Sentences with phrase «classic ghost story»

Even so, it was her down to earth, low - key goofiness which drew the attention of writer - director Ti West for «The Innkeepers,» a surprisingly scary blend of classic ghost story horror and contemporary indie comedy.
Edith's new home is, in classic ghost story fashion, Allerdale Hall: a derelict Gothic castle — is there any other kind?
A classic ghost story sounds like exactly what we need in the sea of found - footage out there in Horror - land.
In fact, it looks like a TV movie (acts like one, too, as it happens); the possibilities of having Cardiff lens a classic ghost story in the gothic style are delicious and, until the last ten minutes or so, largely frustrated.
It feels so different, and is in ways an art house horror about children's social anxiety, among other reasons I would certainly recommend it as a simple piece of Hollywood entertainment mixed with elements of a classic ghost story.
It's a classic ghost story set in a big old mansion in which there are areas that «are not safe.»
More a classic ghost story (or story with a ghost in it) than the horror film it's being marketed as in the trailers, Crimson Peak is a very straightforward tale that is reminiscent of the «adult fairy tale» Pan's Labyrinth.
It's a strange yet effective twist on the classic ghost story, a genuinely creepy and impressive film that's guaranteed to be unforgettable.
We'll see if writers Jacob Estes and Akiva Goldsmith and director F. Javier Gutierrez have found some interesting new wrinkles to the classic ghost story when Rings hits theaters this Friday.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (RH / Vintage; Blackstone Audio) is a classic ghost story about a lawyer who travels to remote English village and finds the ghost of a scorned woman terrorizing the locals — and ties in into the gothic horror movie remake, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Janet McTeer, which opens February 3.
Thompson's mesmerizing reading captures the emotional qualities of the tale, along with the nightmare tone, and creates a haunting and fully dramatic performance of a classic ghost story with a modern psychological twist.
Years ago, I read everything by Peter Straub and was greatly affected by his classic Ghost Story.
About Blog OLDSTYLE TALES PRESS publishes edited anthologies of classic ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - 1939.
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