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Haunted 2018
Documentary
Real people sit down with friends and family to share terrifying true stories from their past, re-created through chilling re-enactments.
The sides of Haunted
- People telling their own ghost stories
- Friends and family listening
- Reenactments of the scariest moments
Good for you if
- you like being scared by stories told as true.
- you like hearing people recount what happened to them.
Bad for you if
- you need proof before you believe in ghosts.
- you want a calm watch before bed. Every story is someone's worst night.
About: fear · family · memory

Paranormal Witness 2011
Documentary
A tense, filmic and high-octane drama-documentary series that brings to life the stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony and grittily realistic drama, the audience is transported into a world turned upside down by extraordinary and terrifying events.
The sides of Paranormal Witness
- Witnesses telling their own hauntings
- Reconstructions shot like horror films
- Events with no explanation
Good for you if
- you like ghost stories told by the people who say they lived them.
- you like reconstructions that build slowly to the scare.
- you like questions that are never answered.
Bad for you if
- you need proof, and testimony isn't enough for you.
- five seasons of hauntings is too much for you.
About: fear · belief · the unexplained
A Haunting 2005
Documentary
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable. Based on true events, A Haunting dramatises some of the scariest stories, revealing a world in which tragedy, suicide and murder have left psychic impressions so powerful that innocent people become forced to deal with them decades later. Through mesmerizing first-person accounts, the mystery and origin of each haunting is powerfully revealed and leaves a lingering sense that life—and death—are much stronger then anyone could have possibly imagined.
The sides of A Haunting
- Families who say their homes are haunted
- Reenactments of paranormal events
- First-person testimonies
Good for you if
- you like being scared by stories people swear really happened.
- you like tracing a haunting back to what happened in the house.
Bad for you if
- you won't commit to twelve seasons of the same format.
- you need proof, not testimonies and reenactments.
About: fear · the past · belief
El resplandor 1980
Película
Jack Torrance se traslada, junto a su mujer y a su hijo, al impresionante hotel Overlook, en Colorado, para encargarse del mantenimiento del mismo durante la temporada invernal, en la que permanece cerrado y aislado por la nieve. Su idea es escribir su novela al tiempo que cuida de las instalaciones durante esos largos y solitarios meses de invierno, pero desde su llegada al hotel, Jack comienza a padecer inquietantes transtornos de personalidad, al mismo tiempo que en el lugar comienzan a suceder diversos fenómenos paranormales.
Las caras de El resplandor
- Un hotel vacío en invierno
- Un padre que se vuelve loco
- Un niño en triciclo por los pasillos
Buena para ti si
- te gusta el pavor que crece despacio en pasillos vacíos.
- te gustan los largos planos deslizándose tras un niño en su triciclo.
- te gusta una interpretación que llega a dar verdadero miedo.
Mala para ti si
- te asustas con facilidad. Algunas imágenes se quedan durante años.
- no soportas ver a una familia amenazada por el padre. La bebida y la rabia de Jack se vuelven contra su mujer y su hijo.
Temas: el aislamiento · la locura · la familia
Cropsey 2010
Documentary
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
The sides of Cropsey
- A Staten Island urban legend
- Children who went missing
- The ruins of an abandoned institution
Good for you if
- you like two filmmakers digging into the disappearances of their childhood.
- you like the chill of a boogeyman story that turns out to be real.
- you like true crime set in the woods and ruins of Staten Island.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about missing children.
- you need every question answered by the end.
About: urban legends · fear · missing children
The Devil and Father Amorth 2018
Documentary
William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be explained by psychiatry, and which became worse during Christian holidays.
The sides of The Devil and Father Amorth
- William Friedkin filming a real exorcism
- Father Amorth, Rome's chief exorcist
- A woman named Cristina on her ninth exorcism
Good for you if
- you like a chill from footage that claims to be real.
- you're curious what the director of The Exorcist saw at a real one.
- you're drawn to possession, faith and what psychiatry can't explain.
Bad for you if
- you need proof, and a filmed exorcism won't convince you.
- you want the effects of The Exorcist, not a small camera in a room.
About: faith · evil · doubt
Nosferatu 2024
Film
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
The sides of Nosferatu
- A young wife haunted by a vampire
- Count Orlok travelling to a German town
- A plague of rats
Good for you if
- you like cold, shadowy images of an 1830s German town.
- you want a horror film where Count Orlok is a real terror lurking in the shadows.
- you like a period film of candles, carriages and a castle in Transylvania.
Bad for you if
- you need a horror film that moves faster.
- you'd rather avoid erotic and disturbing scenes of possession.
