of Mr. Dog, there will be his loyal assistant Groucho, the old Inspector Bloch and many others. Some will help him, others will want to kill him.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesPeter StormareReeves will reprise his role as supernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine. Who, in the original is dying, but sticks around to save his soul by keeping demons in hell from breaching earth.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsMatthew LillardFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle GellarAfter an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
- CreatorPeter AykroydChristopher ChaconStarsNancy Anne SakovichBarclay HopeColin FoxA science team that works for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates the reports of supernatural phenomena.
- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle GellarMatthew LillardThe Mystery Inc. gang must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang.
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsMichelle ForbesAimee GarciaJosh HopkinsDetective Sean Flynn and scientist Kate Finch are the latest recruits of The Global Frequency, a secret rogue spy agency that handles threats to global security. They must find a man who's somehow been melting people with his mind.Pilot for a TV series based on Warren Ellis' comic book series of the same name[1], which feature a group dealing with global threats from the paranormal to the technological. The series was never picked up but other people were working on another adaptation. I do wonder if Fringe has rather poured cold water on this, but then perhaps its success made it more likely. Unfortunately, as nothing has been heard of this in a few years it might be dead again.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Frequency - DirectorEduardo RodriguezStarsSergio AcostaGizeht GalateaCarlos GallardoA journey that takes one man into the bowels of black magic in Mexico City
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsJoseph BarberaStarsDon MessickCasey KasemNicole JaffeA group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.One of the classics of early occult detecting, at least until Scrappy Doo joined the gang!!
There are also animated standalone movies, but I'll focus on the live action spin-offs on this list to avoid this swerving into a largely Scooby Doo list. - DirectorChristopher McCullochStarsJames UrbaniakPatrick WarburtonMichael SinterniklaasWhile Dr. Venture constructs his Venturestien Monster, Brock has an existential crisis and a parody "Scooby Gang" arrives, looking to solve a "Mystery". Hilarity, violence, tripping on some vine juice, and a general pissing on Scooby Doo.I thought this worth flagging up as one of the best Scooby Doo spoofs, where the influences not only draw from the show but also real-life killers and lunatics.[1]
Oddly I was wondering if anyone had tried this only days before it popped up on TV, as if The Universe itself was answering my question. Thank you Universe.
[1] http://venturebrothers.wikia.com/wiki/The_Groovy_Gang - CreatorDaniel CeroneDavid S. GoyerStarsMatt RyanHarold PerrineauCharles HalfordA man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.I wasn't initially sold on the series, but as it went along it was clear it was drawing heavily on the ideas, themes and characters of the first series and doing it quite well, so it won me around in the end. However, I still find his accent jarring, but I am from Liverpool so...
- DirectorMatt GonzalezStarsSteven HaworthJeryd PojawaTodd W. FulkersonSnakes, spiders, demons, magick, the occult, and bar fights; just another night for John Constantine. The battle in the heart of a true Hellblazer rages on and one family will never be the same.
- DirectorHarry Locke IVStarsRobbie AllenPaul HirdJohn Constantine finds himself beaten and bound at the hands of a London gangster out to impress his boss by doing the dark magician in for good. A non-profit concept film that aims to re-imagine the cinematic representation of the dark hero from DC Comics and Vertigo lore, John Constantine of the "Hellblazer" series. In an adaption of Issue #230 written by Andy Diggle, "In at the deep end Pt.1."
- Based on the comic book of the same name.
- CreatorJohn RogersStarsRebecca RomijnChristian KaneLindy BoothA group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts.Seems to be Syfy filling the Warehouse 13 slot, with a possible eye on Agents of SHIELD.
- DirectorRichard Adam ReynoldsStarsDavid ChabeauxDarren MaffucciPaul MarshOne I added.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsAnton YelchinAshley SommersLeonor VarelaIn a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.Rather effective adaptation of Dean Koontz's novel, better than I was expecting from the critical reception it got and it does seem to fit in with the general occult detective cross-genre, as he not only sees dead people but also malevolent entities which flock to death and destruction, he then has to investigate the mystery this is all leading him too.
Perhaps watch it in a double bill with John Dies at the End (as I thought it had certain resonances with it), but watch this second (it is better).