Greatest Ghost Story ever Filmed?

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

Reading what Phantom Stranger wrote in the "last scifi/horror movie you saw" in the classics thread, led me to start this thread.
So..what Movie do you think is the Greatest Ghost Story ever filmed and why??

[Opera Ghost]

The remake of the 13 Ghosts was really chilling, but I'm also a big fan of "A Ghost Story" and the revenge of the Ghost.

I also very much like the Ghosts in Ghostbusters as well.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

The Changeling with George C. Scott is good spooky Ghost movie as well...

The Ghosts in ghostbusters was too childish imo..

Ghost Story with Fred Astaire? is that the film you are talking about? that is a good one..

[Opera Ghost]

Ghost Story with Fred Astaire? is that the film you are talking about? that is a good one..

Yep

[Wicked Lester]

The Haunting (of Hill House) 1963
The Shining -1980
Amityville Horror -1979
Poltergeist -1982
House on Haunted Hill -1999
The Ring-2002
Sixth Sense -1999
The Entity -1981

Lots of good ones out there.

[BaronLatos35]

- Let's Scare Jessica to Death

One of my favorites. An unnerving creepiness built up through out the movie.

Of course many of the previously mentioned as well.

edit: spelling

[The Creeper]

I love The Changeling.  Also Ghost Story and The Uninvited the old black and white movie.  I can't remember the year it was made.  But there is so many great ghost movies.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

The Uninvited is awesome, just dont watch the remake Creeper..

[The Creeper]

Already did?   

[bigbud]

I need to agree big-time with Wicked Lester! Especially his #1.....The Haunting. Black and white, no appearance of any monster or ghost, but the perceived threat and tension are capable of putting the goose-bumps on ya no matter how often you view it! Gets me everytime the door warps in-and back and when the Professor's wife flings open the attic cover! Whoa!    Bud

[Paul L]

The Woman In Black (need you ask?) An overwhelming sense of dread, pure spook. Everything works, everything's in place: the house, the mass neurosis in the village, the back story, the cemetery...& The Ghost.

The Haunting a close 2nd for like reasons.

I love Ghost Story, & one can say this about many book-to-screen adaptations, but it's lackluster after I got around to reading the novel. The novel's one of the best contemporary ghost story's I've ever read. Sadly, other Peter Straub titles I've read I've found overly long & anticlimactic.

[Sean]

Ghost Dad.

Ok.... you can all punch me.

[Opera Ghost]

The Woman In Black (need you ask?) An overwhelming sense of dread, pure spook. Everything works, everything's in place: the house, the mass neurosis in the village, the back story, the cemetery...& The Ghost.

I saw this in Covant Gardens back in 96. Loved this Play own a VHS of the film, and look forward to the new Hammer film version

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

I have not seen the Woman in Black, so I cant say it's the Greatest....

The Innocents is another well played Ghost Story, starring Deborah Kerr..

[Opera Ghost]

I have not seen the Woman in Black, so I cant say it's the Greatest....

The Innocents is another well played Ghost Story, starring Deborah Kerr..

Gotta Netflix this. Love Deborah Kerr