Eerie Movies to Curl Up to on a Rainy Night
Audition (1999)
Dir: Takashi Miike
Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Deep Red (1975)
Dir: Dario Argento
Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Meril
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a feisty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
The Gravedancers (2006)
Dir: Mike Mendez
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Clare Kramer, Josie Maran, Marcus Thomas
After a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapist.
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Dir: Neil Marshall
Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.
The Fog (1980)
Dir: John Carpenter
Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman
Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers but no one believes it. On the eve of the town’s centennial many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Dir: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, Miranda Otto
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost — or that she is losing her mind.
Christine (1983)
Dir: John Carpenter
Stars: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky
A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.