Listopia > Ghosts in the Machine - Evil/Haunted/Cursed Tech
A selection of horror stories that features modern technologies, appliances and machines that are cursed, haunted or AI gone rogue. All ages welcome as long as these titles support the theme. Examples include:
Vehicles - cars, trucks, buses
Machines
Computers
Videos
Cameras
Phones
Apps
Arcades/Video Games
For this list, we are not including tech horror stories with human villains, only tech horror stories with supernatural causes. Evil machines and appliances only. AI powered appliances can be included here, no robots or androids though. We already have lists for those types.
Vehicles - cars, trucks, buses
Machines
Computers
Videos
Cameras
Phones
Apps
Arcades/Video Games
For this list, we are not including tech horror stories with human villains, only tech horror stories with supernatural causes. Evil machines and appliances only. AI powered appliances can be included here, no robots or androids though. We already have lists for those types.
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list created December 1st, 2025
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Ghost in the Machine (1993) - All appliances
The Ring (2002) - Video cassette
Fear Dot Com (2002) - Website
Stay Alive (2006) - Video game
Sinister 1 and 2 (2012, 2015) - Super 8 film reels
Unfriended (2014) - Skype chat
Polaroid (2019) - Polaroid camera
Countdown (2019) - Phone app
A.M.I. (2019) - AI assistant
The Black Phone 1 and 2 (2021, 2025) - Rotary dial phone
Afraid (2024) - AI assistant
If the appliance runs on paranormal energy and contains ghosts or demons than it counts.