Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "empty-coffin"

1. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 86,193 | Gross: $76.47M

2. Cronos (1992)

R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel

Votes: 33,139 | Gross: $0.62M

3. Castle Freak (1995 Video)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A man travels to Italy with his family to live in the castle they have recently inherited. But he soon begins to suspect that they are not the only occupants.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide

Votes: 10,332

4. Dracula (1979)

R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan

Votes: 11,114 | Gross: $20.16M

5. The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery

An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 7,385

6. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror

Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas

Votes: 16,684 | Gross: $0.55M

7. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A rich, mentally-unstable man - with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife - sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.

Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Votes: 2,926

8. The Haunted Palace (1963)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror

Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell

Votes: 8,470 | Gross: $2.62M

9. Phantasm II (1988)

R | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, meets with Reggie, and discover his dreams (the events of the original film) are real, and they both journey to find and stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine

Votes: 16,767 | Gross: $7.28M

10. Blood for Dracula (1974)

R | 106 min | Horror

An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime McKendry

Votes: 6,589 | Gross: $0.28M

11. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Passed | 74 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 9,959

12. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Approved | 90 min | Horror

During a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce

Votes: 5,650

13. Offering to the Storm (2020)

TV-MA | 139 min | Crime, Thriller

Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley.

Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Marta Etura, Leonardo Sbaraglia, 'Nene' Carlos Librado, Francesc Orella

Votes: 7,574

14. Secret Agent (1936)

Not Rated | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre

Votes: 9,045

15. Cry of the Banshee (1970)

GP | 91 min | Horror

In 1500s England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 2,899

16. Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999 Video)

R | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

As a teenage girl comes to Gatlin to find her biological mother, the town's infamous cult plots a comeback as their leader, Isaac, awakens from a coma.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Natalie Ramsey, Gary Bullock, Alix Koromzay, Stacy Keach

Votes: 4,904

17. The Vampire Happening (1971)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

An American actress inherits a castle in Transylvania. What she doesn't know is that her ancestor, the Baroness Catali, was in actuality a vampire countess, and emerges from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thomas Hunter, Yvor Murillo, Ingrid van Bergen

Votes: 723

18. Grave of the Vampire (1972)

PG | 91 min | Horror

A young man, born of a rape committed by a legendary vampire against a living woman, vows to locate and vanquish his undead father.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden

Votes: 1,579

19. Time Walker (1982)

PG | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.

Director: Tom Kennedy | Stars: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy, Robert Random

Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.43M

20. Witchcraft (1964)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats

Votes: 1,539

21. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

Approved | 81 min | Horror

British archaeologists and their American investor ship an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus to London but someone has the amulet to revive the mummy that will then kill all those who disturbed its tomb.

Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland

Votes: 3,386

22. Death Drums Along the River (1963)

83 min | Adventure

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla

Votes: 421

23. The Funeral Home (2020)

86 min | Horror, Mystery

Bernardo runs a funeral home in his house. His family lives among coffins, wreaths and supernatural entities that visit them daily. One day they decide to try to discover the origin of these creatures, but the results are terrifying.

Director: Mauro Iván Ojeda | Stars: Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela

Votes: 638

24. Pillow of Death (1945)

Passed | 66 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Horror

An unfaithful attorney is suspected of murdering his wife.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Edward Bromberg, Rosalind Ivan

Votes: 792

25. The Burning Court (1962)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob

Votes: 418

26. Stolen Babies (2016 TV Movie)

91 min | Crime, Drama

A devastated mother's desperate search for her daughter.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Hélène de Saint-Père, Philippe Lelièvre, Amélie Remacle

Votes: 24

27. Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance (1966)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Western

Two adventurers save the life of a man who has a tattooed treasure map on his back. The second needed map is on the back of a sheriff. The hunt begins.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Frank Wolff, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo

Votes: 262

28. Behind the Mask (1932)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An undercover Federal officer serving time in prison fakes his escape in order to infiltrate a heroin smuggling ring.

Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Jack Holt, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, Claude King

Votes: 341

29. Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen (2012 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery, Romance

Teen detective Nancy Drew joins a team of archaeologists and explores the mysteries of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Dave Rivas, Marianna de Fazio, Gabriel Wolf

Votes: 50

30. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Eine Tote auf Safari (1985)

59 min | Crime, Drama

A dead woman on safari.

