Overlooked Cosmic Horror/Lovecraftian Movies/TV Shows/Media Featuring Core Aspect Elements
The entries, such as, predominantly movies and less frequently, TV shows have rarely if ever been recognized and subsequently added to lists with related themes and/or overtones. The ones added here easily fit into the various cosmic horror/Lovecraftian universe tropes, at least predominantly if not always absolutely from onset to conclusion, in one or more main overarching aspects.
The TV shows added as a main title and not separate episodes are to be considered as a whole, not just arcs/segments, with only sporadic/minority of overall runtime of drifting/swaying from the related themes. Or in the end, it is what it builds up to.
The TV shows added as a main title and not separate episodes are to be considered as a whole, not just arcs/segments, with only sporadic/minority of overall runtime of drifting/swaying from the related themes. Or in the end, it is what it builds up to.
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- CreatorKevin BurnsJoel PattersonStarsTravis TaylorErik BardBrandon FugalA team of experts and scientists undertakes exhaustive research at Skinwalker Ranch, an infamous location for paranormal activity and UFO sightings.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsEwan McGregorRebecca FergusonKyliegh CurranYears following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBenedict CumberbatchElizabeth OlsenChiwetel EjioforDoctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.
- DirectorDarren MannStarsMichael WeaverTim GriffinJustin HuenWhen the power mysteriously fails and almost everyone disappears from a tourist ship in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men deteriorate in body and mind until a dark truth emerges.
- CreatorNick AntoscaStarsBrandon ScottMarina Stephenson KerrAbigail PniowskyAn anthology series based on popular Internet Creepypastas Candle Cove, The No-End House, Butcher's Block, and The Dream Door.
- DirectorHironobu SakaguchiMotonori SakakibaraStarsAlec BaldwinSteve BuscemiMing-Na WenA scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.
- CreatorNick AntoscaLenore ZionStarsRosa SalazarCatherine KeenerEric LangeLisa Nova, an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles, embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge that gets nightmarishly out of control.
- CreatorBrian WatkinsStarsLewis PullmanJosh BrolinImogen PootsA rancher fighting for his land and family discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness.
- CreatorHolden MillerStarsSissy SpacekJ.K. SimmonsChai HansenFollows Franklin and Irene York, a couple who years ago discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet.
- CreatorJohn DilworthStarsMarty GrabsteinThea WhitePeter FernandezThe offbeat adventures of Courage, a cowardly dog who must overcome his own fears to heroically defend his unknowing farmer owners from all kinds of dangers, paranormal events and menaces that appear around their land.
- DirectorJefferson MoneoStarsCamille RoweEmmanuelle ChriquiAntonia ZegersAfter witnessing the alien abduction of her mother as a child, Aurora joins the UFO cult "The Cosmic Dawn". Now moved on from the cult, Aurora is forced to confront her past and pursue the ultimate truth about The Cosmic Dawn.
- CreatorPeter AykroydChristopher ChaconStarsNancy Anne SakovichBarclay HopeColin FoxA science team that works for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) investigates the reports of supernatural phenomena.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonBilly ConnollyMulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
- CreatorLynn LehmannStarsJonathan FrakesDon LaFontaineCampbell LaneFive mysterious stories are shown in which people meet strange or unexplainable events. The viewer is invited to decide if the stories are fact or fiction.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
- DirectorJesús Salvador TreviñoStarsBruce BoxleitnerClaudia ChristianMira FurlanThe crew of Babylon 5 discover an ancient artifact floating in hyperspace.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAsia ArgentoCristian SolimenoAdam JamesAn American art student in Rome accidentally triggers the return of Mater Lachrymarum - the Third Mother - and must use her latent magical powers to end the witch's reign of terror.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora GiorgiAn American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris HickA darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsHugh QuarshieTomas AranaFeodor Chaliapin Jr.An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsTom AtkinsStacey NelkinDan O'HerlihyKids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
- DirectorAdam MarcusStarsJohn D. LeMayKari KeeganKane HodderSerial killer Jason Voorhees' supernatural origins are revealed.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsCraig ShefferNicholas TurturroJames RemarA shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
- DirectorKevin YagherStarsBruce RamsayValentina VargasDoug BradleyIn the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
- DirectorGary J. TunnicliffeStarsDamon CarneyRandy WayneAlexandra HarrisDetectives Sean and David Carter are on the case to find a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the city. Joining forces with Detective Christine Egerton, they dig deeper into a spiraling maze of horror that may not be of this world.
- DirectorRick BotaStarsStelian UrianKatheryn WinnickAnna TolputtGamers playing a MMORPG based on the "Hellraiser" films find their lives endangered after being invited to a rave, the host of which intends to show them the truth behind the Cenobite mythos.
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsTerry FarrellDoug BradleyKevin BernhardtAn investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsDoug BradleyAshley LaurenceClare HigginsKirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
- DirectorRick BotaStarsDean WintersAshley LaurenceDoug BradleyAfter a car crash, a shady stockbroker suffers from amnesia. This leaves him in a hazy limbo of sex and murder. But, as in a predestined journey, he unmistakenly takes the bait and follows the marked-out clues all the way to Pinhead.
