Ghostland
A traumatized horror author returns to the house where her family was attacked, confronting a nightmare built from violence, memory, and fractured reality.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- disturbing
- foreboding
- claustrophobic
- late night horror viewing
- extreme horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually polished, intense, and effective in its nastier horror moments, but narratively hollow, cliché-ridden, and weakly written.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Beth's imagined adult life and the family's return to the house destabilize the boundary between psychological refuge and present events.
The inherited house becomes the site of a brutal home invasion and later disturbing confrontations.
Beth and Vera develop radically different responses to the same childhood ordeal, with paranoia and authorship shaping their adult identities.
Critics specifically describe the film as slick and intense while emphasizing its nasty, unpleasant torture-horror imagery.
Films like Ghostland, and why
The Babadook
Shares psychological horror, unreliable reality, traumatic memory, and a claustrophobic domestic setting.
Martyrs
Both use disturbing imagery, fractured perception, family trauma, and horror rooted in psychological disintegration.
You're Next
Shares home-invasion violence, female protagonists, torture horror, and a bleak survival atmosphere.
The Night House
Both combine twist-driven psychological horror with shifting realities and traumatic childhood experiences.
Movie Details
- Director
- Pascal Laugier
- Release Date
- 2018-03-14
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (2757)
Cast
- Crystal Reed
- Mylène Farmer
- Anastasia Phillips
- Emilia Jones
- Taylor Hickson
- Rob Archer
- Adam Hurtig
- Alicia Johnston
- Erik Athavale
- Kevin Power
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream
- 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 Ghostland about?
- A traumatized horror author returns to the house where her family was attacked, confronting a nightmare built from violence, memory, and fractured reality.
- What is Ghostland like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ghostland as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ghostland violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ghostland as graphic.
- What did critics think of Ghostland?
- Critics broadly found the film visually polished, intense, and effective in its nastier horror moments, but narratively hollow, cliché-ridden, and weakly written.
- Which films are like Ghostland?
- Films with a similar feel include The Babadook, Martyrs, You're Next, and The Night House.
- How long is Ghostland?
- Ghostland runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ghostland?
- In United States, Ghostland streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream.