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Thomas Holtzmann

Votes: 31

31. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode: The Bela Lugosi Blues (1995)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jack is honored as one of L.A.'s most eligible bachelors, but the honorees are being killed one after the other with vampire-like symptoms. Mark must solve the string of murders before Jack becomes the next victim.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Scott Baio, Victoria Rowell, Michael Tucci

Votes: 114

32. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The Undead/Stalker Moon (1997)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A homeless John Doe seemingly comes back from the dead. A popular film actress is being stalked by what seems to be the apparition of her jailed crazy fan.

Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 24

33. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Remembering Rosemary (1992)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Family

On Halloween, the only witness to a 10-year-old suicide case breaks her silence to announce "murder" which sends Maxine off to dig into a local history of the victim's life. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 99

34. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: Fertile Ground (2000)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney reunites with her high school sweetheart Tony to track down a Hawaiian fertility idol in Madagascar.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Steven Bauer

Votes: 96

35. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: Flag Day (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney and Nigel head to Larivee, California to find the Pioneer's Bear Flag.

Director: David Wu | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Cynthia Preston

Votes: 141

36. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Gone (2004)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The mystery surrounding Chloe's death deepens as Clark and Lois investigate, discovering that Lex Luthor and Lois' abrasive and militarist father, U.S. Army General Sam Lane, are somehow ... See full summary »

Director: James Marshall | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,267

37. Tales of the South Seas (1998–2000)
Episode: The Locket (2000)

Adventure

Isabelle reed is finally captured by the authorities and placed in the Matavai jail.

Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: William Snow, Rene Naufahu, Rachel Blakely, Rowena King

Votes: 6

38. Whiplash (1960–1961)
Episode: Stage Fright (1961)

25 min | Western

Mowamba flats is the start of a new coach run for Cobb. At stake is a lucrative mail run. Some of the passengers do not appear to be what they claim, and the addition of corpse to be ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Peter Graves, Tony Wickert, Barry Linehan, Margo Lee

39. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Emily (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scully and Mulder search for a cure to Emily's strange illness.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Sheila Larken

Votes: 3,558

40. Billy Liar (1973–1974)
Episode: Billy and Some Oriental Philosophy (1974)

25 min | Comedy

Billy becomes obsessed by the television series, Kung Fu. After a kung fu smash on an expensive urn at the funeral parlour, Billy is suspended without pay, but fortunately this gives him the time to look after his grandma...

Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Jeff Rawle, George A. Cooper, Pamela Vezey, May Warden

41. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dean and Sam investigate the death of a young college student who died in a car accident, but whose grave is now surrounded by a circle of dead plants.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Amara Zaragoza, Christopher Jacot

Votes: 5,963

42. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.665 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

1796 time period. Angelique's spell saves Victoria but she vows never to release her hold over Barnabas. Later we see the final fates of Natalie and Nathan.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Joel Crothers

Votes: 40

43. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.723 (1969)

TV-G | 21 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Rachel wakes from a dream to find Quentin in a chair in her room.Barnabas' ritual lures Quentin back to his coffin but later Quentin abducts Rachel.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Karlen

Votes: 30

44. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.724 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quentin buries Rachel but Sandor rescues her. When Barnabas rises from his coffin Quentin is there waiting. Barnabas tries another ritual to save Quentin.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Kathryn Leigh Scott

Votes: 29

45. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.725 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quentin returns to the grave site. Barnabas tries to restore Quentin's spirit to him. Gregory Trask arrives in Collinwood.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Jerry Lacy

Votes: 35

46. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.741 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Barnabas and Sandor open the coffin of Laura Stockbridge Collins and find it empty. Later Barnabas learns that Quentin saw Laura die by fire in Egypt.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Diana Millay

Votes: 31

47. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.756 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Barnabas interrupts Laura when she and Dirk dig up the grave of Ben Stokes.Later Dirk finds Barnabas' coffin and Laura realizes he is a vampire.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Nancy Barrett, Roger Davis, Diana Millay

Votes: 29

48. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.774 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Judith offers her condolences to Trask. Dirk attacks Tim, Judith and Rachel.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis

Votes: 26

49. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.781 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Barnabas finds his coffin chained and protected by a cross. He commands Charity to hide him in the school.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, Louis Edmonds

Votes: 25

50. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.808 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Jamison finds the book of the Collins family history and asks Magda how Barnabas travelled through time.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, David Selby, David Henesy

Votes: 24