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Some of my favorite Ghost Stories on film.
1) Casper
2) Personal Shopper
3) The Innocents (1961)
4) The Uninvited (1944)
5) Ringu (リング, "Ring")
6) The Haunting (1963)
7) The Stone Tape
8 ) The Shining (1980)
9) The Others (Spanish: Los otros)
10) The Sixth Sense
11) Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫, "A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"; or simply "The Black Cat")
12) The Woman in Black (1989)
13) Any episode of BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas
14) Kwaidan (怪談, "Ghost Stories")
15) David Lowery's A Ghost Story (Masterpiece.)
16) The Changeling
17) Hasta el viento tiene miedo (known in English as "Even the Wind is Afraid" and "The Wind of Fear")
18) Stir Of Echoes
Kwaidan: The Black Hair
Finally got around to colouring this. Kwaidan (or Kaidan) is a 1964 Japanese anthology film consisting of four different ghost stories. This illustration is based on the first segment: ”The Black Hair”.
More to come very soon.
Kwaidan: The Woman of the Snow
Inspired by the 1964 anthology film Kwaidan. The Snow woman, or Yuki-onna, is a spirit in Japanese folklore. She often appears during snowstorms, leading travelers astray, or using her breath to freeze them to death.
Kwaidan: Hoichi the Earless
Inspired by the 1964 anthology film Kwaidan. Hoichi is a blind minstrel, renowned for his skill at playing the biwa (a type of lute). Especially noteworthy is his recitation of the battle at Dan-no-ura. Late one night Hoichi is approached by a mysterious samurai demanding that he recite this tale in the house of a powerful nobleman...
Kwaidan: In a Cup of Tea
Inspired by the 1964 anthology film Kwaidan. One day, a samurai sees an eerie reflection in his cup of tea, just as he is about to drink. Instead of his own face there's another, younger man grinning back at him. Startled, the samurai quickly empties the tea on the ground. He pours himself another cup, and once again, there's the reflection of the grinning man...