History Main / HauntedHouse

* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Demons" has the BodyOfTheWeek be a ghost-hunter killed in a reputedly haunted mansion. Castle, naturally, [[AgentMulder eagerly buys into the possibility of demonic possession]], while Beckett is [[AgentScully a lot more skeptical]]. Although the case of the week is ultimately discovered to have a human hand behind it, it's still [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane up in the air whether the house actually is haunted]].

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': In "[[Recap/CheersS5E5 House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick]]", Carla was in the market for a new house and found one for a suspiciously low price. Norm later discovered that the house was built over the cemetery for a prison where some really nasty criminals were sent, implying the house was haunted by their spirits. Definitely a bad thing for the really superstitious Carla. Subverted. It's actually really cheap because it's at the end of a runway.

* Derceto in ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark'', a nightmarish [[Literature/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher Poesque]] / Lovecraftian place where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything is trying to kill you]]. The mansion of the Morton family in ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDarkTheNewNightmare''.

* VideoGame/{{DLIRIUM}} gives this an interesting twist. The house it takes place in begins as a normal mansion, but once the protagonist Ada opens a mysterious present from its owner, it becomes a hellish {{Mordor}} haunted by numerous demons.

* ''Videogame/MadFather'' has a mad scientist mansion home becoming haunted as a result of his evil experiments. Unfortunately, it's also home to his daughter.

* ''Videogame/ShiningForceIII'' had another mansion with yet another Vandal living in it. He had transformed all the village folk into [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Kyon-Shi]]. Dantares, the brave Knight, is teased by the young mage about being scared of ghosts at this point in the game.
* ''Videogame/ShiningTheHolyArk'' has a massive sprawling mansion in the middle of a graveyard where the powerful being Galm lives. The house has seen much better days. Seeing how Galm was only released from [[SealedBadassInACan imprisonment]] you do have to wonder who built such a massive house (which is bigger than the King's castle) and why it was abandoned.

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* ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'':
** Two rather benign examples -- the house where Ida lives and trains is partly alive-ish (it's complex) and haunted by her aunt Tekla, and the house she moves to later is inhibited by three ghosts that are rather curious than malevolent and prove helpful in solving the case.
** We can also count the Overlook Hotel from ''Literature/TheShining''. During its history, it was the site of many unsavory activities, including suicides and gangland hits. As the Torrances settle in at the Overlook, Danny sees ghosts and frightening visions. Danny soon realizes that his presence in the hotel makes the supernatural activity more powerful, turning echoes of past tragedies into dangerous threats.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E99YoungMansFancy Young Man's Fancy]]", Henrietta Walker's house is a non-malicious example. Things in the house shift and turn between modern-day and older appliances. A grandfather clock that doesn't work suddenly works again, a non-functioning radio suddenly turns on and plays older music, and eventually, Henrietta Walker's ghost appears.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'', episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E06HowTheGhostsStoleChristmas How the Ghosts Stole Christmas]]". Mulder and Scully visit one on Christmas Eve to find the ghosts of two star-crossed lovers who formed a SuicidePact.
-->'''Scully''': Mulder, tell me you didn't call me out here on Christmas Eve to go ghostbusting with you.\\
'''Mulder''': Technically speaking, they're called apparitions.

It might be a ramshackle abandoned shack standing alone. Or a BigFancyHouse maintained by a CreepyHousekeeper. Or a typical [[{{Suburbia}} suburban home]] built on an IndianBurialGround. Or has a perturbed {{poltergeist}} with UnfinishedBusiness using it as a personal PsychologicalTormentZone. It has a distressing tendency of killing its way through a family receiving it as an UnexpectedInheritance, and if it gets a sufficiently sordid reputation it will be chronicled by a HauntedHouseHistorian who tries to warn new would-be victims- who of course [[CuriosityKilledTheCast read it as a travel guide]].

* Button House in ''Series/GhostsUK''. The titular ghosts are a RagtagBunchOfMisfits accumulated over the centuries who being unable to leave are forced to make the best of the situation, and who rub along reasonably well with the living inhabitants for the most part.

* ''WebVideo/TheFifteenExperience'': The house the hacker is watching is rife with paranormal activity, from ghostly orbs to ghostly faces, to moving shadows.

* Anna and Yoh's house in ''Manga/ShamanKing''.

* Derceto in ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark1992'', a nightmarish [[Literature/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher Poesque]] / Lovecraftian place where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything is trying to kill you]].
** The mansion of the Morton family in ''Videogame/AloneInTheDarkTheNewNightmare''.
* {{VideoGame/Anatomy}} takes place in and is focused upon a haunted house. It also is notable for not being an instance of a house being haunted by anything in particular, instead, [[spoiler:the house itself being alive, and hating human inhabitants for abandoning it.]]
* ''VideoGame/AmbridgeMansion'' takes place in one of these.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series usually go for the full HauntedCastle, but sometimes haunted mansions and other spooky buildings show up as well.

