Best Ghost in a Movie?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Out of all the many and varied depictions of ghosts on screen, which is the best?

It doesn't necessarily have to be scary, but my pick would be the one from The Entity (1983). Very good special effects in that film.

[Joel]

Alice Krige
GHOST STORY (1981)

http://i.imgur.com/w3Ah2nh.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Wow, that's early. I think she must have been in The Professionals around that time as well.

[Joel]

Big crush on her from that era

[SeeingisBelieving]

Big crush on her from that era

She is very good. I remember her in Scarlet and Black with Ewan McGregor.

[Chypmunk]

Does Caspar count? :)

[Joel]

She is very good. I remember her in Scarlet and Black with Ewan McGregor.

I'll have to look into those, thanks.

[Nestorio_Miklos]

Definitely Marty Hopkirk

http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/RandallAndHopkirk1.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Does Caspar count? :)

Oh yeah. I was always partial to Slimer as well, the ugly little spud.

[Dannii]

The 6ft rabbit in Harvey☺

[mark f]

From The Innocents:

Quint
http://photos.bravenet.com/272/478/925/3/8F8F9D092E.jpg

Miss Jessel
http://girlmeetsfreak.com/img/tumblr_mkp91o9gmh1qmvy8zo1_500.gif

[Blix the Goblin]

Christopher lee as Kurt in The Whip and the Body


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YPYgmQvTU

[Thursday Next]

https://i.stack.imgur.com/816hMl.jpg

[Gideon58]

http://siciliana.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/600full-vincent-schiavelli.jpg

[Dannii]

From The Innocents:

Quint
http://photos.bravenet.com/272/478/925/3/8F8F9D092E.jpg

Miss Jessel
http://girlmeetsfreak.com/img/tumblr_mkp91o9gmh1qmvy8zo1_500.gif
She looks so spooky just standing there in the long grass!

[Dani8]

Not a big fan of ghosts but I would have to say the ghosts in 6th Sense.

And the babe in Ghost Ship. I had a lady crush.

[Dirk120]

Does Ringu count as ghost?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Does Ringu count as ghost?

Yes I would say so. A post-nuclear ghost I suppose. Traditional Japanese ghosts are interesting as they have that lank dark hair and apparently no feet.

[Dirk120]

Yes I would say so. A post-nuclear ghost I suppose. Traditional Japanese ghosts are interesting as they have that lank dark hair and apparently no feet.

Then this is my answer.

http://www.scaryforkids.com/pics/sadako.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Then this is my answer.

http://www.scaryforkids.com/pics/sadako.jpg

I liked the American version more, weirdly because we were shown more. This is still pretty disturbing though.

[Dirk120]

I liked the American version more, weirdly because we were shown more. This is still pretty disturbing though.

In horror, more is less. So Japanese original version is WAY better.

[SeeingisBelieving]

In horror, more is less. So Japanese original version is WAY better.

I would have thought that, and Alien proves it, but that wasn't my experience. I'll have to check it out again.

[mark f]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/98/f2/f1/98f2f154aa2df92018d68f1c86c59dcf.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqG4i3zuX48

[SeeingisBelieving]

I saw the scene in Ghost (1990) again recently where Sam dies and I'd forgotten how they did it:

Brilliant bit of misdirection wasn't it? Leaving the scuffle to focus on the street and then seeing Sam running after the mugger. Of course we still think he's alive at that point and when Sam turns back I think Patrick Swayze plays his reaction so well.
Anyway, I should have already mentioned the shadowy demons in Ghost. Apparently their voices were babies' cries slowed down and in reverse. It occured to me the other day that the demons in The Passion of the Christ were reminiscent of these creatures.

And Vincent Schiavelli's Subway Ghost was great too.

[Saunch]

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[SeeingisBelieving]

the ring is the best horror movie i have seen in my entire life

I hadn't seen Ringu so when the remake's trailer came on it scared the hell out of me. The film itself did as well, and I prefer it to the original.

[resopamenic]

Everything with suzzanna on it

[rambond]

im gonna have to go with the changeling,the boy that drowned in the bath tub, one spinr tingling movie that is

[SeeingisBelieving]

im gonna have to go with the changeling,the boy that drowned in the bath tub, one spinr tingling movie that is

I was quite surprised recently to see The Waltons had had a ghost story of sorts, called The Changeling. Quite creepy.

[RobertBlack]

The spooky ghost that possessed Whoopi Goldberg and then forced her to have lesbian sex.

[Robert the List]

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[hownos]

The Changeling (1980)

[Wooley]

The Blair Witch worked for me. Ghost of a witch? Super scary.
Any time you got the ghost of a witch, I mean, that's the worst.

[Siddon]

Gotta go with Lew Hayward


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_4eoSHwK8

[LeBoyWondeur]

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She's basically "Nan Adams" from the famous TZ episode, but that's not a movie.
The Others did a similar twist on the ghost world, but even if you know what it is going to be then it still looks very good.

[Death Proof]

From Raiders:


https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-26-2015/Aqx_Ov.gif

[TheManBehindTheCurtain]

Another vote for Captain Daniel Craigg (Rex Harrison) in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). Spoiler! I particularly loved the part where, years later, Lucy Muir learns that her young daughter Anna (Natalie Wood!) also saw Captain Craigg. And the ending ... so unapologetically sweet and sentimental.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/The-Ghost-and-Mrs-Muir-Posters.jpg

[xSookieStackhouse]

i would say GHOST (1990) with demi moore and patrick swayze
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Ghost_%281990_movie_poster%29.jpg

[Dead2009]

Kayako from the Grudge
the ghosts in the 13 Ghosts remake

[Torgo]

Not sure if she counts because she's technically a spirit, but I love the yuki-onna story in Kwaidan.

https://i.postimg.cc/vmxRgzBc/2ef0747a6225aeed96e32c03e9d01643.jpg

[Gideon58]

Just to throw something different into the mix:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXFIGuAX0AI9o8K.jpg:large

Loved the late James Caan as Jolly in Kiss Me Goodbye

[Nausicaä]

I adore the ghost in Mama, the actor Javier Botet who plays the ghost is a fantastic actor who specialises in ghosts and monsters.

https://moviesalamark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mama4l.jpg?w=551&h=294

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thr_20170709_0589_embed.jpg?w=928

[Sir Horroralot]

+1 for Sadako

[gbgoodies]

Just to throw something different into the mix:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXFIGuAX0AI9o8K.jpg:large

Loved the late James Caan as Jolly in Kiss Me Goodbye


I love Kiss Me Goodbye. It's such an underrated movie.

[ScannerDarkly]

I always thought this was such a cool element for a werewolf film


https://youtu.be/2-S45rLcv60?si=fYl2EwQPjtBCa4DL

[xSookieStackhouse]

I always thought this was such a cool element for a werewolf film


https://youtu.be/2-S45rLcv60?si=fYl2EwQPjtBCa4DL

i swear this movie was on tubi