tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post8703244186667872043..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: Thursday Movie Picks: Ghost MoviesDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-23722149937771910702015-11-04T14:38:01.795-05:002015-11-04T14:38:01.795-05:00I've seen all your picks this week; which is r...I've seen all your picks this week; which is rare.<br />Candyman. There were sequels too wasn't there? I might have seen them too. I don't remember much, was a kid when I saw it, just that it was scary.<br />Silent Hill is so creepy. I haven't played the video game, I think it might just be too scary for me.<br /><br />Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-29799652394569668232015-10-30T11:54:19.157-04:002015-10-30T11:54:19.157-04:00SH is all about atmosphere. Glad to see more love ...SH is all about atmosphere. Glad to see more love for that one.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55953760565219097862015-10-30T11:52:53.545-04:002015-10-30T11:52:53.545-04:00Yes, please see Ghostbusters. It's definitely ...Yes, please see Ghostbusters. It's definitely a comedy, not a horror, if that helps.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-35257263826687875092015-10-30T11:06:14.814-04:002015-10-30T11:06:14.814-04:00Silent Hill is an interesting pick. It was far bet...Silent Hill is an interesting pick. It was far better than I thought it would be; a really great atmosphere throughout that film. The others are true classics - I love them both, particularly Ghostbusters which was a childhood favourite. Danhttp://www.top10films.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-29110082587789698612015-10-30T09:27:49.586-04:002015-10-30T09:27:49.586-04:00I'd say great picks but I haven't seen any...I'd say great picks but I haven't seen any of these (ghost movies are really not my thing), but I think I'll give Ghostbusters a try, everyone says it's great.Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-30382360979140168442015-10-30T02:54:56.764-04:002015-10-30T02:54:56.764-04:00Had no idea about Silent Hill. That is very cool, ...Had no idea about Silent Hill. That is very cool, if not ghostly. <br /><br />Yeah, I think we all tried the Candyman thing. It's amazing we all didn't get a hook through the back.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-10651815523830846172015-10-29T22:09:24.403-04:002015-10-29T22:09:24.403-04:00These are all solid picks. Did you know that Silen...These are all solid picks. Did you know that Silent Hill is based on a real town in PA (near where I live)? It's a wild story, even if there's zero ghostiness about it.<br /><br />I tried the Candy man thing in a school bathroom. What a dumbass.m.brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457418128925003938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-86691105294926848382015-10-29T19:36:40.790-04:002015-10-29T19:36:40.790-04:00Who ya gonna call? On that note, there are a lot o...Who ya gonna call? On that note, there are a lot of strange things in the Silent Hill neighborhood.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-64901075137137564382015-10-29T19:30:09.229-04:002015-10-29T19:30:09.229-04:00Silent Hill is definitely creepy. Sure, the story ...Silent Hill is definitely creepy. Sure, the story sucks, those visuals. Yes.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-26207808393404774222015-10-29T19:28:49.845-04:002015-10-29T19:28:49.845-04:00Haven't seen The Devil's Backbone, but I l...Haven't seen The Devil's Backbone, but I love The Orphanage. Yes to everything you said about Candyman and Ghostbusters.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-58181139117357494112015-10-29T19:23:14.537-04:002015-10-29T19:23:14.537-04:00Yes, kudos to my teacher Yes, kudos to my teacher Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-39447864631073781032015-10-29T18:13:05.872-04:002015-10-29T18:13:05.872-04:00YES GHOSTBUSTERS! Love it. I haven't seen Cand...YES GHOSTBUSTERS! Love it. I haven't seen Candy Man or Silent Hill - too much of a scaredy-cat. Katie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-23276273770307448072015-10-29T16:27:34.967-04:002015-10-29T16:27:34.967-04:00LOL, Silent Hill is so...creepy...and those sets a...LOL, Silent Hill is so...creepy...and those sets are great.<br /><br />It's still a pretty awful movie though :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-78425285475087864182015-10-29T16:26:34.120-04:002015-10-29T16:26:34.120-04:00Candyman is so underrated. This is a film that I w...Candyman is so underrated. This is a film that I wish more people knew--the imagery from it is great and of course Tony Todd is the essence of terrifying. As for Ghostbusters, there's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. It might be the perfect '80s movie.