List of films about curses
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| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Eve | Gerry Lively | 2015 | |
| Anastasia | Don Bluth and Gary Goldman | 1997 | |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker | 1973 | |
| Anselmi: The Young Werewolf | Matti Pekkanen | 2014 | [5][6] |
| The Anthem of the Heart[7] | Tatsuyuki Nagai | 2015 | |
| Antlers | Scott Cooper | 2021 | |
| Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made | David Amito and Michael Laicini | 2018 | |
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | James Wan | 2023 | |
| Army of the Dead | Joseph Conti | 2008 | |
B
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballabhpurer Roopkotha (বল্লভপুরের রূপকথা) | Anirban Bhattacharya | 2022 | [8] |
| El banquete | Michs Carbajal | 2024 | [9][10] |
| The Barn | Justin M. Seaman | 2016 | |
| Beastly | Daniel Barnz | 2011 | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | 1991 | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon | 2017 | |
| Bell Witch: The Movie | Shane Marr | 2007 | |
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa | Priyadarshan | 2007 | |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter | 1986 | |
| The Black Room | Roy William Neill | 1935 | |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Robert Stevenson | 1968 | |
| Blast Vegas | Jack Perez | 2013 | |
| Bride of the Gorilla | Curt Siodmak | 1951 | |
| Bunshinsaba | Byeong-ki Ahn | 2004 | |
| The Bye Bye Man | Stacy Title | 2017 | |
C
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman | Koji Shiraishi | 2007 | |
| Casting the Runes (Playhouse) | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1979 | [11][12] |
| Chamatkar | Rajiv Mehra | 1992 | |
| Christine | John Carpenter | 1983 | |
| Clown | Jon Watts | 2014 | |
| The Conjuring | 2013 | ||
| CrossBones | Daniel Zirilli | 2005 | |
| Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Sean Barton | 1991 | |
| The Curse of Bridge Hollow | Jeff Wadlow | 2022 | |
| The Curse of the Moon Child | Mahfuzah Issy | 1972 | [13] |
| Curse of Simba[14] | Lindsay Shonteff | 1965 | [15] |
| The Curse of Sleeping Beauty | Pearry Reginald Teo | 2016 | |
| Curse of the Blood [16] | Kazuo Hase | 1968 | |
| The Curse of the Cat People | Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | 1944 | |
| The Curse of the Doll People[17] | Benito Alazraki | 1961 | |
| The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | Michael Carreras | 1964 | |
| Curse of the Undead | Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley | 1959 | |
| The Curse of the Werewolf | Terence Fisher | 1961 | |
| Curse of the Witching Tree | James Crow | 2015 | |
| Cursed | Wes Craven | 2005 | |
| The Cursed[18] | Sean Ellis | 2021 | |
D
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dabbe: Cin Çarpması | Hasan Karacadağ | 2013 | |
| Dark August | Martin Goldman | 1976 | |
| Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | 2012 | |
| Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から) | Hideo Nakata | 2002 | |
| Darkness | Jaume Balagueró | 2002 | |
| Darkness Falls | Jonathan Liebesman | 2003 | |
| The Demon (Il demonio) | Brunello Rondi | 1963 | |
| Densen Uta (伝染歌) | Masato Harada | 2007 | |
| Descendants 3 | Kenny Ortega | 2019 | |
| Devil in My Ride | Gary Michael Schultz | 2013 | |
| The Devil's Nightmare [19] | Jean Brismée | 1971 | |
| The Devil's Rain | Robert Fuest | 1975 | |
| The Devonsville Terror | Ulli Lommel | 1983 | |
| Desaparecer por completo | Luis Javier Henaine | 2022 | |
| Don't Go Near the Park | Lawrence D. Foldes | 1979 | |
| Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Stuart Margolin | 1993 | |
| Dracula in the Provinces [20] | Lucio Fulci | 1975 | |
| Drag Me to Hell | Sam Raimi | 2009 | |
| Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Colin Teague | 2015 | |
E
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Enchanted | Tommy O'Haver | 2004 | |
| Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | 1972 | |
| La Entidad | Eduardo Schuldt | 2015 | |
| Ernest Scared Stupid | John R. Cherry III | 1991 | |
| The Eternal Evil of Asia (南洋十大邪術) [21] | Man Kei Chin | 1995 | |
| The Exorcism | Joshua John Miller | 2024 | |
F
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | 2016 | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | David Yates | 2018 | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | David Yates | 2022 | |