- DirectorRick BotaStarsKari WuhrerIonut ChermenskiHugh JorginA journalist uncovers an underground group who can bring back the dead and slowly becomes drawn into their world.
- DirectorM.J. BassettStarsAdelaide ClemensKit HaringtonSean BeanWhen her adoptive father disappears, Sharon Da Silva is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood.
- DirectorJohannes RobertsStarsKaya ScodelarioRobbie AmellHannah John-KamenSet in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsJohn HustonAndrés GarcíaHugo StiglitzThe passengers and crew of a ship on a scuba diving trip in the Caribbean stray into the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious and deadly things start happening.
- CreatorRoberto Aguirre-SacasaStarsKiernan ShipkaRoss LynchLucy DavisAs her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family, and the daylight world humans inhabit.
- DirectorKeith ThomasStarsZac EfronRyan Kiera ArmstrongSydney LemmonA young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.
- DirectorIvan KapitonovCindy RobinsonStarsAlina BabakOlga LomonosovaAleksey RozinA man's sudden return home in a coma years after he's gone missing, throwing his family's life into disarray as his homecoming brings with it some terrifying and supernatural goings-on.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsHalle BerryPatrick WilsonJohn BradleyA mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward earth.
- DirectorJohn F. ShowalterStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsDean's worst nightmare comes true when a demon kidnaps Ben and Lisa in order to get to him. The brothers are forced to join forces with an unlikely ally to free them.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsAt a renaissance festival, a knight fights for the "queen's" hand. He falls to the ground with red eyes but no wounds. Wilson dates his first ex-wife. House and Thirteen dress up to investigate at the renaissance festival.
- DirectorAyumu WatanabeStarsMana AshidaHiiro IshibashiSeishû UragamiA young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
- StarsLuci ChristianBrittany LaudaMiyu TomitaA girl and her robot companion search for her mother, who's lost within a vast chasm.
- DirectorMasayuki KojimaStarsMiyu TomitaMariya IseShiori IzawaRiko, Reg, and their new friend, Nanachi, continue their journey down the Abyss and arrive at the 5th layer. But in order for them to continue to the 6th layer, they must encounter the haunting figure of Nanachi's past: Bondrewd the Novel.
- DirectorKazuaki KiriyaStarsYûsuke IseyaKumiko AsôAkira TeraoLive-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.
- StarsTôru FuruyaEric ValeYûko MinaguchiThe world is falling apart and Casshern is to blame. He is said to have killed a robot named "Luna" and by doing so unleashed a plague referred to as "ruin".
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiStarsJun ShisonRiria BabaMamoru MiyanoAfter bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families.
- DirectorJon CassarStarsSeth MacFarlaneAdrianne PalickiPenny Johnson JeraldThe Orville explores a mysterious region of space.
- DirectorJon CassarStarsSeth MacFarlaneAdrianne PalickiPenny Johnson JeraldThe Orville crew discovers signs of a modern civilization on a planet known to be uninhabited.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsSonequa Martin-GreenDoug JonesAnthony RappDiscovery ventures to the Verubin Nebula, where Burnham, Saru, and Culber make a shocking realization about the origin of the Burn as the rest of the crew faces an unexpected threat.
- DirectorDouglas AarniokoskiStarsSonequa Martin-GreenDoug JonesAnthony RappWhen a new signal appears over Saru's home planet, Burnham, Saru and the crew embark on a perilous mission that puts Saru in danger and raises questions about the Red Angel's intentions. Hugh struggles to come to terms with his new reality.
- DirectorOlatunde OsunsanmiStarsSonequa Martin-GreenDoug JonesAnthony RappAs the DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var, and with evacuations underway, Burnham and the team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery must find a way to communicate and connect with a species far different from their own before time runs out.
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
- DirectorDavid YaroveskyStarsElizabeth BanksDavid DenmanJackson A. DunnWhat if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
- DirectorAndy SerkisStarsTom HardyWoody HarrelsonMichelle WilliamsEddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.
- DirectorIvan EnglerRalph EtterStarsAnna Katharina SchwabrohMartin RapoldRegula GrauwillerDr. Laura P. takes a job on a cargo spaceship for 4 years plus 4 years back. She'll join her sister on Rhea. 44 months later, in Laura's shift, strange things happen in cargo. The crew is reanimated and the captain dies mysteriously.
- CreatorOlan RogersDavid SacksStarsFred ArmisenTom KennyOlan RogersAn astronaut named Gary and his planet-destroying sidekick called Mooncake embark on serialized journeys through space in order to unlock the mystery of where the universe actually ends and if it actually does exist.
- CreatorDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah ChalkeThe fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.
- CreatorAshley PharoahStarsColin MorganCharlotte SpencerMalcolm StorryWhen a young couple inherit a farm, they are determined to turn it into a success, but strange supernatural forces soon intervene, threatening their marriage and their lives.
