Bone-chillingly told and beautifully made, Ghost Stories is an expert twist on an evergreen genre.
This is the screen equivalent of a fairground ride on the ghost train. The scarier it gets, the more fun it becomes.
Spooky and emotionally engaging.
The use of gloomy shadows and unnerving sound is effective and the excellent cast invest the film with steely-eyed conviction. The ending ties everything neatly together but it is anti-climactic, predictable and not particularly scary.
Not quite a terrifying thrill-ride, Ghost Stories is a creepy, disturbing ghost train with a beefier backbone than its source material, trading on tropes but still making your skin itch.
Each nervy little segment works chillingly well on its own, but together they point to a story from the professor’s own life.
How Ghost Stories creators were inspired by dirty jokes, horror movies, and The Vagina Monologues
General release. Check local listings for show times.