* Downplayed in {{VideoGame/Control}}. The Oldest House is most obviously an [[EldritchLocation Eldritch Location]] where the walls and shape of the rooms and architecture are changing regularly, but as Jesse progresses through the Oldest House, it becomes clear that something is going on that suggests that Oldest House itself is "haunted". It's considered a "Place of Power" by the Federal Bureau of Control, within which "Objects of Power" manifest and often cause substantial harm to its human inhabitants.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' has a quest which involves buying a haunted house and clearing it of ghosts.

* The ''[[VideoGame/Fallout4 Fallout 4]]'' DLC ''Nuka-World'' has one in the Grandchester Mystery Mansion, a roadside attraction based on the real-life Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. Both houses (the one in Nuka-World and the one in San Jose) share odd designs, with doors that open to walls and stairways that go nowhere. However, that and the name are about where the similarities end: the San Jose house is (supposedly) haunted by the ghosts that killed by Winchester guns killed (as in, Winchester Rifles) and/or was constructed by Sarah Winchester to escape/fool death; conversely, the Grandchester Mystery Mansion is the sight of Lucy Grandchester's grisly murder of her parents in a Lizzy-Bordon-esque murder, with Lucy escaping from an insane asylum and killing herself in the house years later. In-game, the Grandchester was turned into a roadside attraction a la the aforementioned Winchester Mystery House, and years later after the war, was turned into a murder trap run by an ex-Gunner named Zachariah. As the player investigates the house, they will quickly learn that it is haunted by the ghost of Lucy Grandchester, [[note]]who, curiously, is shown as a child and not the young woman she was when she killed herself - probably for RuleOfScary: creepy kids are ''way'' scarier than creepy adults[[/note]] with the player able to catch glimpses of her as they explore the house, read terminal logs from Zachariah about a disembodied female laugh he assumes is coming from one of his robots, and culminating in the player following her into the attic, where she'll giggle and run around a corner - but if the player investigates, they'll find a door with a brick wall behind it.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has a Haunted House as the hotel at the Gold Saucer amusement park. The receptionist drops down from the gallows whenever you check in. Also, the Shinra Mansion, which has a bloody history in the game, and is filled with scrappy enemies when you reach it.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' features Haukke Manor, a dungeon filled with restless spirits, the undead, and the demonic - all because the lady of the house sought to acquire eternal youth by contracting with voidsent.

* ''VideoGame/GrabbedByTheGhoulies'' is essentially a parody of this trope.

* ''VideoGame/TheHauntedMansion'' for the Gamecube.

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' is the story of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario's]] hapless younger brother getting a free house... which he then has to clear of ghosts. [[spoiler:Apparently, the whole thing was a ghostly creation, and it disappears when he's done. For some reason, the money in it ''wasn't'', so he buys a new one. Which is presumably ''not'' haunted.]]
* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'': E. Gadd lives in one, albeit one inhabited by much more friendly ghosts than normal, due to the influence of the Dark Moon. When the Moon breaks, the ghosts are driven to mischief and malice and he is forced out. Luigi must go through 5 haunted houses throughout the game to restore the Dark Moon.

* The playable teaser for ''VideoGame/SilentHills'' took place in a suburban home haunted by the vengeful spirits of a dead family, which are greatly implied to be ''yours''.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'''s [[AnotherSideAnotherStory "Born From a Wish" scenario]] involves Maria exploring a massive, gated home and trying to help the owner, Ernest, retrieve a few items he needs but for some oblique reason he's unable to get for himself. Even before [[spoiler:the reveal that Ernest has been DeadAllAlong]], Maria briefly steps out to find one item in the Blue Creek apartments, at which point you'll see graffiti reading [[WhamShot "KEEP OUT OF HAUNTED MANSION"]] sprayed on the outer wall of the house.

* The West Mansion in ''{{VideoGame/Splatterhouse}}'' and later Rick's mansion in the third installment.

* Chapter 7 of ''Zoda's Revenge: VideoGame/StarTropics II''.

