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Quite a few ghost films (especially English-speaking ones) didn't make my cut of the 50 best, so here are some other recommendations of good (but not great) ghost films: Pulse (2001), Wind Chill, The Uninvited (2009), The Bunker, Grave Encounters 2, A Tale Of Two Sisters, They Wait, Ghost Ship, The Haunted (1991), White Noise, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, House On Haunted Hill (1959 ...
- What Is A Ghost?
- What Can Ghosts do?
- Their Death & Unfinished Business
- What Are The Different Types of Ghosts?
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Before we dive into the different types of ghosts, we should probably get a decent understanding of what a ghost is and what it isn’t. There are a few different types and different paranormal entities that a ghost can be confused with. According to Hans Holzer, the late professor of Parapsychology, “Ghosts are similar to psychotic human beings, inc...
Ghosts have various abilities. In the paranormal community, they believe it depends on their strength. There’s some discussion that the different ghosts are simply from different stages of development in the afterlife. For this theory, their strengths depend on that stage. Certain ghosts can speak, make sounds, change the temperature, and even phys...
Ghosts are almost always tied to the place they died. They’re also usually tied to any events or people who were involved. Typically, ghosts have died tragically or abruptly. Many of them can be in denial that they’ve passed. Ghosts almost always have unfinished business that they need to take care of. This unfinished business is usually quite inno...
In this section, we’re going to go through the 7 most popular different types of ghosts. We’ll explain everything you need to know about them.
Why isn’t a Spirit Considered a Type of Ghost?
Spirits and ghosts are often discussed interchangeably when they’re actually quite different. A spirit isn’t considered a type of ghost because of how they entered the afterlife. A spirit is a normal person who has died in a relatively normal way, so they go to the afterlife without any issues. They’re able to reason, they aren’t in denial that they’ve died, and they probably didn’t die abruptly or in a tragic way. Ghosts, on the other hand, are the complete opposite. You don’t hear much abou...
What Type of Ghost is Most Documented?
The most commonly documented type of ghost is the Orb. While there is speculation that Ectoplasm and Poltergeists have been seen in photographs, nothing has been documented as much as an Orb. If you were to go through your photo book or watch an old home video right now, you’d likely see at least one orb.
Can a Ghost Follow You From Place to Place?
In most cases, the answer is no. Ghosts are often tied to a specific place, usually where they died or the place that they lived before they died. Additionally, unless a ghost is trying to haunt you, there’s really no reason for them to follow you around.However, if you were to be followed, it would be by a Poltergeist or Demon. To learn more, play this video by Matthew Santoro.
- The Shining (1980) While trying to finish a novel, a recovering alcoholic author (Jack Nicholson), his wife (Shelley Duvall) and young son (Danny Lloyd) become caretakers of a desolate Colorado hotel where a sinister presence threatens to tear them apart.
- The Changeling (1980) A recently widowed music professor (Academy Award winner George C. Scott) becomes wrapped up in a disturbing mystery about his new home — a long-vacant mansion in Seattle — with guidance from the ghost haunting it.
- Poltergeist (1982) A real estate agent (Craig T. Nelson) and his wife (JoBeth Williams) tries to rescue their youngest daughter (Heather O’Rourke) from the evil spirits that have invaded their home and abducted her into their realm.
- The Sixth Sense (1999) A child psychologist (Bruce Willis) with his own dark past tries to help a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) come to terms with his disturbing gift.
- The Shining (1980) Director: Stanley Kubrick. Stephen King famously hates Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of his novel The Shining, which is difficult to understand until you actually read King’s original book, whereupon things become much more clear.
- The Innocents (1961) Director: Jack Clayton. There are few sights in gothic horror more instantly iconic than the female protagonist, dressed in a flowing nightgown, wandering the halls of a pitch-black Victorian country mansion at midnight, flaming candelabra in hand, brushing cobwebs out of the way as she searches for the source of a mysterious sound.
- Kwaidan (1964) Director: Masaki Kobayashi. Ghost stories don’t get much more gorgeous than the four in Masaki Kobayashi’s sprawling Kwaidan. Between two acerbically political and widely lauded samurai epics, Hara-kiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), Kobayashi led what was then Japan’s most expensive cinematic production ever, an anthology film with its parts loosely connected by Lafcadio Hearn’s collection of Japanese folk tales and Kobayashi’s intuitive penchant for surreal, sweepingly lush sets.
- Poltergeist (1982) Director: Tobe Hooper. They’re heeeeeeeeeere… Steven Spielberg’s first big success in the producer’s chair (and notionally directed by Tobe Hooper) was released concurrently with ET: The Extraterrestrial and could arguably be seen as the dark side of a dyad about alienation in suburbia.
Oct 28, 2022 · WATCH ON APPLE TV. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) B.O.M. Film Productions Co. This acclaimed Korean film blends psychological thriller, drama and horror into one truly gripping, eerie story about ...
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Jan 25, 2023 · 41. The Legend of Hell House (1999) 20th Century Fox. Two things are made very clear within the first 10 minutes of this big-screen adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel: 1) This will not be a ...
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