Best Haunted House Movies

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1 The Shining
Caretaker at a winter resort! Sounds like a great gig, until you realized the hotel is haunted... and totally isolated. 325 463

2 Poltergeist
If you find out your house is built on defiled Native-American graves -- get out of the contract. 244 436

3 The Amityville Horror
That voice booming "get out?" Listen and learn... if the house doesn't like you, cut and run. 244 448

4 House on Haunted Hill
Eccentric millionaire turns his modern abode into a house of horrors... and you're visiting why? 171 427

5 The Haunting
Cold spots, phantom dogs, loud noises and scary voices are just a few of its selling points. 105 409

6 Beetlejuice
The good news: The former owners loved this place. The bad: They refuse to leave. 91 433

7 1408
John Cusack is challenged to survive a haunted hotel room. His solution: Burn the place down. 59 363

8 The Grudge
If brochures show a cute house in Tokyo, it could be because a supernatural curse is harder to photograph. -19 399

9 The Legend of Hell House
When a place gets a nickname like "Hell House," think twice before running over to get a cup of sugar. -32 344

10 Monster House
Little kids hone in on a ghostly possession at the house next door. The neighborly thing to do: Excise it. -37 351

11 Burnt Offerings
The family is falling apart, the house looks better by the day... what's wrong with this picture? -100 320

12 The Sentinel
That brownstone apartment isn't a great deal if you have to guard the mouth of Hell. Trust us. -109 313

Which of these movies about possessed places is your favorite?