Haunted house flicks are prolific.
From the age of classical Hollywood (Robert Wise’s The Haunting) through to schlocky-yet-underrated ’70s yarns such as The Amityville Horror, franchise fan favorite The Conjuring to more cerebral fare like The Shining and The Haunting of Hill House, the ghost story is a tireless movie-making springboard.
It’s a genre that continues to get significant mileage out of a typically fairly straightforward concept.
Unsuspecting tenants become aware of, or inadvertently stir up, vengeful, restless (and oftentimes malignant) spirits who dish out an almighty bedeviling.
A lot of the time, spirited film-goers can foresee the signs, read the harbingers.
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