Ghost Stories is kinda of a horror anthology, but not really. It's a British horror anyway starring Martin Freeman and oddly Paul Whitehouse.
It tells the story of a skeptic, a professional debunker and I think they're always fantastic protagonists because I can entirely relate to their plight and mission. He's tasked with investigating three supernatural incidents and off he goes to find the truth.
Truth be told I was really enjoying it, it was so well handled. Genuinely tense, succeeds in being scary without relying on jump scares and the cast are fantastic. I was gripped, I was enthralled, I was hooked.
Martin Freeman is on form and Paul Whitehouse in such a role though weird actually showed he may be a more credible actor than originally believed. He broke free of the comedy characters he's known for a did a great job.
So what went wrong? Sadly for me it's one of those films killed by the ending, it just didn't work for me. I get it, I fully understand everything they were going for but personally that flat lined the entire film.
Such potential, so well done, but that ending just bundled the thing into a coffin and sent it to a premature grave. Such a shame.
The Good:
The majority is fantastic on every front
Lot of potential
The Bad:
Movie killing ending
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Phone signal is something that you just swipe out of the air
02 product placement? Worst ever
Professors are known for pulling onions out of their bottoms
It tells the story of a skeptic, a professional debunker and I think they're always fantastic protagonists because I can entirely relate to their plight and mission. He's tasked with investigating three supernatural incidents and off he goes to find the truth.
Truth be told I was really enjoying it, it was so well handled. Genuinely tense, succeeds in being scary without relying on jump scares and the cast are fantastic. I was gripped, I was enthralled, I was hooked.
Martin Freeman is on form and Paul Whitehouse in such a role though weird actually showed he may be a more credible actor than originally believed. He broke free of the comedy characters he's known for a did a great job.
So what went wrong? Sadly for me it's one of those films killed by the ending, it just didn't work for me. I get it, I fully understand everything they were going for but personally that flat lined the entire film.
Such potential, so well done, but that ending just bundled the thing into a coffin and sent it to a premature grave. Such a shame.
The Good:
The majority is fantastic on every front
Lot of potential
The Bad:
Movie killing ending
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Phone signal is something that you just swipe out of the air
02 product placement? Worst ever
Professors are known for pulling onions out of their bottoms