Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- foreboding
- darkly humorous
- late night horror viewing
- halloween movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the well-crafted british horror anthology for its atmosphere, effective scares, acting, and clever genre twists, while some found its pacing uneven and its revelations underwhelming.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Professor Goodman receives a file containing three unexplained apparition cases and investigates them as linked narratives.
Phillip Goodman is introduced as a supernatural debunker whose investigation challenges his rational worldview.
Critics specifically describe the production as low-tech while emphasizing its sustained atmosphere and genuine scares.
The cases and Goodman's personal history are tied to guilt, memory, and unresolved emotional consequences.
Films like Ghost Stories, and why
Dead of Night
shared british anthology horror, supernatural investigation, dark humor, and twist-driven storytelling
Trick 'r Treat
shared portmanteau horror structure, eerie apparitions, escalating dread, and macabre genre playfulness
The Others
shared psychological horror, guilt-centered storytelling, unsettling revelations, and ambiguous supernatural atmosphere
Movie Details
- Directors
- Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson
- Release Date
- 2018-01-20
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1322)
Cast
- Andy Nyman
- Paul Whitehouse
- Alex Lawther
- Martin Freeman
- Samuel Bottomley
- Deborah Wastell
- Amy Doyle
- Daniel Hill
- Ramzan Miah
- Nicholas Burns
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ghost Stories about?
- A skeptical supernatural debunker investigates three haunting case files and finds his rational certainties collapsing into an unnerving labyrinth of fear and guilt.
- What is Ghost Stories like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ghost Stories as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ghost Stories violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ghost Stories as mild.
- What did critics think of Ghost Stories?
- Critics broadly praised the well-crafted british horror anthology for its atmosphere, effective scares, acting, and clever genre twists, while some found its pacing uneven and its revelations underwhelming.
- Which films are like Ghost Stories?
- Films with a similar feel include Dead of Night, Trick 'r Treat, and The Others.
- How long is Ghost Stories?
- Ghost Stories runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ghost Stories?
- In United States, Ghost Stories streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
