ghost story

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“Presence” was a ghost story about teenage loneliness, filmed from the perspective of a spirit haunting the house a grieving family has just moved into.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

And that’s fitting, of course, for a ghost story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

In a time of twisty, “prestige” supernatural horror, the good, old-fashioned ghost story has fallen by the wayside.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

What is your favorite ghost story from TV or film?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

He was like someone out of a ghost story, and Turner tried to draw away.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt