Family curse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant family curse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, captivating, gothic, scary and psychological films and TV shows about / with family curse, curse, supernatural, family relations, ghost, curses spells and rituals, death, murder, female nudity and danger plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as family curse: The House of Usher (2006), Jinxed (2013), The Grudge (2004), The Bride (2017), Expiration Date (2006), The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016), Are We Dead Yet (2019), The Cursed (2021), The Lodgers (2017), The Last Son (2021).
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List of family curse movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Three years after her lover, Rick Usher, and her best friend, Maddy Usher, had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation, Jill Masters receives a phone call with news of Maddy's death. Her last wish was for Jill to attend her ...
Style:
gothic, sexy, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, missing person, uncover truth, edgar allan poe, danger, supernatural, family secret, family curse, secret, twins, curse, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, melancholic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bad luck, teenager, nothing goes right, curses spells and rituals, female protagonist, against the odds, coming of age, family problems, down on your luck, love and romance, youth, true love ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This is a story of a small town girl named Nastya. Her newly married husband Ivan drives her to his hometown to meet his family. Upon their arrival Nastya feels she made a wrong decision: she is surrounded by weird people and she sees creepy photos ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
wedding, family curse, ritual, old mansion, ghost, redemption, love and romance, abduction, vengeance, paranormal, freak, apparition ...
Time:
1800s, 2010s, 19th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Charlie Silvercloud III lives with the family curse, on his fathers and grandfathers 25th birthday they were killed by a milk truck. It is now Charlies turn.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot:
family curse, couples, save the day, family relations, dark humor, curses spells and rituals, unfulfillment, fall in love, love, death of father, old man, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thomas Kaiser inherits an ancestral mansion that has been in his family for generations — only to learn that he has also inherited an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. Forced into his new role as “protector” — the guardian ...
Style:
sexy, gothic, bleak, psychological, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, inheritance, supernatural, beauty, estate, family curse, good versus evil, sleeping, macabre, male female relationship, help, male protagonist ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A robbery goes horrifyingly wrong when five have a go criminals are forced to take refuge from the police in an old castle. What starts out as 'one last job' quickly becomes a hilarious fun filled journey of ghostly misfortunes.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, humorous
Plot:
curse, haunted house, ghost, treasure, family curse, exorcism, monster, peril, society, runaway, evil, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
werewolf, creature, gypsy, cursed, supernatural, folk horror, scarecrow, curse, revenge from beyond the grave, violence, paranormal phenomena, monster ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 2020s
Place:
france, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, suspense, bleak, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, female nudity, brother sister incest, twins, curse, bare breasts, fall in love, creature, supernatural power, war veteran ...
Time:
1920s, victorian era
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sam Worthington stars as Isaac LeMay, a murderous outlaw who learns he is cursed by a prophecy: one of his children will kill him. To prevent this, he hunts down each of his estranged children including long-lost son Cal (Colson Baker). With bounty ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
incestuous desire, brothel, evil, prostitute mother, murder, family curse, wasteland, murderer, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, criminal, curse ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montana
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Driven to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his father, New York psychologist Ed Hunter travels to a remote village in the West of Ireland and finds a community that has been living in fear for centuries. He meets a mysterious girl who ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost, family curse, folk horror, supernatural, cursed, secret, life is a bitch, curse, buried alive, dark secret, investigation, murder mystery ...
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
الحديث عن اللعنات التي تصيب الإنسان كثيرة وغريبة وأغربها ما حدث بفيلم (بنات العم) حيث ثلاث فتيات تربطهن علاقة العمومية هن شوقية (أحمد ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
arab, curse, family curse, family drama, time, body swapping, gender roles, wealthy family, family life, house, family relations, wealth ...
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the ...
Style:
psychedelic, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, erotic ...
