Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ancient-evil"

1. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.

Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace

Votes: 45,833

2. Ghostbusters (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis

Votes: 452,397 | Gross: $238.63M

3. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace

Votes: 220,917 | Gross: $129.36M

4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard

Votes: 86,408

5. It Chapter Two (2019)

R | 169 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa

Votes: 303,474 | Gross: $211.59M

6. Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.

Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald

Votes: 94,730

7. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

This 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.

Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 17,913

8. Willow (2022–2023)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama

Twenty years after vanquishing the wicked queen Bavmorda, the sorcerer Willow Ufgood leads a group of misfits on a dangerous rescue mission into the unknown.

Stars: Ruby Cruz, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori, Erin Kellyman

Votes: 33,699

9. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)

R | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror

In 1969 a young Jud Crandall and his childhood friends band together to confront an ancient evil that has gripped their hometown of Ludlow.

Director: Lindsey Anderson Beer | Stars: Jackson White, Natalie Alyn Lind, Forrest Goodluck, Isabella LaBlanc

Votes: 11,447

10. Azrael (2024)

R | 85 min | Action, Horror

In a world no one speaks a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness

Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Samara Weaving, Vic Carmen Sonne, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Eero Milonoff

Votes: 78

11. The Burning Girls (2023)

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A reverend and her daughter start a new life in a village that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.

Stars: Samantha Morton, Ruby Stokes, Conrad Khan, Paul Bradley

Votes: 1,670

12. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

PG | 94 min | Horror

An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl and strange things start to happen.

Directors: Seth Holt, Michael Carreras | Stars: Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden

Votes: 3,815

13. Dead of Summer (2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1989, school is out for the summer. When Camp Stillwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

Stars: Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Lail, Alberto Frezza, Mark Indelicato

Votes: 4,887

14. Nomads (1986)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. But they aren't what they seem.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant

Votes: 5,367 | Gross: $2.28M

15. Lady Terminator (1989)

Unrated | 82 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The spirit of an ancient evil queen possesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage.

Director: H. Tjut Djalil | Stars: Barbara Anne Constable, Christopher J. Hart, Claudia Angelique Rademaker, Joseph P. McGlynn

Votes: 2,030

16. Maya (1989)

100 min | Horror

An ancient evil awakens in a small Mexican village and many people fall victim to its curse. It is up to a mystical doctor to try and stop this evil power before it is too late.

Director: Marcello Avallone | Stars: Peter Phelps, Mariella Valentini, Cyrus Elias, Mariangélica Ayala

Votes: 433

17. Becoming (I) (2020)

98 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A young woman learns her fiance has become possessed by an entity.

Director: Omar Naim | Stars: Toby Kebbell, Penelope Mitchell, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Stephen Rider

Votes: 1,546

18. Catacombs (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror

A demon is trapped in a monastery. 400 years later a young girl arrives at the monastery to study.

Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Timothy Van Patten, Ian Abercrombie, Jeremy West, Laura Schaefer

Votes: 947

19. The White Vault (2017 Podcast Series)

Adventure, Horror

The collected records of a repair team sent to Outpost Fristed in the vast white wastes of Svalbard.

Stars: Hem Brewster, Peter Joseph Lewis, Lani Minella, Carla García

Votes: 100

20. Neowolf (2010)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Two college lovers face an ancient evil when a strange rock band comes to town.

Director: Yvan Gauthier | Stars: Michael Frascino, Heidi Johanningmeier, Agim Kaba, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 520

21. Lorelei Part I (2021 Video)

Short, Music

A Roman sailor is shipwrecked on a suicide mission to the unmapped, mysterious forests of NW Europe. Drawn by haunting apparitions of a beautiful red-haired woman, he links her disappearance to an ancient evil with a nightmarish agenda.

Director: J. Wes Ulm | Stars: Julia Modesto, Derek Easley, Kate Adkins, Allie Anderson

22. Deathgasm: Extended Interview with Jason Lei Howden (2015 Video)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Star: Jason Howden

23. Dark Fall: The Journal (2002 Video Game)

T | Horror, Mystery

A ghost story set primarily in an abandoned hotel and train station in Dorset, where the protagonist is looking for his missing investigator brother.

Director: Jonathan Boakes | Stars: Stuart Banks, Samuel Dicker, Robert Perkins, Philip Philippou

Votes: 48

24. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Flux: Chapter One - The Halloween Apocalypse (2021)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

At Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. From the Arctic Circle to deep space, an ancient evil is breaking free. And in present day Liverpool, the life of Dan Lewis is about to change forever.

Director: Jamie Magnus Stone | Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Craige Els

Votes: 4,777

25. Willow (2022–2023)
Episode: Children of the Wyrm (2023)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Immemorial City awaits. Refuge of the Wicked Crone and her dark designs.

Director: Jamie Childs | Stars: Dempsey Bryk, Ruby Cruz, Ellie Bamber, Joonas Suotamo

Votes: 2,621

26. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
Episode: Come Undone (2013)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Discovering the true Heart of the Jaguar, the Mystery Inc gang work as a team to stop the Evil Entity from bringing about the end of the world.

Director: Victor Cook | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 570

27. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013)
Episode: Through the Curtain (2013)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Using the four keys, the gang find the treasure chamber and the Evil Entity, who reveals a secret that could change their lives forever.

Directors: Michael Goguen, Victor Cook | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 390