Best and Worst Ghost Movies Of All Time Countdown
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Our favorite ghost movies of all time countdown will continue until Halloween. Our goal is to get 100 of the scariest, most ghoulish suspenseful ghost flicks up so we’ll have a good movie list to watch this fall as we get into a Halloween mood.
1. The Others A tantalizing tale as some ghosts come to the realization that they are indeed in the cemetery,except they’re living in a rundown old house somewhere in Jersey(the other Jersey). It’s a little complicated but still fun. However, you’ll need to concentrate as you watch because it’s also kind of an intellectual ghost story. I’m not saying dumb people won’t get it, you just need to think to watch it. Read More about the Others
Okay, this was the movie that started that shaking camera syndrome which has become so popular with movie makers. Only problem, it can give you a headache if you don’t take frequent breaks during the commercials.
But we love it because this ghost story had something and we still watch mesmerized since we can identify with the three student filmmakers lost in the Maryland backwoods with some vile witch believed to be child killer Elly Kedward from 1785. She’s out to get them one by one but they didn’t die for their art in vain. A lot of awards were won by this low budget blockbuster.
That brings us to the question why?
It’s genius is in its amaturesville foolishness and simplicity with a video camera that works like a charm and literally can scare you to death. So we don’t need violence and gore after all or special effects to get that skin tingling campfire fright we knew as kids. Particularly good for stormy nights.
3. The Shining, 1980
What is it about Hollywood’s fascination with frustrated writers being haunted by ghosts who won’t let them alone long enough to write the great American novel?
Jack Torrance finds out as he tried to stay sane while being cooped up in an abandoned hotel with the ghosts of demonic twins, a crazy lady in room 237 and a murderous previous caretaker. Read more about the Shining
4. The House on Haunted Hill, 1959
This is one of the campiest of the “haunted house party” genre where some eccentric multi-millionaire brings strangers together for murder. It’s a William Castle movie, and I have to admit I’m a bigger than huge fan. He’s the movie maker who placed joy buzzers under theater seats during showings of another one of his classics, The Tingler. Read more about the House on Haunted Hill
5. Topper, 1937
This is a ghost comedy and is still a lot of fun to watch because of the special effects. That being said, Cary Grant is not boring either. He was at his height of handsomeness and looks great in a tuxedo.
The story is about the partying Kerbys, Gary Grant and Constance Bennett, who become ghosts and spend their eternal time playing tricks on their old boring friend, the piece of furniture banker, Topper. This creates myriads of awkward social situations since the Kerbys are invisible to everyone else. It is totally politically incorrect without the preachy pretentiousness of today’s films. Read more about Topper
