# Good ghost films? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551 "2012-12-19T17:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/21 "2012-12-19T22:56:06Z")
The Don Knott’s classic _The Ghost and Mr. Chicken_…for the theme music if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/22 "2012-12-19T23:06:58Z")
[The Uninvited](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/) (1944) is another oldie-but-goodie. More creepy than scary, but worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/23 "2012-12-20T00:29:42Z")
One that left a lasting impression on me as being suspenseful and and quite scary (but not a gore fest type deal) is [Nomads](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000112/), starring Pierce Brosnan as a French anthropologist whose work follows him home… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/24 "2012-12-20T00:35:57Z")
Another endorsement for the Robert Wise 1963 version of _The Haunting_. Don’t bother with the remake, which was an incredible disappointment. On a side note, another Robert Wise-directed favorite of mine is his 1945 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s _The Body Snatcher_, with Boris Karloff giving a great performance as a resurrectionist named Cabman Grey. There is arguably a supernatural/ghost element to it, but it’s understated and the majority of the film doesn’t deal with supernatural elements. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/25 "2012-12-20T03:05:40Z")
Most of my favorites have been mentioned but I want to heartily endorse Ghost Story The Ring The Woman in Black (original and new versions) Session 9 (not really a ghost story but uber creepy and not gory at all) and add \*Stir of Echoes \*( a true ghost story and super spooky) and _Skeleton Key_. SK is actually about voodoo but it’s quite well done. And if you can stand a little 1970s style cheese, _Burnt Offernings_. It’s dated looking but there are some great performances (Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith and the always creepy Karen Black). It’s just a good old fashioned" family trapped in a creepy house" tale and has some surprisingly tense moments (and a finale to scream for). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/26 "2012-12-20T04:35:02Z")
I assume you’ve seen The Sixth Sense? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/27 "2012-12-20T04:50:08Z")
Ghost Busters is the only one I ever thought was any good. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/28 "2012-12-20T05:43:11Z")
Beetlejuice is a fun little ghost story and the only thing Tim Burton has ever done that I have liked. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551/29 "2012-12-20T09:19:53Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I assume you’ve seen The Sixth Sense? Yes, a modern classic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-ghost-films/644551.md?page=1)