Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "child-ghost"

1. Ghost Ship (2002)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.

Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington

Votes: 109,059 | Gross: $30.11M

2. The Changeling (1980)

R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery

After 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.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh

Votes: 40,040

3. The Orphanage (2007)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A 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.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera

Votes: 163,655 | Gross: $7.16M

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel

Votes: 50,698 | Gross: $22.17M

5. Gretel & Hansel (2020)

PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw

Votes: 34,054 | Gross: $15.35M

6. Maps to the Stars (2014)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack

Votes: 42,880 | Gross: $0.35M

7. The Devil's Backbone (2001)

R | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After 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.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve

Votes: 71,029 | Gross: $0.75M

8. The 13th Floor (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror

As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and together they set out to expose the crimes of her father.

Director: Chris Roache | Stars: Kylie Clare, Tony Blackett, Allen Leong, Matthew Nicholls

Votes: 566

9. Witchboard (1986)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When his girlfriend becomes dangerously obsessed with a ghost she contacted using a Ouija board, Jim reluctantly joins forces with her ex-his own estranged childhood best friend-to identify and exorcise the evil spirit.

Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, Kathleen Wilhoite

Votes: 8,254 | Gross: $7.37M

10. Suburban Gothic (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

City-boy Raymond returns to his hometown and finds a vengeful ghost is terrorizing his house. Therefore, this man-child recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening people's lives.

Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven

Votes: 5,271

11. The Elevator (2023)

86 min | Horror

A reporter discovers all is not as it seems at an infamous hotel.

Directors: Becca Hirani, Tom J. Kelly | Stars: Chrissie Wunna, Alix Maxwell, George Nettleton, Danielle Scott

Votes: 172

12. Spellbound (2011)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.

Director: In-ho Hwang | Stars: Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ki, Park Chul-min, Kim Hyun-sook

Votes: 3,690

13. Dementia 13 (2017)

Unrated | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

At a wealthy family's estate, extortionists go after their matriarch and her inheritance while a ghost and an ax-wielding figure lurk in the shadows.

Director: Richard LeMay | Stars: Julia Campanelli, Channing Pickett, Steve Polites, Marianne Noscheze

Votes: 1,064

14. Pagpag 24/7 (2024)

130 min | Comedy

Haunted by the ghost of a past crime, two friends find themselves stranded with strangers in a convenience store where abandoned souls await their victims.

Director: JR Reyes | Stars: Jerald Napoles, Nicco Manalo, Danita Paner, Wilbert Ross

15. Stalker (II) (2010)

R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller

A writer struggling with her second novel is terrorised by a homicidal PA.

Director: Martin Kemp | Stars: Jane March, Anna Brecon, Jennifer Matter, Danny Young

Votes: 611

16. The 11th Hour (1995 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

It has been 62 years ever since the murders of the six guests in Henry Stauf's abandoned mansion of puzzles. The year is 1995, and you are reporter Carl Denning, for a TV forensic program, ... See full summary »

Director: David Wheeler | Stars: Robert Hirschboeck, Douglas O'Keeffe, Saraphina Joachim, Frances King

Votes: 110

17. Cinco (II) (2010)

151 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A creative horror movie made up of five unique short films tied together by a similar theme.

Directors: Ato Bautista, Cathy Garcia-Sampana, Frasco Mortiz, Nick Olanka, Enrico C. Santos | Stars: Sam Concepcion, AJ Perez, Robi Domingo, Baron Geisler

Votes: 112

18. The Legend of Cryin' Ryan (1998)

PG | 92 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

In a small town, young girl called Kris and her best friend Kevin must help the restless spirit of a young bully killed 40 years ago find out who killed him so he can find peace and go to Heaven.