Plot:
incestuous sex, curse, fall in love, ghost, danger, supernatural, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, social relations, small town, sex ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor;Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
castle, vampire, female vampire, witch, crypt, family curse, supernatural power, curse, isolated place, evil, hanging, historian ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, spell, creature, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, family secret, curse, evil force, magical, siblings relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york, usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 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
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, torture, space station, macabre, space, gory, supernatural, hellraiser, curse, human sacrifice, cursed object, monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 90s, 20th century, 1790s ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, france, europe, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hana spends twenty years suppressing a maleficent curse that was placed upon her bloodline, only to have a family member knowingly release it forcing her to kill or to be killed.
Style:
suspense, tense, mystical, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, family curse, supernatural, female protagonist, cursed, witchcraft, murder, family relations, supernatural horror, mysticism, betrayal, paranormal ...
Place:
balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Circa 1800's a Jamindar (Prakash Raj) insults Durga Devi by stealing her idol in the temple in a state of intoxication.An enraged Devi kills him and puts a curse on his heirs that she is going to take one family member each every 48 years. And ...
Style:
sinister, suspense, period drama
Plot:
family drama, curse, supernatural, family curse, tragedy, karma, superstition, accidental death, male protagonist, fatalism, village, ancestry ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, young heroes, orphan, imaginary, teenage life, family relations, youth, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, magic spell, estate, heroes ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Hae-na who is bound to inherit her family curse which is turning into a dog after getting her first kiss. The only way to break the curse is to get a second kiss. The problem is the guy who gave Hae-na her first kiss is afraid of dogs.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
curse, first kiss, trauma, secret love, dog, cursed, family curse, supernatural romance, relationships, love story, male female relationship, human dog relationship ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse -- commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has run away to live as an innocent peasant ("Robin ...
Style:
humorous, parody, romantic comedy, period piece, light hearted ...
Plot:
ghost, operetta, family curse, disguise, curse, satire, british, farce, redemption, supernatural, dark humor, aristocracy ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
cornwall
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
Style:
horror comedy, scary, suspense, brutal, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
game, rite, satanic cult, hide and seek, ritual, wedding, pursuit, family curse, fiancee, murder, woman kills a man, twists and turns ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2019, 80s
Place:
illinois, canada
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a sense that something evil is taking over the family.
Style:
dark, suspense, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
grief, suicide, devil, mysterious death, satan, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, priest, haunted house, macabre, hallucination, family farm ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, gothic, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
stephen king, vampire, confronting the past, small town, monster, supernatural, secret past, family curse, family relations, father son relationship, secret, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Evelyn Elster inherits her estranged cousin's fortune she thinks her family has finally gotten the break they've needed. Little do they know they've not only inherited her cousin's riches, but also a family curse, and must ...
Style:
tension, gothic, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family curse, haunted house, supernatural, unsettling, occult, inheritance, slow burn, family drama, superstition, paranormal activity, isolation, curse ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
black magic, witch, revenge, family curse, murder, death, danger, conspiracy, good versus evil, female nudity, night, villainess ...
Time:
17th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yau (Sammi Cheng) is a successful chef and owner of a restaurant which is located in a flat called Magical Kitchen which is more like a home rather than like a restaurant. In a tale told by Yau's mother, that she would be haunted by a family ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
restaurant, food, rivalry, love triangle, vengeance, couples, friends, family curse, love, cooking, looking for love, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
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473
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The Vanderhouvens are a typical family...except a curse recently turned Alex—their loving husband and father—to stone. In order to save him, his wife and kids set out on spine-tingling adventures to return ancient artifacts stolen by an ancestor.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, suspense, emotional, atmospheric ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
curse, cursed object, magic, teamwork, family curse, artifact, cursed, curses spells and rituals, save the day, family relations, adventurer, family bonds ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of unsuspecting college students explore a haunted house and get more than they bargained for when the sexual frenzy of the paranormal world reveals itself.
Style:
psychotronic, sex comedy, humorous, feel good, horror comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranormal, ghost, paranormal phenomena, curse, family curse, sex scene, characters in danger, demon, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, peril, lesbian threesome ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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