272 films

Consciousness hiding in the dead

Ghosts, revenants, and the persistence of a mind past its body.

Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.

Coco (2017)★ 8.2memory, family, tradition, identityTwilight (2008)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, love, mortalityThe Sixth Sense (1999)★ 8.0grief, mortality, family, identityThe Conjuring (2013)★ 7.5fear, faith, family, possessionSoul (2020)★ 8.1purpose, identity, mortality, passionCorpse Bride (2005)★ 7.6class, love, mortality, traditionGhostbusters (1984)★ 7.5fear, authority, technology, exploitationBeetlejuice (1988)★ 7.4mortality, authority, cultureThe Mummy Returns (2001)★ 6.4faith, colonialism, power, traditionInsidious (2011)★ 6.9mortality, fear, grief, familyNight at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)★ 6.2culture, institution, historyThe Others (2001)★ 7.6grief, faith, memoryGhostbusters (2016)★ 5.3technology, authority, faith, fearThe Ring (2002)★ 6.7fear, media, mortalityWarm Bodies (2013)★ 6.5prejudice, love, identity, mortalitySinister (2012)★ 6.9fear, family, mortality, religionGhost (1990)★ 7.2love, grief, justice, faithA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)★ 7.3fear, mortality, grief, consciousnessGhostbusters: Afterlife (2021)★ 7.3grief, family, legacyScary Movie 2 (2001)★ 5.8fear, media, cultureThe Lovely Bones (2009)★ 7.1grief, justice, family, memoryCasper (1995)★ 6.3death, grief, memory, familyA Christmas Carol (2009)★ 6.9class, family, tradition, greedSilent Hill (2006)★ 6.6religion, prejudice, guilt, fearThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)★ 6.8prejudice, fear, religion, mortalityInsidious: Chapter 2 (2013)★ 6.7fear, family, memory, deathScary Movie 3 (2003)★ 6.0fear, media, death, superstitionMama (2013)★ 6.3grief, family, fear, othernessThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)★ 6.0power, authority, imperialism, militarismR.I.P.D. (2013)★ 5.9death, bureaucracy, justice, authorityLights Out (2016)★ 6.4fear, family, traumaSwiss Army Man (2016)★ 6.9love, grief, identity, purposeTalk to Me (2023)★ 7.1grief, family, death, beliefThe Woman in Black (2012)★ 6.1grief, fear, othernessInsidious: Chapter 3 (2015)★ 6.3grief, fear, memoryUnfriended (2014)★ 5.5technology, privacy, guilt, socialmediaPoltergeist (1982)★ 7.2fear, consumerism, family, mortalityLet the Right One In (2008)★ 7.5otherness, prejudice, loneliness, mortalityThe Grudge (2004)★ 5.9grief, fear, trauma, memoryInsidious: The Last Key (2018)★ 6.3fear, trauma, family, afterlifeThe Orphanage (2007)★ 7.2grief, family, memory, mortalityBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)★ 6.9authority, mortality, controlOuija (2014)★ 5.1death, fear, supernatural, possessionParaNorman (2012)★ 7.0prejudice, fear, authority, memoryGhost Ship (2002)★ 6.0faith, mortality, exploitation, fearThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)★ 5.7grief, fear, tradition, familyLast Christmas (2019)★ 7.2love, grief, mortality, identityParanormal Activity 2 (2010)★ 5.8fear, family, faithOuija: Origin of Evil (2016)★ 6.2faith, grief, fearJust Like Heaven (2005)★ 7.0love, grief, mortality, memoryA Ghost Story (2017)★ 7.1grief, memory, mortality, timeGothika (2003)★ 6.1fear, justice, memory, authorityThe Ring Two (2005)★ 5.8fear, media, mortality, technologyGhosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)★ 6.0love, grief, memory, identityPoltergeist (2015)★ 5.2fear, grief, familyPet Sematary (1989)★ 6.6grief, mortality, familyThir13en Ghosts (2001)★ 6.3mortality, family, exploitation, technologyThe Amityville Horror (2005)★ 6.1fear, mortality, possession, cultureCity of Angels (1998)★ 6.8love, mortality, freedomThe House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)★ 6.2grief, power, family, magicSinister 