Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

BayonneTenor@gmail.com wrote:

Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

And how did I neglect _Cria Cuervos_ and _Ugetsu_?

And how did I neglect _Cria Cuervos_ and _Ugetsu_?

humbug, thought I'd be first to mention _Ugetsu_.

And then there's _Night Life of the Gods_. I've never seen the 1935
film, but I have read Thorne Smith's novel and it's a naughty, naughty
filled with booze, sex, nudity, and magic. Not a candidate for the Ghost
Movie thread, but for the Remake thread . . ?

good ghost movies :

A few enjoyable comedy ghost movies :

THE GHOST TRAIN - I saw the Arthur Askey version when I was a kid.
Askey's British music hall comedy probably isn't for everyone but I
enjoyed it. Some spooky moments - I recall a character with a
lantern emerging from a tunnel singing "Rock of Ages" - Trivia moment
- Robert Mitchum (when he was very young) played the Arthur Askey
character in a high school stage play.

OH, MR PORTER - Will Hay is sent to a lonely railway station in
Ireland where the staition masters have a reputation for either going
mad or disappearing - Some classic comedy routines - Don't know how
familiar American audiences are with Will Hay but his seedy roguish
screen personna (Something like W.C. Fields) is worth a look.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE - Blondie and Dagwood find themselves
staying in a haunted house - One of the best Blondie films.

Dave in Toronto

On Jun 29, 12:11 am, "BayonneTe...@gmail.com" <BayonneTe...@gmail.com
wrote:
Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

Ooh. I love ghost movies. In addition to those mentioned, how about:

_Don't Look Now_

_No End_ (Are there other ghosts somewhere in Kieslowski? It feels
like there should be...)

_Blithe Spirit_

_The Ghost and Mrs. Muir_

_Dead of Night_

_Portrait of Jennie_

_Fanny and Alexander_

any film of _Hamlet_ (there are also less crucial ghosts in _Macbeth_,
_Julius Caesar_, and _Richard III_)

Any film of _A Christmas Carol_

_Cries and Whispers_ (?)

Presumably, the film of _Our Town_ (I haven't seen it)

_Topper_


And there's something rather ghostly about the set-up of, say, _Letter
from an Unknown Woman_.

On 29 Juni, 14:31, Dave in Toronto <dmatthew...@sympatico.ca> wrote:



A few enjoyable comedy ghost movies :

THE GHOST TRAIN - I saw the Arthur Askey version when I was a kid.
Askey's British music hall comedy probably isn't for everyone but I
enjoyed it. Some spooky moments - I recall a character with a
lantern emerging from a tunnel singing "Rock of Ages" - Trivia moment
- Robert Mitchum (when he was very young) played the Arthur Askey
character in a high school stage play.

OH, MR PORTER - Will Hay is sent to a lonely railway station in
Ireland where the staition masters have a reputation for either going
mad or disappearing - Some classic comedy routines - Don't know how
familiar American audiences are with Will Hay but his seedy roguish
screen personna (Something like W.C. Fields) is worth a look.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE - Blondie and Dagwood find themselves
staying in a haunted house - One of the best Blondie films.

Dave in Toronto

Another one noone has mentioned is the 1945 version of Blithe Spirit

that is sort of cute if you're into "screwball comedies". The
screenplay by Noel Coward has enough of a bite to make it enjoyable
even if the basic story is dated and soppy.

There are some great ones like "Rebecca" that have a ghostly air to
them, but here are a few not mentioned that have actual ghostly
presence...and not including any zombie movies w/o ghosts:


Places In the Heart

Big Fish

Mary Poppins (ok, but what WAS she?!)

On Jun 30, 2:48 am, unglued <dragons...@spray.se> wrote:



On 29 Juni, 14:31, Dave in Toronto <dmatthew...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

A few enjoyable comedy ghost movies :

THE GHOST TRAIN - I saw the Arthur Askey version when I was a kid.
Askey's British music hall comedy probably isn't for everyone but I
enjoyed it. Some spooky moments - I recall a character with a
lantern emerging from a tunnel singing "Rock of Ages" - Trivia moment
- Robert Mitchum (when he was very young) played the Arthur Askey
character in a high school stage play.

OH, MR PORTER - Will Hay is sent to a lonely railway station in
Ireland where the staition masters have a reputation for either going
mad or disappearing - Some classic comedy routines - Don't know how
familiar American audiences are with Will Hay but his seedy roguish
screen personna (Something like W.C. Fields) is worth a look.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE - Blondie and Dagwood find themselves
staying in a haunted house - One of the best Blondie films.

Dave in Toronto

Another one noone has mentioned is the 1945 version of Blithe Spirit

I actually put it on my list, with some trepidation, because, as a
professor pointed out when I mentioned the play in connection with
ghost literature, it isn't particularly _about_ ghosts or haunting in
the way that most ghost stories are; rather, the ghosts are
essentially a pretext for satirizing marriage.

Still, there there,
and I'm rather fond of the piece, so I think it's worth mentioning.

that is sort of cute if you're into "screwball comedies". The
screenplay by Noel Coward has enough of a bite to make it enjoyable
even if the basic story is dated and soppy.

Yes, I can't help having a deep soft spot for Coward in spite of some
rather irritating tendencies of his, particularly a deep Toryish
streak. And _Blithe Spirit_ is one of his best. Nice film too. Rex
Harrison, Constance Cummings, and Margaret Rutherford are all in
excellent form. Nice-looking 1945 British Technicolor too.

Tom

Okierazorbacker <okierazorbacker@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mary Poppins (ok, but what WAS she?!)

Stop calling Mary Poppins a ghost!! For shame.

Stop calling Mary Poppins a ghost!! For shame.

She was obviously a Satanic spirit sent to corrupt the children.