Directors: Deanna Shapiro, Julie St. Claire | Stars: Andi Eystad, Michael Heidemann, Harrison Myers, Ernie Lively

Votes: 129

19. AMBER: Journeys Beyond (1996 Video Game)

Unrated | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Roxy, a paranormal researcher has been studying her newly purchased house in North Carolina, which is believed to be haunted. She has been working with technology experts to develop new ... See full summary »

Stars: Sandi Fix, Emily Andress, Susan Wimmer, Johnny Isley

Votes: 25

20. Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

Survival horror action adventure set in 1941 about Elspeth "Doc" Holliday and The Stranger from Nocturne (1999) investigating if the mythical Blair Witch truly caused villager Rustin Parr to murder a group of Burkittsville children.

Director: Joe Wampole | Stars: Candace Evans, Lynn Mathis, Sean Hennigan, Dameon Clarke

Votes: 105

21. Travis (1996 TV Movie)

79 min | Horror, Mystery

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Director: Václav Postránecký | Stars: Frantisek Nemec, Josef Somr, Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Pavel Povrazník

Votes: 24

22. Tong tong de fengling mishi (2019)

85 min | Horror, Thriller

Based on a Thai ghost story of Kuman Thong, the film revolves around a woman who has caused the death of her young brother a long time ago. When she returns to the old house where they ... See full summary »

Director: Ning Liu | Stars: Zehao An, Monica Chan, Pei-Pei Cheng, Shanliushui Gao

Votes: 14

23. Christmas Spirits (1981 TV Movie)

45 min | Horror

Julia, a Hollywood property scout, is looking for a house to star in a horror movie, she finds more than she bargained for at Glebes Hall.

Director: June Wyndham-Davies | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Stephanie Cole, Norma West, Ben Aris

Votes: 45

24. Don't Stare (II) (2017)

8 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

Jarod returns to an empty house from visiting his grandmother and is terrorized by an unlikely antagonist.

Director: Evan Sparks | Stars: Nicole Celine, Rashaad Martin

Votes: 81

25. A Child's Voice (1978)

30 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A popular radio personality writes and broadcasts ghost stories over the air. He receives a strange call warning him not to finish his latest story, which is about a child who dies assisting in a magician's show.

Director: Kieran Hickey | Stars: T.P. McKenna, R.D. Smith, Stephen Brennan, June Tobin

Votes: 62

26. The Ice Cream Van (2012)

Short, Drama, Horror

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Director: Shane Vahey | Stars: Zach Gaudiano, Bryan Torfeh, Catherine Dulin

27. 3 Verses (2016)

13 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

A girl reaches a psychic looking for help after a ghost besieges her home.

Director: Antonio Yee | Stars: Laura Mariscal, Edvan Galván, Daniela López, Dayhana García

Votes: 93

28. The Ambar Child (2020)

15 min | Short, Horror

The neglected ties between a mother and her Ambar Child brings strange occurrences to the family.

Director: Melvin Giovanie | Stars: Irene Sonia, Melvin Giovanie, Wellyranti, Nissy Ariana Meinard

29. Casper Brainy Book (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Interactive storybook based on the movie Casper (1995).

Stars: Joe Alaskey, Jamie Cronin, Brad Garrett, Hettie Lynne Hurtes

30. Dark Fall: The Journal (2002 Video Game)

T | Horror, Mystery

A ghost story set primarily in an abandoned hotel and train station in Dorset, where the protagonist is looking for his missing investigator brother.

Director: Jonathan Boakes | Stars: Stuart Banks, Samuel Dicker, Robert Perkins, Philip Philippou

Votes: 48

31. Lake Malawi: Aubrey (2015 Music Video)

4 min | Fantasy, Music, Mystery

Open-air band performance turns out to be a spiritualistic seance.

Director: Kovac Michal Kunes | Stars: Albert Cerný, Patrik Karpetski, Pavel Pilch, Jeroným Subrt

Votes: 17

32. Puzz 3D: Victorian Mansion (1999 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Part of Puzz 3D video game series. Complete 3D jigsaw puzzles themed around a Victorian mansion to solve a murder that happened in the house. The game uses live action FMV clips to tell its murder mystery story.

