Supernatural movies conjure forces beyond the veil, think The Conjuring’s iconic hauntings and Hereditary’s divisive descent into darkness. At Mother of Movies, we talk about ghost stories, cursed families, and unseen horrors, spotlighting the best supernatural narratives the genre has to offer, and also the worst.
John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Handling the Undead isn’t zombie horror, it’s grief made manifest, exploring love’s refusal to accept death’s finality.
It Feeds review: Chad Archibald’s psychological horror explores trauma, family therapy, and supernatural predation. Ashley Greene leads this atmospheric Black Fawn Films thriller about entities that feed on human vulnerability and the dangerous territory between helping and enabling.
Phobia 2013: Jonathan MacKinlay is stuck at home, trapped not by walls, but by his own fear. Ever since the crash that took his wife, he’s lived the same lifeless routine, every day blending into the next. But lately, something feels…off. Dark visions creep in, nightmares that don’t fade when he wakes. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or is something truly sinister closing in?
Ti West’s The House of the Devil (2009) is a hypnotic homage to ’70s horror, filmed on 16mm, full of satanic tension, and anchored by an unforgettable final girl. What begins with a flyer and a payphone spirals into blood rituals, lunar eclipses, and a drugged pizza. A chilling cult classic now streaming on AMC+ & Shudder.
They said it would scare me silly, but Terrified unsettled me instead. With levitating bodies, undead children, and a whole lot of calm denial, this Argentine horror is more tonally fascinating than flat-out frightening. I wasn’t terrified, but I was deeply intrigued. #motherofmovies
Shudder 2025s Shadow of God, by the director of KnuckleBall | Michael Peterson. An exorcism priest battles the leader of a cult. #Religioushorror