- DirectorChristopher LandonStarsAndrew JacobsJorge DiazGabrielle WalshWhen a young man becomes the target of a malevolent entity, he must uncover its true intentions before it takes complete control of him.
- DirectorGregory PlotkinStarsChris J. MurrayBrit ShawIvy GeorgeUsing a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
- DirectorWilliam EubankStarsEmily BaderRoland Buck IIIDan LippertMargot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.
- DirectorColin MinihanStuart OrtizThe Vicious BrothersStarsBenjamin WilkinsonSean RogersonAshleigh GryzkoFor their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true.
- DirectorJohn PoliquinStarsRichard HarmonShawn C. PhillipsJennica FultonA film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.
- CreatorDaniel CeroneDavid S. GoyerStarsMatt RyanHarold PerrineauCharles HalfordA man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
- DirectorDoug MurphyStarsMatt RyanLaura BaileyRobin Atkin DownesA decade after a tragic mistake, Chas Chandler and occult investigator John Constantine set out to cure Chas's daughter, Trish, from a demonically induced coma.
- DirectorMatt PetersStarsMatt RyanRay ChaseRobin Atkin DownesOccult detective John Constantine is trapped in the House of Mystery, a secret domain where none can escape from.
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsMitch WatsonStarsFrank WelkerMindy CohnGrey GriffinThis incarnation finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all.
- 20211h 18mTV-PG6.3 (2.6K)VideoDirectorCecilia AranovichStarsFrank WelkerGrey GriffinMatthew LillardScooby-Doo and his friends are drawn to a strange object in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas--the backwoods hometown of Courage and his owners, Eustace and Muriel Bagge.
- CreatorTony BasgallopStarsLauren AmbroseToby KebbellNell Tiger FreeA Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens a door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsGael García BernalVicky KriepsRufus SewellA vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
- CreatorDaniel AbrahamMark FergusTy FranckStarsSteven StraitDominique TipperWes ChathamThe disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.
- StarsErnst-Hugo JäregårdKirsten RolffesGhita NørbyDoctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.
- CreatorStephen KingStarsJamie HarroldDiane LaddBruce DavisonThe quirky staff and patients of an ultramodern (albeit increasingly dilapidated) Maine hospital gradually become familiar with the supernatural occurrences that take place there, uncovering a dark secret in the process.
- DirectorWalter MurchStarsFairuza BalkNicol WilliamsonJean MarshDorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsEddie RedmayneKatherine WaterstonAlison SudolIn 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
- CreatorSera GambleJohn McNamaraStarsStella MaeveHale ApplemanArjun GuptaAfter being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discovers that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
- CreatorJuan Carlos CuetoRocío Martínez LlanoDaniel ÉcijaStarsMarta TornéMartiño RivasRaúl Fernández de PabloAfter losing their parents at sea, two siblings enter an exclusive boarding school. The students soon realize that the school is full of mysteries and secrets.
- CreatorAsier AnduezaStarsAlbert SalazarJoel BosquedMina El HammaniA school for problem children located next to an old monastery, in an inaccessible and isolated spot between the mountains.
- DirectorNavin DevStarsEmily StrideDavid CaronSilvana MaimoneA troubled young woman must finally come to terms with her horrific past as she is propelled through dreams into the terrifying fairytale world of the Red Kingdom where she encounters figures reminiscent of her memories and fears.
- DirectorTate SteinsiekStarsClair CatherineJake HorowitzKika MagalhãesAn Albanian castle with bloodthirsty creatures is inherited by a young woman.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
- DirectorVikram K. KumarStarsMadhavanNitu ChandraPoonam DhillonA man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsHenry CavillBen AffleckGal GadotDetermined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
- DirectorJosh BooneStarsMaisie WilliamsAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie HeatonFive young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
- DirectorChris FisherStarsDaveigh ChaseBriana EviganJames LaffertyDonnie Darko's little sister Samantha and her best friend Corey are on a cross-country road trip, but soon find themselves entangled in a dangerous glitch in the time-space continuum.
- StarsDavid FirthCachetThe surreal life of Salad Fingers, an unknown creature living in an apocalyptic wasteland.
- DirectorDavid FirthStarsDavid FirthPaul MacKenzieChristian Webb13 years worth of animated madness, stitched together to form a single stream of nightmare consciousness. With a wealth of unseen material as well as familiar classics and remastered, rejigged, reanimated nuggets.
- A series of strange images and sounds.
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsRobin WrightHarvey KeitelJon HammAn aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
- DirectorEnki BilalStarsLinda HardyThomas KretschmannCharlotte RamplingIn the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.
- CreatorVernon ChatmanStarsVernon ChatmanJaneane GarofaloZadieA miniature propellant cluster bomb of painfully mutinous nightmares, all dripping with the orange sludge of dream logic.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsKristýna KohoutováCamilla PowerA surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsPetr CepekJan KrausVladimír KudlaAn ordinary man is lured into a strange puppet theatre by a map and finds himself embroiled in a production of the Faustian legend.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsVeronika ZilkováJan HartlJaroslava KretschmerováA childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.