20 movies like The Ghoul, ordered by similarity : Ghost Stories(2017), Crimson Peak(2015), The Woman in Black(2012), The Mummy's Hand(1940), Curse of the Demon(1957), The Awakening(2011), The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959), Dead of Night(1945), The Conjuring(2013), Ragini MMS(2011), The Grudge 3(2009), Totem(2017) ...
Horror
UK
1933
73 Minutes
Boris Karloff Cedric Hardwicke Ernest Thesiger Dorothy Hyson Anthony Bushell Kathleen Harrison Harold Huth D.A. Clarke-Smith Ralph Richardson Jack Raine
egyptologist professor assistant lawyer impostor ghost creepy suspenseful eerie england country house resurrection afterlife supernatural magic transformation mystery revenge 1930s
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2017
97 Minutes
Martin Freeman Andy Nyman Paul Whitehouse Alex Lawther Paul Warren Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Nicholas Burns Louise Atkins
professor ghost victim psychologist priest ghost hunter chilling dark thrilling creepy uneasy england woods house office trailer ghost stories psychology haunting haunted by the past
Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after being given a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions.
Romance, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA|Mexico
2015
119 Minutes
Mia Wasikowska Jessica Chastain Tom Hiddleston Charlie Hunnam Jim Beaver Burn Gorman Leslie Hope Doug Jones Jonathan Hyde Bruce Gray Emily Coutts
woman mysterious man sister psychic ghost childhood friend dark creepy intense england house ballroom mansion bedroom bathroom haunting ghosts mysterious strangers survival danger
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA|Sweden
2012
95 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Misha Handley Roger Allam Ciarán Hinds Janet McTeer Mary Stockley Tim McMullan Liz White Ashley Foster Sophie Stuckey Shaun Dooley
lawyer townsperson police officer young woman widower ghost chilling eerie disturbing uneasy thrilling suspenseful england village haunted house mansion marsh haunting secrets inheritance
A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
Horror
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Dick Foran Peggy Moran Wallace Ford Cecil Kellaway George Zucco Charles Trowbridge Tom Tyler Sig Arno Edward Ciannelli Leon Belasco Harry Stubbs
archaeologist professor best friend magician daughter high priest creepy frightening suspenseful egypt university graveyard tomb curse expedition mummy drugs father/daughter relationship pursuit mystery
Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
Horror
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Dana Andrews Peggy Cummins Niall MacGinnis Maurice Denham Athene Seyler Liam Redmond Reginald Beckwith Ewan Roberts Peter Elliott Rosamund Greenwood Richard Leech
professor psychologist niece skeptic cult leader devil worshipper creepy eerie uneasy england london british museum paranormal satanism curse diary mystery transformation 1950s
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell.
Horror
UK
2011
107 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Dominic West Imelda Staunton Isaac Hempstead-Wright Shaun Dooley Joseph Mawle Lucy Cohu John Shrapnel Diana Kent Richard Durden Alfie Field
ghost hunter ghost young boy man investigator dark brooding tense suspenseful eerie disturbing boys school united kingdom haunting ghosts ghost stories investigation discovery adventure mystery
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
84 Minutes
Peter Cushing Andre Morell Christopher Lee Marla Landi Miles Malleson John Le Mesurier David Oxley Francis De Wolff Sam Kydd Helen Goss Michael Mulcaster
heir sherlock holmes doctor watson aristocrat escaped convict dog suspenseful crafty eerie mansion countryside england 221b baker street murder case revenge investigation supernatural family history mystery quest
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
111 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Lili Taylor Ron Livingston Shanley Caswell Hayley McFarland Joey King Mackenzie Foy Kyla Deaver Shannon Kook John Brotherton
investigator demon hunter husband wife ghost daughter frightening suspenseful shocking tense creepy family home farmhouse rural community backyard paranormal ghosts haunted houses supernatural phenomenon ghost stories
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2011
90 Minutes
young man young woman couple gripping chilling dark eerie frightening outlandish india house farmhouse apartment street voyeurism supernatural supernatural phenomenon ghosts paranormal paranormal activity
Out to relax and have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2009
90 Minutes
