We are getting down to our last few posts for our 21 Days of Halloween Countdown and today we going to talk about great ghost movies. No, not Ghost the live story, but actual scary ghost stories. I think these have become the most popular paranormal movies of our time. I mean, how many Paranormal Activity movies have there been now? Those aren’t on my list. But here are some great ghost movies!
Who wasn’t thoroughly creeped out and totally mind blown by Sixth Sense? That was one of the best ghost movies ever done! A boy that sees dead people? Going to a shrink to help him with his problem. That is an awesome plot. Especially with the twist at the end. So if you want to see a great ghost movie, this is it.
Next we have a ghost movie by one of the masters of Horror, and this one is super scary. The Shining. Jack Nicholson has never been crazier. And Shelly Duvall has never been more pathetic. In a good way. Take a haunted hotel, mix in a snow storm and the mind blowing madness of a writer trying to finish a book, and you are in for a real treat.
Ghostbusters. Iconic silly ghost movie that is lots of fun. And I don’t just mean the original either. The new one is just as much fun. The new one has gotten a lot of flack but I laughed so hard I cried at the new one. My kids loved it and so did a lot of my friends. They both are seriously funny movies. As long as you don’t try to compare them to each other, you’ll be fine.
Another ghost movie I loved as a kid but scared the crap out of me was Poltergeist. That clown doll was the first time I truly started getting the clown creepies. I am not a clown person. The movie was great all on its own and I was sad they tried to do a remake, though the remake didn’t do well. Poltergeist is the epitome of 80’s horror movies. It was creepy. It was endearing. It was awesome.
Beetlejuice was one of Tim Burton’s first movies and still one of his 3 best movies of all time. Michael Keeton was plain great in that movie. Gina Davis was fun and lively as ever and I even like Alec Baldwin for once. All in all, I really thought Beetlejuice was a fun ghost movie. Ghosts having to call in worse ghosts to get people out of their house? What could be better? And with all the Tim Burton flair, who in their right mind wouldn’t love it?
Now one movie that I don’t think did well, but I found super creepy was The Skeleton Key. It wasn’t an amazing movie but the premise that until you actually believe in ghosts they can’t take over your body, was certainly a new one for me. The whole movie is about trying to get a girl to believe in ghosts. It was a great twist. It really stuck with me.
House on Haunted Hill was scary and bloody and had an insane asylum. There are few places I find scarier than insane asylums. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because once you’re in there, there’s no getting out and doctors can basically use you as guinea pigs for whatever they want. And even if your family wants you out the doctors can refuse to release you. Yeah, that freaks me out. So this movie was especially scary to me. Doctors who experiment on people. Is there anything more terrifying? Maybe clowns that experiment on people. That would be worse!
So, do you like ghost movies? Or ghost stories? What is your favorite ghost movie? Tell me!
Rebekah R. Ganiere – Books with a Bite
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