A man (Casey Affleck) dies and rises as a ghost, returning to his home. He watches over his widow (Rooney Mara) for a time, but she leaves the house and he stays on. He watches, occasionally actingĀ but mostly watching as people come and go. If you havenāt heard about A Ghost Story, itās the
Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
After an extensive lesson on the Worldās fair, we switch to Wester Island (yes, I said āWesterā) where Gamera attempts to interfere with the movement of a giant statue to the fair. Soon after, the monster Jiger rises from the local volcano and quickly incapacitates our superhero turtle. It will take two children, one Japanese,
Wolves (2014)
A rush of hormones turns high school golden boy Cayden Richards (Lucas Till) into a werewolf. He awakens to find heād attacked his girlfriend and killed his parents, so goes on the run. A strange werewolf (John Pyper-Ferguson) he meets along the way puts him on the path toward the secluded town of Lupine Ridge,
Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
Giant monsters rose up all over Earth, with the final one being Godzilla, and destroyed human civilization. Two alien races arrived at the last minute to helpāthe highly religious Exif and the engineering-obsessed Bilusaludoābut they failed. A single spaceship escaped, with a mixed crew, looking for a new world. Twenty years later, with things looking
The Monster Walks (1932)
A strange scientist dies suddenly and his will is read ridiculously quickly in his old dark house on a stormy night. attending the reading, or just hanging around nearby, are the dead manās odd lawyer (Sidney Bracy), his paralyzed and very suspicious brother (Sheldon Lewis), his two plotting servants (Martha Mattox, Mischa Auer), his constantly
Le Golem (1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr. Laurience (Brois Karloff) has developed a means of transferring minds between animals. He summons young scientist Dr. Clare Wyatt (Anna Lee) to aid him in his research. His only other aid is the crippled and grumpy Clayton (Donald Calthrop). Wyatt has an extremely pushy boyfriend, Dick Haslewood (John Loder), who
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
High-class escort Jenny Wren (Karen Morley) intends to retire after blackmailing four of her past clients: banker Priam Andes (H.B. Warner), Eddie Mack (Richard āSkeetsā Gallagher), William Jones (Gavin Gordon), and Senatorial candidate Herbert Walcott (Robert McWade). She instructs Andes to invite the other three and their significant others to his lodge for a party,
The Phantom of the Opera (1930)
The new owners of the Paris Opera House are told, after the sale, that there is a ghostly phantom haunting the place. The Phantom sends a threatening note, insisting that young, pretty singer Christine (Mary Phibin) be given the lead part that currently belongs to prima donna Carlotta (Mary Fabian; yes, two actresses with similar
Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
Callie (Carrie Coon) brings her teenage son Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and awkward, precocious daughter Phoebe (McKenna Grace) to live on her recently deceased fatherās ramshackle farm. Phoebe quickly discovers a connection to the Ghostbusters and with the aid of her teacher (Paul Rudd) and new friend (Logan Kim), sets out to solve the mystery of
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
The Monsignor of the region visits Draculaās castle to perform an exorcism so that the frightened villagers will stop avoiding the church. He sees they are upset about a dead maiden hanging from the bell tower. I would be too since she was killed and bitten while Dracula (Christopher Lee) was frozen, but letās not
The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)
At a military base, ten years after a fungal plague kicked off the zombie apocalypse, a group of unusual children are kept in cells, allowed out only when strapped into chairs. Melanie (Sennia Nanua) is one of those children, happy even while abused by her military captors, particularly Sgt. Parks (Paddy Considine). Sheās the best