The Haunting
The Uninvited
The Legend Of Hell House
Poltergiest
House On Haunted Hill

(the originals,no remakes or sequels)

I forgot whether anyone mentioned "Below," but that is hands down my favorite recently made ghost movie. Great movie. Good script, good acting, scary, the whole enchilada. Highly recommended haunted submarine movie.

Definitely true. If you can tune into old-school spook movies, it's a good thing. They often operated on a subtler level than today's jump-at-ya films. It's not so much about sudden loud noises that jolt you or effects leaping out of the darkness right in front of your face. Quite often this sort of film would get you worried about something you couldn't see but which you were quite certain was there. The original "The Haunting" is a good film--well, I know at least one person here doesn't like it, but he's okay, anyway, I still respect him. Ha ha!

Good choice! I remember seeing this a couple of years ago and was surprised at how good it was.

Seconded in full!

And yet again I find myself thinking of The Woman in Black: scary in a creepy way, with at least one spine-crawling moment that will stay with you long after.

i know Below wasnt a bad flick .. it was sort of an extended twilight zone episode ..

the only thing i found distracting was the over emphasis on showing the workings of the sub ..

it made me think that they lucked into the use of a sub so they decided to squeeze ever penny out of it - thriving for a feel of authenticity ...

not sure if i'm eaxpressing myself clearly ... but in a larger budget film the sub would be 'just there' ... they wouldnt burn film with every minute detail of how the sub is run ..

other than that it wasnt a bad movie .. (i know - the weirdest stuff bugs me )

I think in some ways the details were focused on because it was a 1940's period piece and they wanted to acquaint the audience with wartime submarine activities from that era.

It's funny though...the film has been slammed by accuracy nuts who have found technical mistakes in various scenes, so maybe the enchilada doesn't even make sense after all...but I thought it was a tasty enchilada anyway. Aw heck, I'm an easy date when it comes to ghosty movies ;)

i did enjoy the ghost story - dont get me wrong ..

but when it comes to visual art - or film - or books .. i have a real appreciation for subtlety ..
i like it when someone is masterful enought to get a point across in the simplest, purest ways ..

artists who arent as skillful have to make up for it by making things as detailed as possible ..

the example i always cite is charles dickens vs stephen king.

dickens could give a couple of key details about a person - in a couple of lines that would enable you to vibrantly create the character in your mind. King doesnt have this skill so instead he'll give you 5 pages of 'in your face' detail that leaves no room for your own mental imaging.

it's a very fine skill that's overlooked .. i guess people like being fed to.

i know this is a heavy comparrison for a low budget spook show like Below .. but it's the best wy to illustrate what i mean about the way a mood or atmosphere is built ..

i love what i call the 'moments of purity' in a film, or any other form of art... where something or someone is captured in its purest, simplest form..

actors can do it with a certain look, or a certain line read a certain way ...

sorry - that's a long round about way for describing what i felt about the technical sub shots in Below - i can articulate it a lot better - and simply - in person :D

Woman in black
Lady in white (for the children);)
Ju-on
Ju-on - the grudge 2
The grudge
The innocents
Shutter
What lies beneath
The changeling
One missed call (Fuck "Phone"):p


I´m sure i´ve forgot some great ones...

Actually you expressed it very well. I would even agree this weakness is present in "Below"--there are lots of shots of wheels being turned, levers being pulled, technical things being shouted.