Directors: Philippe-Andre Briere, Eric Ethier | Star: Paulina Abarca-Cantin

33. Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode: The New House (1972)

60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young couple move into a home that is haunted by a girl who had been hanged there many years ago and vowed never to be evicted from the site.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Birney, Barbara Parkins, Sam Jaffe, Jeanette Nolan

Votes: 227

34. The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode: Burned (2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Immoral agoraphobic realtor Scott Crane orders the arson of a house so he can collect the insurance money, but two children are unexpectedly caught in the blaze and the arsonist, Rick, ... See full summary »

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Jason Bateman, Angela Featherstone, Frank Cassini

Votes: 274

35. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode: Fear Management (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Joel and siblings Morgan and Brad are brought to a ranch to learn how to cope with and understand their psychic abilities with the help of Chip Coffey. Their parents are counseled by Dr. Lisa Miller.

Director: Lisa Miller | Stars: Chip Coffey, Jackie Meador, Lisa Miller

Votes: 17

36. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode: The Ghost of Freddie (2008)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Ahli, Faith, and Jillian are girls with psychic abilities. Along with their moms, the girls are brought to an old house to have their psychic abilities confirmed by a medium and child psychologist, as well as an experienced aura reader.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Chip Coffey, Lisa Miller

Votes: 20

37. Saving Hope (2012–2017)
Episode: The Heartbreak Kid (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy

Alex and Charlie team up on a teenage girl's double surgery; Joel spends a day at a clinic and joins in a search-and-rescue mission in a ravine. Meanwhile, Maggie gets on Dr. Katz's bad side.

Director: David Wharnsby | Stars: Erica Durance, Daniel Gillies, Julia Chan, Benjamin Ayres

Votes: 87

38. Saving Hope (2012–2017)
Episode: Trading Places (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy

Joel's father visits. Alex and Maggie deal with a patient who refuses Sydney's help with her baby. Charlie helps a young soul find his body.

Director: Gregory Smith | Stars: Erica Durance, Daniel Gillies, Julia Chan, Benjamin Ayres

Votes: 91

39. Magpakailanman (2012– )
Episode: Ang nurse na may ikatlong mata: The Jessa Montes Story (2014)

53 min | Drama, Romance

A hardworking nurse, it was little to Jessa's (Bela Padilla) knowledge that she would eventually develop an ability to see spirits and the future with her clairvoyance. With this, how will ... See full summary »

Director: Michael De Mesa | Stars: Mel Tiangco, Bela Padilla, Ryan Eigenmann, Ramon Christopher

40. Gwishinboneun hyungsa, Cheo Yong (2014– )
Episode: Weathercock (2015)

75 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

Cheo-yong investigates the death of a journalist who was a childhood friend from his orphanage.

Director: Cheol Woo Kang | Stars: Oh Ji-ho, Jun Hyo-Seong, Ha Yeon-joo, Yoo Seung-mok

41. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Treehouse of Horror XXVII (2016)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The children of Springfield fight to the death, Hunger Games style; Lisa's imaginary friend kills her real friends; Moe recruits Bart into his group of covert barfly agents.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,304

42. Help! My House Is Haunted (2018– )
Episode: The Dolphin (2018)

60 min | History, Mystery, Thriller

Sandy, Barri and Chris lock down for the night at The Dolphin, an 18th century pub in Littlehampton with a sinister history. But events take an unexpected turn.

Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Chris Fleming, Barri Ghai, Sandy Lakdar

Votes: 7

43. Creepshow (2019– )
Episode: All Hallow's Eve/The Man in the Suitcase (2019)

TV-MA | 44 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A group of young trick-or-treaters terrorize their small town on Halloween. A young pothead returning from a trip finds a mysterious man cursed with the ability to spit out gold coins when in pain squeezed into his suitcase.

Directors: David Bruckner, John Harrison | Stars: Connor Christie, Madison Thompson, Jasun Jabbar Wardlaw Jr., Andrew Eakle

Votes: 1,416