2 (2015)★ 5.9fear, media, ritual, deathThe Return of the Living Dead (1985)★ 7.2mortality, fear, consumerism, authorityThe Skeleton Key (2005)★ 6.6prejudice, belief, power, exploitationThe Unholy (2021)★ 6.6faith, media, exploitation, fearTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)★ 7.4memory, trauma, identity, guiltCharlie St. Cloud (2010)★ 7.0grief, love, mortalityGhostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)★ 6.5fear, authority, culture, mortalityThe Haunted Mansion (2003)★ 5.7family, grief, mortalityA Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)★ 5.8fear, identity, othernessA Haunted House (2013)★ 5.9fear, faith, familyWhat Lies Beneath (2000)★ 6.4grief, memory, betrayal, fearA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)★ 6.7fear, death, power, authorityWhen Marnie Was There (2014)★ 7.9identity, memory, belonging, familyVolver (2006)★ 7.5family, memory, grief, traditionVeronica (2017)★ 6.2fear, family, grief, othernessThe Forest (2016)★ 5.2grief, memory, death, fearWinchester (2018)★ 5.9grief, faith, power, mortalityCandyman (1992)★ 6.7prejudice, inequality, fear, mortalityCandyman (2021)★ 6.0prejudice, gentrification, trauma, memoryThe Fog (1980)★ 6.7guilt, colonialism, revenge, historyJujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)★ 8.1class, power, griefThe Frighteners (1996)★ 6.9grief, justice, mortality, fearSuzume (2022)★ 7.9grief, memory, environmentPractical Magic (1998)★ 6.8prejudice, tradition, love, familyThe Possession (2012)★ 6.0fear, faith, familyScrooged (1988)★ 6.8consumerism, media, tradition, mortalityField of Dreams (1989)★ 7.1family, memory, grief, traditionGrave Encounters (2011)★ 6.3fear, mortality, otherness, institutionRing (1998)★ 7.1fear, mortality, technology, mediaA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)★ 5.9fear, mortality, power, identityFallen (1998)★ 6.8fear, control, faith, mortalityGhost World (2001)★ 7.1loneliness, death, fear, othernessFright Night (1985)★ 7.0prejudice, fear, authority, mediaThe Haunting (1999)★ 5.5fear, grief, afterlife, memoryJason X (2001)★ 4.9fear, survival, technology, greedThe Awakening (2011)★ 6.4grief, memory, belief, identityThe Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)★ 6.5fear, mortality, identity, ritualWish Upon (2017)★ 5.7power, mortality, grief, controlMortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)★ 8.1conflict, revenge, power, destinyOdd Thomas (2013)★ 6.9mortality, grief, consciousnessThe Unborn (2009)★ 5.2faith, grief, family, fearDream House (2011)★ 6.2grief, memory, identity, deathShutter (2004)★ 7.3guilt, memory, culture, fearTarot (2024)★ 6.4faith, grief, mortality, fearThe Devil's Backbone (2001)★ 7.3war, trauma, death, memoryJason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)★ 6.3fear, survival, othernessStir of Echoes (1999)★ 6.7grief, memory, justice, authorityThe Grudge (2019)★ 5.4fear, grief, cultureThe Exorcist: Believer (2023)★ 5.8faith, grief, authorityStigmata (1999)★ 6.3faith, authority, mortality, controlHaunted Mansion (2023)★ 6.4grief, afterlife, authority, cultureHis House (2020)★ 6.4prejudice, memory, grief, immigrationGhosts of Mars (2001)★ 5.1prejudice, colonization, fear, othernessThe Haunting in Connecticut (2009)★ 6.2fear, grief, death, illnessAlong with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)★ 8.0justice, family, mortality, authorityCirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)★ 5.9otherness, identity, power, mortalityQueen of the Damned (2002)★ 6.1power, authority, mortality, rebellionCreepshow (1982)★ 6.9exploitation, power, fear, mortalityThe Grudge 2 (2006)★ 5.6fear, grief, traditionDark Water (2005)★ 5.7grief, neglect, fear, family

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