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Spotlight on... Screwball Comedies

November gloom got you down in the dumps? Dig yourself out of the doldrums with a screwball comedy. Characterized by snappy dialogue, wacky characters, and fast-paced plots, screwballs are one of the most popular comedy genres.

Try a classic or a contemporary from our collection!

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Main » Ghosts and demons


Lost souls (2000)
Satan threatens to be reincarnated in the body of a mental patient.

      
Paheli (2005)
In this supernatural folk tale, a ghost falls in love with a newlywed woman.

      
Painted skin (1993)
An evil warlord torments the wandering ghost of a beautiful woman.

      
Pet sematary (1989)
The Creeds buy a house next door to a cemetery where the dead can come back to life, with horrific results.

      
Pet sematary (1989)
The Creed family moves to a nice little community, but their house is near a cemetery where you can bury your loved ones, and they can come back to life.

      
Poltergeist (1982)
Life is pleasant for a California family until evil forces invade their suburban home.

      
Pulse (2006)
A computer hacker accidentally opens a portal to a demon world through the wireless network.

      
Scoop (2006)
A college student is contacted by the ghost of a deceased journalist, who is determined to give her his last scoop.

      
Something wicked this way comes (1983)
A diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on a small town.

      
Spirited away (2001)
A young girl is trapped in a strange world of spirits.

      
Stephen King’s It (1990)
Seven youths have to defeat a demonic creature named Pennywise who dresses as a clown and terrorizes a 1960s town in Maine.

      
The Amityville horror (1979)
Newlyweds move into a house where a murder was committed, and strange manifestations drive them away.

      
The Amityville horror (2005)
A young couple and their children move into a house that was once the site of a horrific series of murders.

      
The covenant (2006)
Four young men with supernatural powers battle a power thought to be long dead.

      
The devil's backbone (2001)
During the Spanish Civil War, a boy is sent to an isolated boarding school where he encounters the ghost of a murdered child who warns him of impending disaster.

      
The exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.

      
The exorcist (1973)
A girl is possessed by a demon and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.

      
The eye (2002)
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant, and the ability to see ghosts comes with it.

      
The fog (2005)
A quiet seaside town is engulfed by a fog exactly one century after a boat sunk off the coast under mysterious circumstances.

      
The ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
A young widow moves into a cottage on the English coast that is haunted by its former owner, a dashing sea captain.



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