The Hell Above the House (Attic horror movies)
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- DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsLouise FletcherVictoria TennantKristy SwansonChildren are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsKaren BlackOliver ReedBurgess MeredithA family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarMerle OberonGeorge SandersA landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorAlbert LewinStarsGeorge SandersHurd HatfieldDonna ReedA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKate HudsonPeter SarsgaardJoy BryantA hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- DirectorWallace FoxStarsLon Chaney Jr.Brenda JoyceJ. Edward BrombergAn unfaithful attorney is suspected of murdering his wife.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsTony RobertsTess HarperRobert JoyA reporter moves into the Amityville house in defiance of the supernatural events connected to it, and finds everyone around him besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a demonic presence in the basement.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
- StarsBoris KarloffRichard PeelHenry DaniellExperience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
- DirectorJack ClaytonStarsDeborah KerrPeter WyngardeMegs JenkinsA young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
- DirectorDeon TaylorStarsJoseph SikoraAndrew BachelorAnnie IlonzehA much needed getaway and a celebration weekend turns into a nightmare due to the contagious airborne threat.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed SorelA group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingFrancis MatthewsEunice GaysonHaving escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellBarbara ShelleyWilliam LucasA house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsGerald MohrCathy O'DonnellWilliam ChingA newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine DeneuveDanilo MatteiBizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion in Venezia, and it's soon obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJack PalanceConstance SmithByron PalmerAfter an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsPatrick WymarkLinda HaydenBarry AndrewsIn early 18th century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsFranco NeroVanessa RedgraveGeorges GéretAfter moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsLino CapolicchioFrancesca MarcianoGianni CavinaStefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
- 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.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDorothy McGuireGeorge BrentEthel BarrymoreIn 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsKlaus KinskiTalia BalsamBarbara WhinneryA man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLilli PalmerCristina GalbóJohn Moulder-BrownA strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
- DirectorJerren LauderStarsRyan FrancisMorgan AlexandriaBryce FerneliusA group of ex-cons-turned-movers are convinced by their creepy client to pull an all-nighter. As the night progresses, they uncover the horrors that exist inside his old Victorian mansion.
- DirectorJustin P. LangeStarsFinn JonesJessica McNameeThomas Francis MurphyAfter a series of tragedies, Robert moves with his wife back to her childhood home. After he discovers an old portrait of a man who looks like him, he goes down a rabbit hole to discover the identity of this mysterious doppelganger.
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsOmari HardwickLoretta DevineLorraine BurroughsA man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.
- CreatorFrank P. BibasStarsBoris KarloffRobert HardyHarry BartellAn anthology of horror stories hosted by actor Boris Karloff.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsElisabeth MossCatherine Mary StewartJohn SavageEmma and her family are unhappy after moving to her house; one day she went to the attic and found someone who looked like her and began haunting her.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsJames OlsonBurt YoungRutanya AldaA dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.
- DirectorTom PatonStarsShayne WardBentley KaluSamantha SchnitzlerSpecial ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.
- DirectorScott P. LevyStarsAlexandra PaulGreg EviganBriana EviganWill and Maura decide to come to Ireland with their daughter and live on Maura's ancestral estate. But soon weird happenings around the house lead a local priest to confess that Maura's ancestors practiced black magic.
- DirectorDanny DaneauStarsKay D'ArcyMadison DavenportTom FitzpatrickA young brother and sister are forgotten in the vast and lonely landscape of the 19th century American West. Each day, they struggle to keep up the family farm, anxiously waiting for their parents to return. With nowhere to escape, the two siblings are about to discover that they are not entirely alone. As much as they try to deny the truth, something behind the attic door has awakened and they must now face their greatest fear. THE ATTIC DOOR is the story of love, loss, loneliness, and the truth behind childhood fears.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEthan HawkeJuliet RylanceJames RansoneA controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
- DirectorJae-yeon YunStarsSong Ji-hyoPark Han-byeolJo AnA staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.