<br /><br />My favorite ghost movie? The Devil's Backbone, hands down. It has everything I want in a spook story. The Orphange comes in just behind it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-31648730617556073602015-10-29T16:12:27.413-04:002015-10-29T16:12:27.413-04:00Yes every Sunday morning it was a cavalcade of Abb...Yes every Sunday morning it was a cavalcade of Abbott & Costello, Blondie and of course Shirley Temple theatre!! Watched them all, loved them all at the time, now some of them still work for me others...not so much. <br /><br />That's so cool about Christmas Carol. Kudos to your teacher for using the tie in. I think I've seen all the version of the story and this one is by far my favorite. No one is a better Scrooge than George C. Scott and even though her part was small I thought Susannah York was a wonderfully thorny Mrs. Cratchit.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-40461060720767752512015-10-29T15:46:24.917-04:002015-10-29T15:46:24.917-04:00Yay! More love for Ghostbusters! Understand not wa...Yay! More love for Ghostbusters! Understand not wanting to see the others.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-43251483640506095982015-10-29T15:40:13.120-04:002015-10-29T15:40:13.120-04:00Valid points about Silent Hill. It's visually ...Valid points about Silent Hill. It's visually marvelous, but narratively lacking. The Cell is a great comparison.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-82359156412320962092015-10-29T15:27:32.685-04:002015-10-29T15:27:32.685-04:00No love for Ghostbusters or Ray Parker Jr? Say it ...No love for Ghostbusters or Ray Parker Jr? Say it ain't so, Joel. <br /><br />On that note, I hated Woman in Black. Couldn't get into it at all.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I've seen the Abbott and Costello flick, but can't say for sure. When I was a kid their movies used to play every Sunday morning and I watched religiously. Just don't remember the details you laid out. <br /><br />I do love the '84 version of A Christmas Carol. George C. Scott was magnificent. Sidenote: in the days leading up to it airing on CBS, my English class did a read through of the script. I got to play Scrooge. Crushed it. At least by my recollection.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-8481064079525437042015-10-29T12:42:45.951-04:002015-10-29T12:42:45.951-04:00Love Ghostbusters! I still recall how much i laugh...Love Ghostbusters! I still recall how much i laughed when i saw the Staypuff marshmellow man. I have not seen the other 2 and probably won't just from the pictures you show hereBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-81624720072578724272015-10-29T11:59:08.701-04:002015-10-29T11:59:08.701-04:00Ghostbusters truly needs no introduction. Love it ...Ghostbusters truly needs no introduction. Love it and its sequel. I've never seen Candyman, but Tony Todd just has the best creepy voice this side of Vincent Price, doesn't he? The imagery of Silent Hill is kind of amazing - it's a wonder to look at and Radha Mitchell is great in the lead, plus Alice Krige (The Borg!) as the main antagonist. But I'm not entirely sure the story hangs together. Parts of it feel a lot like Tarsem's The Cell - striking to look at but either empty or stupid. I can't decide whether or not I actually like it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-15489751642579838602015-10-29T09:41:47.940-04:002015-10-29T09:41:47.940-04:00Dell you actually inspired my first choice here wi...Dell you actually inspired my first choice here with one of your picks from last week.<br /><br />The Time of Their Lives (1946)-The most unique of Abbott & Costello’s films. During the Revolutionary War tinker Lou Costello and aristocrat Marjorie Reynolds are mistakenly branded traitors, killed and cursed to roam her estate until proven innocent. Jump ahead 170 years when the new owner, his fiancée, her wisecracking aunt, the delightful Binnie Barnes, and his shrink played by Bud Abbott, show up to spend the weekend at the mansion now overseen by Gale Sondergaard, doing a fun riff on Rebecca’s Mrs. Danvers. Realizing the joint is haunted they perform a séance calling forth the ghosts and setting out to retrieve a letter from George Washington that would prove their innocence. Complications ensue. The pair share hardly any screen time due to the demands of the script and apparently behind the scenes tensions. It all works to the film's advantage since it gives a freshness to their material.