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* The title house from ''VisualNovel/TheHouseInFataMorgana'' caused misfortune to befall those who lived in it.
* ''VisualNovel/TheLetter'' has the Ermengarde Mansion - a gorgeous, centuries-old house which is feared by the locals because of the belief that it's haunted. Indeed it is, and seven main characters all fall victim to the Mansion's curse.
* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the Screaming Author spirit is found inside the Miroku mansion, an odd blend of Alpine-Japanese architecture where a children's author is said to live - though he hasn't been seen in a long time, and the house instead has become infamous for the strange screaming that permeates it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' the very first [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of Horror]] segment, the Simpsons move into a haunted house, which does its best to make them leave... but they refuse, because it's their dream house. The segment ends with the house destroying itself rather than live with the Simpsons.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Randy buys a Blockbuster Video store which has no customers because everyone now watches movies online. It is haunted like the Overlook Hotel in ''Film/TheShining''. After Randy sees a ghost dressed in a 1980s aerobics outfit ask for ''Film/TurnerAndHooch'' and disappear:

** There's also ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' in several of the parks, though it's themed as a hotel instead of a house and has a more somewhat science-fictional spin on things (appropriate given [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the series it was based on]]).

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* The Shrieking Shack in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series is said to be one of the most haunted houses of Britain, judged by the loud howling noises coming from it. Even the ghosts haunting Hogwarts avoid it like the plague as the inhabitants of the shack apparently are a disorderly bunch. [[spoiler:At the end of the third book, it is revealed that the Shack was commissioned by Dumbledore for the teenaged Remus Lupin, as a safe place where he could become a werewolf without hurting anybody. The howling sounds he made were interpreted by locals as hauntings; a rumor Dumbledore encouraged to keep people away from the house and thus from werewolf Lupin.]]

Compare HauntedHeadquarters, which is any haunted primary setting; OldDarkHouse, which may or may not have a supernatural element; HellHotel, which is its hotel equivalent; and GhostShip, which is this trope placed at sea. BigBoosHaunt is this trope in video games. Will often end up invoking NeverRecycleABuilding, for good reason. NewHouseNewProblems is a popular way to introduce this trope.

When you enter, [[GhostButler the "wind"]] closes the door behind you- and likely [[EnclosedSpace will not reopen]] until its time for the next set of [[SchmuckBait schmucks to take the bait]]. [[SpookyPainting Creepy portraits]] may adorn the walls and the eyes may [[PortraitPaintingPeephole literally follow your every move]]. There are probably {{cobweb|OfDisuse}}s everywhere, draped over the [[CreepyChangingPainting ever-changing portraits]]. The OminousPipeOrgan may start playing Music/JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor all on its own. Mirrors reflect things that aren't there... when they aren't [[HouseOfBrokenMirrors all broken]]. There will probably be at least a couple {{Bookcase Passage}}s and {{Booby Trap}}s. Oh, and if you dig into records of people who've lived in, or stayed in the house before, or research the house itself you're likely to find some [[DarkAndTroubledPast pretty spooky history]] and at least one DarkSecret.

* ''Videogame/{{Madfather}}'' has a mad scientist mansion home becoming haunted as a result of his evil experiments. Unfortunately, it's also home to his daughter.

* ''Videogame/{{madfather}}'' has a mad scientist mansion home becoming haunted as a result of his evil experiments. Unfortunately, it's also home to his daughter.

When you enter, [[GhostButler the "wind"]] closes the door behind you- and likely [[EnclosedSpace will not reopen]] until its time for the next set of [[SchmuckBait schmucks to take the bait]]. [[SpookyPainting Creepy portraits]] may adorn the walls and the eyes may [[PortraitPaintingPeephole literally follow your every move]]. There are probably {{cobweb|OfDisuse}}s everywhere, draped over the [[CreepyChangingPainting ever-changing portraits]]. The OminousPipeOrgan may start playing Music/JohannSebastianBach's ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor'' all on its own. Mirrors reflect things that aren't there... when they aren't [[HouseOfBrokenMirrors all broken]]. There will probably be at least a couple {{Bookcase Passage}}s and {{Booby Trap}}s. Oh, and if you dig into records of people who've lived in, or stayed in the house before, or research the house itself you're likely to find some [[DarkAndTroubledPast pretty spooky history]] and at least one {{Dark Secret}}.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': As suggested by the title of the episode "The Haunted House", [=BoBoiBoy=] and Gopal investigate what they think is a haunted house somewhere within Rintis Island, while Adu Du and Probe have their own investigation. According to a legend, the house had been inhabited by a family for the past six months, only for the family to go mysteriously missing on the seventh month. There is said to be a ghost there that sometimes appears to be a human, and sometimes appears to be a tiger. [[spoiler:While the house has no ghosts in it, the ghost appearing to be a human and a tiger isn't too far off from Fang's Shadow Manipulation abilities, as he uses that haunted house for practice and creates a tiger using his Shadow Manipulation.]]

* The episode "Television Terror" in ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' adapted from the comic Book story, features a tabloid news show host taking his camera crew to investigate an allegedly haunted abandoned boarding house which was the site of several murders. He gets more than what he bargained for when the hauntings turn out to be real, and more deadlier than he could imagine.