- DirectorGlen MorganStarsMichelle TrachtenbergMary Elizabeth WinsteadLacey ChabertOn Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsAnthony HopkinsEdward NortonRalph FiennesA retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsBonita GranvilleFrankie ThomasJohn LitelNancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsOliver ReedSamantha EggarArt HindleA man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
- DirectorDan AllenStarsKate ListerLucy-Jane QuinlanBecca HiraniFour American best friends decide to take the back roads travelling to a wedding in England, on their way a deadly secret forces the girls to be stranded in the woods, where they discover a house occupied by Miss Perkins.
- DirectorPhil ClaydonStarsMichael VartanErin MoriartyNadine VelazquezA widower moves into a seemingly perfect new home with his daughter and new wife.
- DirectorAndrés BaizStarsQuim GutiérrezMartina GarcíaMaría Soledad RodríguezShattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. But can he look beyond the facts?
- DirectorD.J. CarusoStarsKate BeckinsaleMel RaidoDuncan JoinerA mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsSarah Michelle GellarJason BehrClea DuVallAn American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
- DirectorChristian VolckmanStarsOlga KurylenkoKevin JanssensJoshua WilsonMatt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child.
- DirectorDaniel RayStarsSamuel BrianJoei FulcoJoseph BellAfter discovering a mysterious doll in an attic, two high school friends are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing and unexplained events.
- DirectorShannon HolidayScott ChambersStarsNicola WrightChelsea GreenwoodSarah Alexandra MarksA deadly nest of spiders lurk in the attic - And the nest is about to be awoken by a news reporter and her colleagues.
- DirectorDaisuke YamanouchiStarsMiyuki KatôYukio KokagoSalmon SakeyamaAnother four average citizens play the 'King Game', for a chance to win big money. They torture each other in increasingly horrific ways as per the games rules.
- DirectorThomas Della BellaStarsTodd LoweBrooke ButlerHannah NordbergWhen a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques inhabited by an evil spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger.
- DirectorEzio MassaStarsCristina AlberóAdrián SpinelliRodrigo Guirao DíazPeople say that nobody dares to play it. There's a game played 5 minutes before midnight, and suddenly something comes up.
- StarsLilia BuckinghamPaula Jai ParkerFrancesca CapaldiWhen Eleanor "Nellie" Chambers shows up at Crown Lake Academy, a fancy boarding school, she knows this school is her ticket to a new life. She also knows fitting in and learning the ropes won't be easy. Until she finds a guide.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an inexplicable presence in the mansion's attic.
- DirectorRichard RoyStarsKristy SwansonDavid KeeleyChristopher BondyWhile going through a difficult divorce from her domineering, businessman husband, Alexandra moves back into her old childhood home, where she's forced to re-examine the circumstances surrounding the murder of her aunt by her insane mother several years ago when Alexandra was a young girl. As a series of bizarre and unsettling incidents prod Alexandra to investigate her past, she finds herself wandering deeper into danger as her past comes back to haunt her.
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsAshley TisdaleRobert HoffmanCarter JenkinsA group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonRose ByrneTy SimpkinsA family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
- DirectorSergio G. SánchezStarsGeorge MacKayAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie HeatonA young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
- DirectorJeff BuhlerStarsJesse MetcalfeKiele SanchezPeter StormareAfter he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
- DirectorIsaac EzbanStarsAml AmeenMartin WallströmGeorgia KingA group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.
- DirectorJason MillsStarsLeon BourikosNathan DashwoodRobert L. DuncanWhen an accidental death takes the life of a young boy, the family moves to a country home for a fresh start, only to discover there is something much worse than than their memories and guilt living in the attic.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsElizabeth MontgomeryLillian GishGig YoungBased on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute girl, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer who preys on young handicapped women.
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsRon FosterMerry AndersRichard CraneAn architect and his wife encounter bizarre occurrences as they survey a mansion built by an eccentric heiress.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsScott JacobyPippa ScottJohn LarchA perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
- DirectorJosh StolbergStarsRaleigh HolmesLori LoughlinJonathan SilvermanThe Gates family dream house turns quickly into a nightmare when their life is disturbed by the deranged previous owner who plots to retake his home and the Gates children for his own - hiding in the house attic and methodically taking out all those that stand in his way.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPeter CushingJohn HurtAlexandra BastedoA former Priest named Dr. Lawrence harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage tastes in India during his father's missionary work there. Lawrence fears that his son will escape to prey upon the effete guests at his rural English estate during a cross-country auto race.