About: obsession · desire · death · plague
Unsolved Mysteries 2020
Documentary
Real cases of perplexing disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters fuel this gripping revival of the iconic documentary series.
The sides of Unsolved Mysteries
- Real disappearances and unsolved murders
- UFO sightings and ghost stories
- Families still waiting for answers
Good for you if
- you like a case you can try to solve in an hour.
- you can live with an episode that ends without an answer.
- you like UFO lights in the sky between two murder cases.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real families still grieving a loved one.
- you can't take paranormal episodes next to real crimes.
About: disappearance · the unexplained · grief
Cisne negro 2010
Película
Nina, una brillante bailarina que forma parte de una compañía de ballet de Nueva York, vive completamente absorbida por la danza. La presión de su controladora madre, la rivalidad con su compañera Lily y las exigencias del severo director se irán incrementando a medida que se acerca el día del estreno. Esta tensión provoca en Nina un agotamiento nervioso y una confusión mental que la incapacitan para distinguir entre realidad y ficción.
Las caras de Cisne negro
- Una bailarina que persigue la perfección
- Una rival que quizá no es real
- El lago de los cisnes desde dentro
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación principal que se quiebra ante tus ojos.
- te gusta una paranoia que se aprieta cada vez más.
- te gusta no saber qué es real y qué está en su cabeza.
Mala para ti si
- las escenas de sexo no son para ti, o la ves acompañado.
- la autolesión y el colapso mental son demasiado duros para ti.
Temas: la perfección · la obsesión · la identidad
Midsommar 2019
Película
Una pareja estadounidense que no está pasando por su mejor momento acude con unos amigos a un festival de verano que se celebra cada noventa años en una aldea remota de Suecia. Lo que comienza como unas vacaciones de ensueño en un lugar en el que el sol no se pone nunca, poco a poco se convierte en una oscura pesadilla cuando los misteriosos aldeanos les invitan a participar en sus perturbadoras actividades festivas.
Las caras de Midsommar
- Una mujer en duelo en una fiesta sueca
- Un sol que nunca se pone
- Una pareja que se deshace
Buena para ti si
- te gusta el terror a plena luz del día y entre flores.
- te gusta una secta que se vuelve más extraña cada día.
- te gusta la angustia lenta que se va metiendo.
Mala para ti si
- las muertes explícitas te lo arruinan.
- el duelo, una pareja tóxica y los rituales de una secta son demasiado para ti.
- dos horas y media de angustia lenta son demasiado.
Temas: el duelo · la pertenencia · las rupturas
Hereditary 2018
Película
Cosas extrañas comienzan a suceder en casa de los Graham tras la muerte de la abuela y matriarca, que deja en herencia su casa a su hija Annie. Annie Graham, una galerista casada y con dos hijos, no tuvo una infancia demasiado feliz junto a su madre, y cree que la muerte de ésta puede hacer que pase página. Pero todo se complica cuando su hija menor comienza a ver figuras fantasmales, que también empiezan a aparecer ante su hermano.
Las caras de Hereditary
- Una familia tras el funeral de una abuela
- Un chasquido
- El duelo de una madre que se convierte en otra cosa
Buena para ti si
- quieres un terror que te acompañe durante días.
- te gusta el duelo de una madre interpretado a toda potencia.
- te gusta una angustia que crece despacio.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el gore. Algunas imágenes se muestran de cerca y se sostienen.
- una familia destrozada por el duelo y la enfermedad mental es demasiado para ti.
Temas: el duelo · la familia · el destino
Doctor Sueño 2019
Película
Secuela del film de culto "El resplandor" (1980) dirigido por Stanley Kubrick y también basado en una famosa novela de Stephen King. La historia transcurre algunos años después de los acontecimientos de "The Shining", y sigue a Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), traumatizado y con problemas de ira y alcoholismo que hacen eco de los problemas de su padre Jack, que cuando sus habilidades psíquicas resurgen, se contacta con una niña de nombre Abra Stone, a quien debe rescatar de un grupo de viajeros que se alimentan de los niños que poseen el don de "el resplandor".
Las caras de Doctor Sueño
- Un Danny Torrance adulto que lucha contra su alcoholismo
- Una chica con un resplandor poderoso
- Una tribu que se alimenta de niños psíquicos
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un terror que se te va metiendo dentro, con los fantasmas del Hotel Overlook.
- quieres una caza entre una chica y quienes la acechan.
- te gusta un hombre roto que encuentra una razón para volver a ser útil.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y media son demasiado para ti.
- no soportas el asesinato de un niño en pantalla.
- no puedes ver de cerca el alcoholismo y los traumas de la infancia.