Matthew Knight Shawnee Smith Mike Straub Aiko Horiuchi Shimba Tsuchiya Emi Ikehata Takatsuna Mukai Johanna E. Braddy Beau Mirchoff Jadie Hobson Marina Sirtis
doctor mental patient young woman spirit ghost wife chilling suspenseful creepy chicago apartment mental institution supernatural visions mental breakdown haunting revenge ghosts discovery pursuit
A young Japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of Kayako, travels to the haunted Chicago apartment from the sequel, to stop the curse of Kayako once and for all.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Kerris Dorsey Ahna O'Reilly James Tupper Lia McHugh Lawrence Pressman Allison Caetano
teen boy family supernatural being dark creepy chilling suspenseful tense united states horror supernatural protection family mystery mystery escape revenge sacrifice 2010s
A teen must resort to extreme measures to protect her family from a supernatural entity.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Western
2018
86 Minutes
Caitlin Gerard Julia Goldani Telles Ashley Zukerman Miles Anderson Dylan McTee
woman husband ghost supernatural being newlywed couple creepy uneasy frightening thrilling intense wilderness frontier homestead supernatural mysterious strangers mystery relationships mystery adventure
When a frontierswoman in the 19th-century wilderness begins to sense a sinister presence, her dread is dismissed by her husband. But a newlywed couple arrives, amplifying fears and setting a shocking chain of events into motion.
Horror
USA|Canada
2013
95 Minutes
Fiona Dourif A Martinez Danielle Bisutti Brennan Elliott Chantal Quesnelle Summer H. Howell Maitland McConnell
child doll supernatural being mother father chucky chilling dark disturbing frightful gripping eerie house united states town murder evil supernatural death revenge
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
1982
117 Minutes
Hal Holbrook Adrienne Barbeau E.G. Marshall Fritz Weaver Leslie Nielsen Carrie Nye Viveca Lindfors Ed Harris Ted Danson Stephen King Warner Shook
monster alien husband murderer father daughter gory suspenseful campy frightening small town farm beach cemetery house supernatural revenge death alien invasion alcohol
An anthology which tells five terrifying tales inspired by the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.
Horror
1991
97 Minutes
Tim Matheson Brooke Adams William Sanderson Robert Gorman Robert Rusler Bentley Mitchum Chris Demetral
teacher wife son ghost brother teenager creepy dark tense high school small town house tunnel relocation murder false accusations traumatic past supernatural second chance discovery
Teens from hell seek belated revenge on a high-school teacher (Tim Matheson) with a wife (Brooke Adams) and son.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Ireland|France
2018
111 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Ruth Wilson Charlotte Rampling Will Poulter Liv Hill Oliver Zetterström Kate Phillips Dixie Egerickx Josh Dylan Anna Madeley
doctor mother servant ghost sister patient dark uneasy creepy tense mansion england country house bedroom kitchen haunting psychiatry mysterious past ghosts family secrets
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2019
93 Minutes
Linda Cardellini Roman Christou Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen Raymond Cruz Marisol Ramirez Patricia Velasquez Sean Patrick Thomas Tony Amendola Irene Keng Oliver Alexander Aiden Lewandowski
ghost mother social worker priest child victim creepy dark thrilling suspenseful chilling church house car los angeles crime scene ghost stories ghosts folklore haunting
Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own children are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving the legendary ghost La Llorona is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Chile
2014
93 Minutes
Lorenza Izzo Ariel Levy Aaron Burns Cristobal Tapia Montt Luis Gnecco Nicolás Durán Alessandra Guerzoni Pablo Vila
drifter teenager thug lieutenant single mother somber brutal creepy frightening gory suspenseful small town cemetery hospital country road country house chile disease death of brother family
A mysterious man arrives in a small American town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath.
Horror
1964
80 Minutes
Lon Chaney Carol Ohmart Quinn Redeker Beverly Washburn Jill Banner Sid Haig Mary Mitchel Karl Schanzer Mantan Moreland
chauffeur child lawyer relative sister cousin eerie creepy frightening amusing mansion woods cellar dining room family home mental illness genetic abnormalities murder family disease
A servant (Lon Chaney Jr.) watches over family members who, by the age of 10, begin devolving into primitive, cannibalistic creatures.