- DirectorIsaac EzbanStarsRaúl MéndezMagda BrugengheimHumberto BustoTwo parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road - for a very long time.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsOliver ReedGig YoungCarol LynleyA series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house.
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAdam ScottToni ColletteDavid KoechnerA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsPatty DukeRosemary MurphyRichard ThomasFrancesca Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town and gets snowed in with her during a fierce blizzard. Forced to wait it out, she slowly uncovers some terrible dark secrets that her mother-in-law has been hiding, such as her psychotic other son, who has recently escaped from the asylum and is shacked up in the basement.
- DirectorJeremy KastenStarsAndras JonesSeth GreenJeffrey CombsAn amnesiac awakens in an asylum for the criminally insane and must find answers as those around him die one by one.
- DirectorJonathan GlendeningStarsIsabella CalthorpeTom FeltonGemma AtkinsonSarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family.
- DirectorFritz BöhmStarsBel PowleyBrad DourifLiv TylerA blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood.
- DirectorHoward R. CohenStarsRichard BenjaminPaula PrentissJeffrey TamborA family inherits an old mansion which houses the dangerous 'Book of Evil' that has all the monsters of the world trapped inside it.
- DirectorTravis ZariwnyStarsSummer H. HowellKeenan LehmannMeredith RoseA girl and her friends find a game in the attic that summons a creature known as The Midnight Man, who uses their worst fears against them.
- DirectorJames HeadStarsNicollette SheridanJudd NelsonAlex McArthurDuring a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
- DirectorCuyle CarvinStarsThomas DowneyDee WallaceTrinity SimpsonA struggling children's book author and his rebellious teenage daughter move into a house they've inherited and find mysterious dolls in the attic. The father and daughter soon learn that the dolls have a sinister - and deadly - past.
- DirectorLeigh ScottStarsSarah LievingGriff FurstDean StockwellA single mother delivers a monstrous baby boy, somehow connected to a dark prophecy involving the Black Brotherhood, a book called the Necronomicon, and a demonic portal.
- DirectorMatthew PatrickStarsGary BuseyMimi RogersMichael McKeanA deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsIan Patrick WilliamsCarolyn Purdy-GordonCarrie LorraineA dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
- DirectorPhilip GelattStarsPatrick BreenAlexandra ChandoCharlie HewsonA stranger with mysterious intentions comes to stay the night at a secluded country home, but what he finds inside is a family torn apart by a violent past and a horrifying, deadly secret.
- DirectorSteve HudginsStarsSteve HudginsMichael CoonJessica LeonardThe lives of several people take a terrifying turn after discovering the attic in an old house with a mysterious past.
- DirectorMark RosmanStarsKate McNeilEileen DavidsonJanis WardAfter a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
- DirectorNicholas VersoStarsKyana TeresaGeorgia WatersVerity MarksJust before Christmas, young Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion with a dark past. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a toy chest hidden in the attic, and are delighted when the toys inside magically come to life. But bizarre events soon begin to take place - events that threaten the family's lives. As the special day dawns with gifts piled under the tree, the body count rises and the blood starts to flow. This original "scary-tale" will have the kids screaming for the holidays!
- DirectorAndrea MugnainiStarsAlan Cappelli GoetzAndrea FachinettiHolly Louise MumfordSarah and her friends decide to spend the weekend at an old villa Sarah mysteriously inherited. After finding a Ouija Board in the attic, Sarah and her friends unknowingly awaken an evil force connected to the villa's hidden secrets. To fight the unimaginable horror they will have to face their darkest fears and worst nightmares.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.
- DirectorEddy MatalonStarsAlan ScarfeBeverly MurrayRandi AllenA young girl is possessed by the spirit of her aunt, who died as a child in a car accident. Soon, people around her begin to mysteriously die off.
- DirectorRichard FranklinStarsAnthony PerkinsVera MilesMeg TillyAfter twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsJimmy McNicholSusan TyrrellBo SvensonAn orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsTisa FarrowSaverio ValloneSerena GrandiA group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsDavid CarradineMichael MoriartyCandy ClarkNYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
- DirectorMichael DuganStarsMarjoe GortnerBobbie BreseeNorman BurtonA 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.