| Far North | Asif Kapadia | 2007 | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | Leigh Janiak | 2021 | |
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | Leigh Janiak | 2021 | |
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | Leigh Janiak | 2021 | |
| The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake | Edward L. Cahn | 1959 | |
| Frozen | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee | 2013 | |
| Fury of the Demon | Fabien Delage | 2016 | [22] |
G
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Fever | Alan Smithee | 1987 | |
| Ghosts of War | Eric Bress | 2020 | [23][24][25][26] |
| Good Luck Chuck | Mark Helfrich | 2007 | [27] |
| Grave Robbers [28] | Rubén Galindo Jr. | 1990 | |
| The Gravedancers | Mike Mendez | 2006 | |
| The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | 2004 | |
| The Grudge | Nicolas Pesce | 2019 | |
| The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | 2006 | |
| The Grudge 3 | Toby Wilkins | 2009 | |
| Gul-E-Bakawali | D. M. Pancholi | 1939 | [29][30] |
H
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus | 2001 | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | 2002 | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón | 2004 | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | 2005 | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | David Yates | 2007 | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates | 2009 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | David Yates | 2010 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates | 2011 | |
| Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Joe Chappelle | 1995 | [31] |
| Haunted | Michael DeGaetano | 1977 | [32] |
| The Haunted Mansion | Rob Minkoff | 2003 | [33] |
| He's a Dragon (Он – дракон) | Indar Dzhendubaev | 2015 | |
| Hex | Leo Garen | 1973 | [34] |
| Hocus Pocus | Kenny Ortega | 1993 | |
| Hocus Pocus 2 | Anne Fletcher | 2022 | |
| Holes | Andrew Davis | 2003 | |
| Hollow | Michael Axelgaard | 2011 | |
| Howl's Moving Castle[35] | Hayao Miyazaki | 2004 | |
I
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Don't Want to Be Born | Peter Sasdy | 1975 | [36][37] |
| I Married a Witch | René Clair | 1942 | [38][39] |
| Inland Empire | David Lynch | 2006 | [40] |
| Into the Woods | Rob Marshall | 2014 | |
| It Follows | David Robert Mitchell | 2014 | |
J
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ju-On: The Curse | Takashi Shimizu | 2000 | |
| Ju-On: The Curse 2 | Takashi Shimizu | 2000 | |
| Ju-On: The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | 2002 | |
| Ju-On: The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | 2003 | |
| Jinxed | Stephen Herek | 2013 | |
| Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word | Simon Rumley | 2016 | [41] |
| Ju-On: The Beginning of the End[42] | Masayuki Ochiai | 2014 | [43] |
| Ju-On: Black Ghost[44] | Mari Asato | 2009 | |
| Ju-On: The Final Curse | Masayuki Ochiai | 2015 | |
| Ju-On: White Ghost[45] | Ryuta Miyake | 2009 | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen 0[46] | Sunghoo Park | 2021 | |
| Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | 2021 | |
| Junoon | Mahesh Bhatt | 1992 | [47][48] |
K
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaidan[49] | Hideo Nakata | 2007 | |
| Kalki 2898 AD | Nag Ashwin | 2024 | |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Yorgos Lanthimos | 2017 | |
| The Kiss | Pen Densham | 1988 | |
L
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Witch Hunter | Breck Eisner | 2015 | |
| The Lighthouse | Robert Eggers | 2019 | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | 2001 | |
| The Lords of Salem | Rob Zombie | 2012 | |
| Lucky | Casey Burke Leonard | 2019 | TV[50][51] |
M
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madres | Ryan Zaragoza | 2021 | |
| Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | 2014 | |
| Manichitrathazhu | Fazil | 1993 | |
| Mannequin | Michael Gottlieb | 1987 | |
| Mannequin Two: On the Move | Stewart Raffill | 1991 | |
| Metamorphosis[52] | Kim Hong-seon | 2019 | |
| The Midnight Hour | Jack Bender | 1985 | TV |
| Mirrors | Alexandre Aja | 2008 | |
| Moana 2 | David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Mille | 2024 | |
| The Monkey | Oz Perkins | 2025 | |
| The Mummy | Karl Freund | 1932 | |
| The Mummy Theme Park | Alvaro Passeri | 2000 | |
| The Mummy | Terence Fisher | 1959 | |
| My Demon Lover | Charlie Loventhal | 1987 | |
N
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nahuel and the Magic Book[53] | Germán Acuña Delgadillo | 2020 | [54] |
