Movies Similar to Ghosts on the Loose

The Sixth Sense(1999)

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

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The Ring(2002)

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

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Poltergeist(1982)

Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.

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Ghostbusters(1984)

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

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Place(2019)

Forces already occupying a home have their own ideas about the sudden presence of a trio moving in.

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Scalps(1983)

Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by the evil spirit of Black Claw so he must therefore slaughter all of his friends.

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Fanny and Alexander(1982)

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

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House of the Disappeared(2017)

After being wrongly imprisoned for murdering her husband, a woman returns to the house where the incident occurred to solve the mystery of his death.

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Beetlejuice(1988)

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

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They(1993)

A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

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Scary Movie 2(2001)

While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.

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Scary Movie 4(2006)

Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.

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Creep(2023)

A tape is found with no clue as to when it was made or by whom. In its content, scenes related to a crime that they believed had already been forgotten.

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Black Sheep(2007)

A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines.

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The Ghosts of Borley Rectory(2021)

Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.

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Hellraiser(1987)

Hedonist Frank Cotton finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, who open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

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Dark Water(2005)

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…

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The Muppet Christmas Carol(1992)

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

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Ghost Dad(1990)

Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.

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Darkness(2002)

A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.

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