Best Supernatural Horror Movies on MagentaTV+

The Green Mile (1999)

IMDb 8.6 🍅 78% Letterboxd 4.3 3h 9m

Directed by Frank Darabont

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCoffey's healing touch transcends medical science, grounding supernatural grace in gritty realism of death row brutality.

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 94% Letterboxd 3.8 1h 57m

Directed by William Dieterle

✦ MovieMuse AI takeGothic atmosphere overwhelms narrative; Frollo's obsession blurs supernatural curse with psychological madness in towering cathedral setting.

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

The Wailing (2016)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 99% Letterboxd 4.0 2h 36m

Directed by Na Hong-jin

✦ MovieMuse AI takeAmbiguous dread builds methodically—is the sickness demonic or psychological?—leaving supernatural evil deliberately unknowable until final revelation.

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 71% 1h 45m

Directed by Tim Burton

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe Headless Horseman embodies folk legend made flesh; Sleepy Hollow's mist-shrouded landscape transforms American folklore into palpable terror.

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

The Body Snatcher (1945)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 86% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 18m

Directed by Robert Wise

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

Cat People (1942)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 92% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 13m

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCurse's psychological entanglement binds desire to transformation; the supernatural lives in intimacy's forbidden threshold.

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Midsommar (2019)

IMDb 7.1 🍅 83% 2h 27m

Directed by Ari Aster

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDaylit dread—Aster proves folk rituals become more horrifying when stripped of darkness, operating in summer sunlight.

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

Ghost (1990)

IMDb 7.1 🍅 74% 2h 7m

Directed by Jerry Zucker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe psychic medium grounds the supernatural in relatable emotional stakes rather than spectral spectacle.

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 63% 2h 4m

Directed by Jason Reitman

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot supernatural horror; comedic ghost-hunting adventure.

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Last Night in Soho (2021)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 75% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 57m

Directed by Edgar Wright

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTime-slip haunting weaponizes nostalgia; the 1960s becomes a malevolent trap that corrodes protagonist's grip on present reality.

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 85% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 9m

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

✦ MovieMuse AI takeVoodoo curse operates through atmospheric suggestion rather than spectacle; Caribbean setting authenticates supernatural dread through cultural specificity.

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Blithe Spirit (1945)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 78% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 36m

Directed by David Lean

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMaterializing ghost anchors spectral presence through drawing-room comedy; wit becomes supernatural resurrection's tone.

A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

Hellraiser (1987)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 71% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 34m

Directed by Clive Barker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe Lament Configuration codifies demonic summoning as elegant problem-solving; supernatural horror rooted in human desire rather than external evil.

A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

Ghostbusters (2016)

IMDb 6.8 🍅 74% 1h 57m

Directed by Paul Feig

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot horror; exclude from list.

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Ghostbusters II (1989)

IMDb 6.6 🍅 55% 1h 48m

Directed by Ivan Reitman

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEctoplasm rivers and spectral bureaucracy playfully literalize New York's supernatural infrastructure.

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Smile (2022)

IMDb 6.5 🍅 80% Letterboxd 2.9 1h 55m

Directed by Parker Finn

✦ MovieMuse AI takeContagious curse transmitted through witnessing creates paranoid atmosphere of inescapable contamination.

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

The Woman in Black (2012)

IMDb 6.4 🍅 66% Letterboxd 2.9 1h 35m

Directed by James Watkins

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe Woman in Black's vengeful specificity—a child ghost with historical grievance—transforms haunting from abstract to historically rooted supernatural malice.

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

IMDb 6.4 🍅 52% Letterboxd 3.2 1h 37m

Directed by Tony Randel

✦ MovieMuse AI takeHellraiser's puzzle-box mythology creates rules for supernatural suffering; hell becomes bureaucratic, geometrically precise cosmic punishment.

Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

IMDb 6.1 🍅 65% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 45m

Directed by Eli Roth

When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

The Lodge (2020)

IMDb 6.0 🍅 75% Letterboxd 3.1 1h 48m

Directed by Veronika Franz

✦ MovieMuse AI takeIsolation breeds supernatural ambiguity; whether Grace's torment stems from ghost or psychosis remains exquisitely, devastatingly unclear.

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Men (2022)

IMDb 6.0 🍅 69% Letterboxd 2.8 1h 40m

Directed by Alex Garland

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRural isolation breeds shapeshifting dread; the village itself becomes predatory supernatural force, gender-fluid and unknowable.

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.

The Prodigy (2019)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 43% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 32m

Directed by Nicholas McCarthy

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

The Vigil (2020)

IMDb 5.8 🍅 90% Letterboxd 3.0 1h 28m

Directed by Keith Thomas

✦ MovieMuse AI takeContained supernatural claustrophobia—a vigil becomes siege as Jewish folklore's dybbuk manifests in suffocating chamber drama.

A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.

Child's Play (2019)

IMDb 5.7 🍅 64% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 30m

Directed by Lars Klevberg

✦ MovieMuse AI takeAI-possessed doll merges technological uncanny with possessed-object lore; modern update trades mysticism for algorithmic evil.

Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.

Winchester (2018)

IMDb 5.5 🍅 12% Letterboxd 2.2 1h 40m

Directed by Peter Spierig

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWinchester's infinite architecture literalizes haunted-house obsession; construction itself becomes desperate exorcism through compulsive, architectural madness.

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

IMDb 5.5 🍅 39% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 33m

Directed by Anthony Hickox

Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

IMDb 5.4 🍅 33% Letterboxd 2.6 1h 50m

Directed by Emma Tammi

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)

IMDb 5.3 🍅 38% Letterboxd 2.6 1h 44m

Directed by Crispian Mills

An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror.

Fallen (2016)

IMDb 5.2 🍅 7% Letterboxd 1.9 1h 31m

Directed by Scott Hicks

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

Poltergeist (2015)

IMDb 4.9 🍅 29% Letterboxd 2.1 1h 33m

Directed by Gil Kenan

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.