<br /><br />Between Two Worlds (1944)-During the London Blitz a down on his luck pianist and his wife make a suicide pact. Suddenly they find themselves on a fog shrouded ship headed to an unknown destination. Soon the wife recognizes the ship’s other passengers, having seen them killed earlier during an air raid, and realizes they’re journeying to their final judgements. Morality tale has supernatural underpinnings with an evocative score and stars a veritable who’s who of Warner’s stock company in the 40’s including Eleanor Parker, John Garfield, Sydney Greenstreet and Edmund Gwenn.<br /><br />A Christmas Carol (1984)-On Christmas Eve penny pinching miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits offering him a chance at his reclamation. Classic Dickens tale gets one of its best interpretations with George C. Scott a perfect Scrooge surrounded by a near perfect cast. Presented as a TV event in the States this was released theatrically overseas and it is feature film quality in every detail. <br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-42537852238463702772015-10-29T09:38:35.083-04:002015-10-29T09:38:35.083-04:00Terrific story, I've gone on hunts like that o...Terrific story, I've gone on hunts like that only to have a similar result. My grandmother always said it was gremlins roaming about, not exactly the most comforting thing for a young kid to hear!<br /><br />Okay I'm sure I'm alone in this but I hated Ghostbusters (and that damn theme song and video were torture for months on end!!). I fell asleep in the theatre the first time I saw it and since everyone kept telling me how great it was I gave it another chance. I stayed awake that time, I just wish I hadn't! It's a perfect pick for the theme though. <br /><br />Candyman and Silent Hill are both titles I'm familiar with though I didn't realize either dealt with ghosts. Both the pictures you illustrated them with make me think they're not for me though.<br /><br />It turned out that once started on this weeks theme I came up with a bunch of titles that I couldn't decide between so I'm double dipping!<br /><br /> The Woman in Black (2012)-A young lawyer, Daniel Radcliffe, still grieving over the loss of his wife is sent to a remote village by his firm to tie up the affairs of a recently deceased client. Upon his arrival he discovers that the manor is haunted by the specter of a woman dressed entirely in black. Good old fashioned spooky thriller.<br /><br />Undertow (2009)-In a poor Peruvian village Miguel, a married fisherman is living a double life. His wife is due to give birth any day while he conducts a secret affair with Santiago, a male artist who is considered an outsider within the close knit community. One day the artist disappears then reappears as an apparition only Miguel can see. Finally able to interact with Santiago free of the moral codes of the village he comes to terms with his true nature. Beautifully acted with an award level performance from Cristian Mercado in the lead.<br /><br />The Uninvited (1944)-Touring the Cornish coast on vacation a brother and sister buy an old seaside house finding the price too cheap to resist. Hearing unexplained sounds during the night it becomes obvious that there is a haunting afoot. The key to the mystery lies in the house’s unhappy history and with the previous owner’s daughter, living on her grandfather’s adjoining estate. Well-acted and effectively directed with moody cinematography giving the picture an ethereal haze. A huge hit upon release it made a star of leading lady Gail Russell until an alcoholic downward spiral resulted in her literally drinking herself to death at 36. <br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-15220785871132452842015-10-29T08:05:40.488-04:002015-10-29T08:05:40.488-04:00Candyman rattled lots of folks. Eventually, I'...Candyman rattled lots of folks. Eventually, I'm going to do a post on how it bothered my son. Glad you still appreciate it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-84524507804042674202015-10-29T07:46:19.727-04:002015-10-29T07:46:19.727-04:00I'm kicking myself for not remembering Candyma...I'm kicking myself for not remembering Candyman as a Ghost, because that movie really rattled me when I was a kid. I love it now. I love all three of these. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-16013058529830044182015-10-29T01:27:45.151-04:002015-10-29T01:27:45.151-04:00Can never go wrong with Ghostbusters.Can never go wrong with Ghostbusters.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.com