| Night of the Demon[55] | Jacques Tourneur | 1957 | [56][57] |
| A Night to Dismember | Doris Wishman | 1983 | [58] |
| Nokturno | Mikhail Red | 2024 | [59] |
| The Nutcracker Prince | Paul Schibli | 1990 | [60] |
O
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oculus | Mike Flanagan | 2013 | [61] |
| Oedipus Rex | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1967 | [62] |
| One Missed Call[63] | Takashi Miike | 2003 | |
| One Missed Call 2[64] | Renpei Tsukamoto | 2005 | |
| One Missed Call: Final[65] | Manabu Asou | 2006 | |
| Open Season: Scared Silly | David Feiss | 2015 | [66] |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mike Flanagan | 2016 | [67] |
P
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paganini Horror | Luigi Cozzi | 1989 | |
| Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara | Chito S. Roño | 1995 | |
| Penelope | Mark Palansky | 2006 | |
| Pharaoh's Curse | Richard H. Landau | 1957 | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | 2003 | |
| Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne | 1998 | |
| The Princess and the Frog | John Musker, Ron Clements | 2009 | |
| Princess Arete | Sunao Katabuchi | 2001 | |
| Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki | 1997 | |
| Purana Mandir | Ramsay Brothers | 1984 | |
R
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringu リング | Chisui Takigawa | 1995 | TV[68] |
| The Ring | Hideo Nakata | 1998 | |
| Ring 2 | Hideo Nakata | 1999 | |
| The Ring | Gore Verbinski | 2002 | |
| The Ring Two | Hideo Nakata | 2005 | |
| Rings | F. Javier Gutiérrez | 2017 | |
| Ragini MMS 2 | Bhushan Patel | 2014 | |
| Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings[69] | Jade Castro | 2011 | [70] |
| El Retorno de Walpurgis | Carlos Aured | 1973 | [71][72] |
| Rockula | Luca Bercovici | 1990 | |
| Room 203 | Ben Jagger | 2022 | |
S
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadako bāsasu Kayako (貞子 vs 伽椰子) | Kōji Shiraishi | 2016 | [73] |
| Smile | Parker Finn | 2022 | |
| Smile 2 | Parker Finn | 2024 | |
| Sadako | Hideo Nakata | 2012 | |
| Sadako DX | Hisashi Kimura | 2013 | |
| Satan's Cheerleaders | Greydon Clark | 1977 | |
| Saturday the 14th | Howard R. Cohen | 1981 | |
| Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | Jim Stenstrum | 1998 | |
| Season of the Witch | Dominic Sena | 2011 | |
| The Secret of the Blue Room | Kurt Neumann | 1933 | |
| Shaapit | Vikram Bhatt | 2010 | |
| The Shadow of the Desert | George Archainbaud | 1924 | |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson | 2001 | |
| Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson | 2004 | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation | Brian Yuzna | 1990 | [74] |
| The Sleep Curse | Herman Yau | 2017 | [75] |
| Sleeping Beauty | Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson, Les Clark | 1959 | |
| Sleeping Beauty | David Irving | 1987 | |
| Someone Behind You[76] | Oh Ki-hwan | 2007 | [77] |
| Spectre[78] | Scott Levy | 1996 | [79][80] |
| Spirited Away[81] | Hayao Miyazaki | 2001 | [82] |
| Stigma | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1977 | [83] |
| Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog | Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton | 2021 | [84] |
T
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarot | Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg | 2024 | |
| Terror | Norman J. Warren | 1978 | |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2007 | |
| Thinner | Tom Holland | 1996 | |
| Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood[85] | Roberto Rodríguez | 1962 | [86][87] |
| Tower of Terror | D. J. MacHale | 1997 | |
| Truth or Dare[88] | Jeff Wadlow | 2018 | |
| Tumbbad | Rahi Anil Barve | 2018 | [89] |
| Turning Red | Domee Shi | 2022 | [90] |
U
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undead or Alive: A Zombedy | Glasgow Phillips | 2007 | |
| The Undying Monster[91] | John Brahm | 1942 | |
W
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wailing[92] | Na Hong-jin | 2016 | [93][94] |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Nick Park, Steve Box | 2005 | |
| Werewolves on Wheels | Michel Levesque | 1971 | |
| The Witch's Curse[95] | Riccardo Freda | 1962 | [96] |
| The Witches | Nicolas Roeg | 1990 | [97] |
| The Witches[98] | Robert Zemeckis | 2020 | [99] |
| Wolf Man | Leigh Whannell | 2025 | |
Z
| Title | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapatlela | Mahesh Kothare | 1993 | |