Tag Archives: ghost

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23369 votes

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In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.
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Dr. Aki RossMing-Na
Capt. Gray EdwardsAlec Baldwin
Sgt. Ryan WhitakerVing Rhames
Also posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (26)

What Lies Beneath

IMDB Rating: 6.50
28989 votes

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Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.
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Dr. Norman SpencerHarrison Ford
Claire SpencerMichelle Pfeiffer
JodyDiana Scarwid
Also posted in 2000, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (29)

House on Haunted Hill

IMDB Rating: 5.10
14042 votes

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When an eccentric millionaire offer a group of opposites $1,000,000 to spend the night in a so called "Haunted House" with a murderous past, they figure it is a quick way to get quick money and leave. All of them are sure it is some made up story just to mess with their heads a little and test their courage. But, once they stay in the house they start to think about the mistake they made in coming there when mysterious things start to happen.
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Stephen H. PriceGeoffrey Rush
Evelyn Stockard-PriceFamke Janssen
Eddie BakerTaye Diggs
Also posted in 1999, Horror, Thriller | Comments (8)

Sleepy Hollow

IMDB Rating: 7.40
60835 votes

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The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.
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Constable Ichabod CraneJohnny Depp
Katrina Anne Van TasselChristina Ricci
Lady Mary Van Tassel/The Western Woods CroneMiranda Richardson
Also posted in 1999, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (23)

The Sixth Sense

IMDB Rating: 8.20
141773 votes

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Malcom Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife. Cole's mom is at her wit's end with what to do about her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.
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Dr. Malcolm CroweBruce Willis
Cole SearHaley Joel Osment
Lynn SearToni Collette
Also posted in 1999, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (41)

The Haunting

IMDB Rating: 4.50
20641 votes

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A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.
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Eleanor 'Nell' VanceLili Taylor
TheoCatherine Zeta-Jones
Luke SandersonOwen Wilson
Also posted in 1999, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Ghost

IMDB Rating: 6.80
21815 votes

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Sam and Molly are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real.
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Sam WheatPatrick Swayze
Molly JensenDemi Moore
Oda Mae BrownWhoopi Goldberg
Also posted in 1990, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Ghostbusters II

IMDB Rating: 5.70
17223 votes

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It's 5 years after the battle against Gozer. A restraining order has forbidden Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, and Egon Spengler from working as Ghostbusters, and as a result, they've had to find other jobs. Ray owns a book store called "Ray's Occult" and performs at children's birthday parties with Winston, Egon conducts experiments at the institute for advanced theoretical research, Dana Barrett broke up with Peter some time ago before marrying another guy, and Peter now hosts a local TV show called "The World of the Psychic". Dana, who is now the divorced mother of an 8-month-old baby named Oscar, works in the restoration department at the Manhattan Museum of Art. Strange things start happening when Oscar's baby carriage takes off by itself with Oscar in it, and it stops in the middle of 1st Avenue. While Dana's boss, Janosz Poha, is restoring a painting of a 16th-century tyrant named Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, the painting comes to life. Vigo wants to live again by taking over Oscar's body. Vigo takes complete control of Janosz and orders Janosz to get Dana to cooperate. Janosz also has his own agenda. He wants Dana because he's in love with her. When Peter, Ray, and Egon try to help Dana, they are arrested and put on trial for violating the restraining order. When the ghosts of the killer Scoleri Brothers show up at the court room, the judge is forced to remove the restraining order against the guys so they can put the Scoleri Brothers in a ghost trap. After this, Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston re-open Ghostbusters, and mayor's assistant Jack Hardemeyer tries to slow them down any way he can, because he believes the Ghostbusters are frauds who will hurt the mayor's chances of becoming the governor of New York. The Ghostbusters and their lawyer, Louis Tully, refuse to be stopped by Jack. When Jack has the Ghostbusters put in the Parkview mental hospital, there is an eclipse and Janosz kidnaps Oscar for Vigo. The mayor wants the Ghostbusters on the job, and when the mayor hears that Jack had the Ghostbusters put in the Parkview mental hospital, he fires Jack and has the Ghostbusters released to try to rescue Oscar from Vigo, and Vigo intends to make it as hard as possible for the Ghostbusters.
Actors
Dr. Peter VenkmanBill Murray
Dr. Raymond StantzDan Aykroyd
Dana BarrettSigourney Weaver
Also posted in 1989, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Beetle Juice

IMDB Rating: 7.10
24449 votes

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This is the story of Adam and Barbara who live in a beautiful house in New England. One day while driving home they are involved in a terrible auto accident. They manage to walk home only to discover later that they have died and now haunt their house. When their house is purchased by an out of state family, they feel their home is threatened by the over-the-top artists wife and real-estate idea-man husband. Their only relief is the Gothic daughter of the family. Their attempts at scaring the family out of the house are ignored or laughed at. Finally they fall to the temptation to use the people-exorcizer Beetle Juice. When they find his tactics too dangerous, they attempt to contain him and save the family they were trying to boot.
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AdamAlec Baldwin
BarbaraGeena Davis
Jane ButterfieldAnnie McEnroe
Also posted in 1988, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Ghost Busters

IMDB Rating: 7.50
34489 votes

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Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler are three scientists at Columbia University in New York City. When their grant expires, the guys are fired and they go into business as a ghost extermination company called "Ghostbusters". Their first customer is orchestra cello player Dana Barrett, who was scared out of her apartment on the 22nd floor of a high rise apartment building on Central Park West. It seems that Dana's neighbor, Louis Tully, is also being affected by the strange happenings in the apartment building. Armed with proton guns, the Ghostbusters become wildly popular, and they are joined by Winston Zeddmore, who is looking for a job with good pay. Overzealous Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agent Walter Peck thinks the Ghostbusters are frauds, and he has the Ghostbusters put in jail. Peck is forced to believe the Ghostbusters when New York City is put under siege by an ancient Sumerian God named Gozer the Gozerian, who is channeled through the apartment building that Dana and Louis live in, and the mayor has no choice but to let the Ghostbusters out of jail to face Gozer.
Actors
Dr. Peter VenkmanBill Murray
Dr. Raymond StantzDan Aykroyd
Dana BarrettSigourney Weaver
Also posted in 1984, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)