Temas: el trauma · la adicción · la redención
Archive 81 2022
Series
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
The sides of Archive 81
- An archivist restoring burned videotapes
- A 1994 apartment building and a cult
- A missing filmmaker on VHS
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what happened to Melody from old tapes.
- you like slow, creeping horror in a strange apartment building.
- you like two timelines that slowly meet.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a story left on a cliffhanger with no second season.
- you need horror that moves fast.
About: obsession · the past · grief · cults
Häxan 1922
Documentary
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
The sides of Häxan
- A silent essay on witchcraft and the devil
- Staged scenes of torture and confession
- A witches' sabbath reenacted
Good for you if
- you like devils, flying brooms and a sabbath staged in 1922.
- you want images that still unsettle a hundred years later.
- you like the Middle Ages shown through a trial and a confession.
Bad for you if
- a silent black and white film feels dated to you.
- you can't watch torture shown on screen.
About: superstition · witch hunts · madness
The Devil on Trial 2023
Documentary
Explore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
The sides of The Devil on Trial
- A 1981 Connecticut murder trial
- A defense of demonic possession
- A family's account of a boy they say was possessed
Good for you if
- you like weighing a true case with no easy answer.
- you like the chill of exorcism stories told by those who were there.
- you want the real case behind The Conjuring 3.
Bad for you if
- you need claims that hold up to science.
- you can't take a real killing and a family torn apart.
About: faith · justice · fear of the unknown
Beware the Slenderman 2016
Documentary
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
The sides of Beware the Slenderman
- Two 12-year-old girls and an internet legend
- A classmate who survived an attack in the woods in Wisconsin
- Parents trying to understand their daughters
Good for you if
- you want to understand how an online story led to a real crime.
- you like the chill of a creepypasta that crossed into real life.
- you want to hear parents face what their children did.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story about children, violence and mental illness.
- you need answers that bring some peace.
About: the internet · mental illness · childhood
Babadook 2014
Película
Seis años después de la violenta muerte de su marido, Amelia continúa perdida intentando educar a Samuel, su hijo de seis años, que vive aterrorizado por un monstruo que se le aparece en sueños y amenaza con matarlos. Cuando un inquietante libro de cuentos llamado “The Babadook” aparece en su casa, Samuel se muestra convencido de que el Babadook es la criatura sobre la que ha estado soñando. Cuando sus alucinaciones entran en una espiral fuera de control, se vuelve impredecible y violento. Amelia, muy asustada por el comportamiento de su hijo, se ve forzada a medicarle. Pero cuando comienza a vislumbrar una presencia siniestra a su alrededor, Amelia poco a poco se da cuenta de que aquello sobre lo que Samuel la ha estado advirtiendo puede ser real.
Las caras de Babadook
- Una madre viuda que no puede dormir
- Un libro desplegable que no desaparece
- Un niño que fabrica armas contra los monstruos
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un monstruo escondido en los rincones oscuros de una casa.
- te gusta una historia de terror que trata en el fondo de una madre y su hijo.
- te gusta un miedo que crece noche tras noche sin dormir.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas ver a una viuda hundirse en el duelo y el agotamiento.
- quieres saber con certeza si el monstruo es real.
Temas: el duelo · la maternidad · la depresión
Salem's Lot 1979
Series
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
The sides of Salem's Lot
- A writer back in his hometown
- A house on the hill everyone fears
- A vampire turning a town
Good for you if
- you like a child floating at the window at night.
- you like a small town falling apart one neighbour at a time.
- you like 1970s TV horror from Stephen King's novel.
Bad for you if
- three hours over two parts is too much for you.
- you want bloody vampire horror, and this 1979 TV version keeps the gore off screen.
About: evil · fear · home
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer 2021
Documentary
Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.
The sides of Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
- Los Angeles in the summer of 1985
- Two detectives on a serial killer's trail
- Witnesses and survivors telling what they saw
Good for you if
- you like a manhunt where the city waits for the next attack.
- you like the feel of 1980s Los Angeles in archive footage.
- you want the detectives who worked the case to tell it.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear survivors recall attacks in their own homes.
- you can't look at crime scene photos.
About: fear · the hunt · justice

Horror at the Cecil Hotel 2017
Documentary
Not long after the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles opened in 1924, a guest committed suicide in one of its rooms, beginning a decades-long string of murders, suicides or otherwise unexplained...
The sides of Horror at the Cecil Hotel
- A Los Angeles hotel opened in 1924
- Decades of deaths and unexplained cases
- Investigators retracing its history
Good for you if
- you want the real history behind a building with a dark reputation.
- you like going back over deaths that were never fully explained.
- you like the chill of a true story told at night.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real suicides and murders being retold.
- you need every case closed with a clear answer.
About: death · urban legend · Los Angeles