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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 13, 2020 15:26:51 GMT 1
I wrote this last year... Hope you enjoy.
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Jun 13, 2020 17:05:04 GMT 1
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Post by Nightman on Jun 13, 2020 19:51:30 GMT 1
RIP, hiking kids.
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Post by Grandmaster on Jun 14, 2020 7:30:10 GMT 1
Im glad I only read this sunday morning. I had enough trouble sleeping as it was.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 3:21:19 GMT 1
Interesting you should post this now as I am currently using my spare time to write a ghost story.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 15, 2020 3:38:57 GMT 1
Interesting you should post this now as I am currently using my spare time to write a ghost story. It’s such a fun genre… Old-fashioned ghost stories sometimes get underrated when compared to Stephen King-esque horror, but the old M.R. James/Oliver Onions/Henry James/Sheridan Le Fanu/Arthur Machen ones have such a wonderful spookiness and mystique. Anyway, quelle coïncidence! I posted it because, well, “early summer.” All the best on your story, Ack.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 6:30:44 GMT 1
Interesting you should post this now as I am currently using my spare time to write a ghost story. It’s such a fun genre… Old-fashioned ghost stories sometimes get underrated when compared to Stephen King-esque horror, but the old M.R. James/Oliver Onions/Henry James/Sheridan Le Fanu/Arthur Machen ones have such a wonderful spookiness and mystique. Anyway, quelle coïncidence! I posted it because, well, “early summer.” All the best on your story, Ack. It is indeed a fun genre! I wish movies today could still explore it in that old fashioned way, but now everything has to be so gory and extreme. I'm still looking for good Ghost movies from the early to mid twentieth century but haven't found very many that I liked. The story I'm working on is inspired by a local ghost story about a ghost that supposedly appears outside a theater and smokes a cigarette. I found the idea funny that a ghost could still possess physical objects and engage in human pleasures/vices. Like, what if a ghost is eating a sandwich? Where did it come from? Is it a sandwich that died? Did he get it from a ghost deli? ECT.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 15, 2020 20:09:26 GMT 1
Im glad I only read this sunday morning. I had enough trouble sleeping as it was. I’ll take that as a compliment?
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 15, 2020 20:10:16 GMT 1
Aha, so nothing else I’ve written showed talent? Why, I never! Seriously, thanks kindly.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 15, 2020 21:38:38 GMT 1
It is indeed a fun genre! I wish movies today could still explore it in that old fashioned way, but now everything has to be so gory and extreme. Gah, me too! Have you seen Dead of Night (1945)? It’s a anthology film, and naturally the segments vary wildly, but the mirror sequence is one of my favorite cinematic ghost-stories, and the Christmas party sequence rates right under that. A similar movie, also veddy British, is Three Cases of Murder (1955). That only has three segments, of which two are pretty weak (despite Orson Welles’ presence in the last one)—but the first one is brilliant, an underrated, or unknown, classic of the genre. It might still be available online, not sure. I also recommend The Uninvited (1944), but it’s better as a light comedy/mystery than as a ghostly tale. Of course then we have TV stuff like “The Hungry Glass” (1961), one of the best Thriller episodes. But then we’re moving on to stuff like The Haunting (1963), which I’m supposed to like but which I’ve always found kinda dull. (Shirley Jackson’s book is a million times better.) I prefer The Innocents (1961). Oh, one you should see, if you haven’t, is the 1989 adaptation of The Woman in Black. It’s beautifully done, and spooky, and far superior to the more recent big-budget Daniel Radcliffe adaptation. And Ghostwatch (1992); I always seem to recommend Ghostwatch… The Brits always seem to have us beat on ghost stories! Sounds like a hoot! In all seriousness I wonder about that whenever I hear ghost stories, and Mrs. Jones says she can still smell Capt. McTavish’s pipe tobacco, and—how, exactly? Am willing to read any or all the story if you’d like; if not, no worries at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 19:19:07 GMT 1
It is indeed a fun genre! I wish movies today could still explore it in that old fashioned way, but now everything has to be so gory and extreme. Gah, me too! Have you seen Dead of Night (1945)? It’s a anthology film, and naturally the segments vary wildly, but the mirror sequence is one of my favorite cinematic ghost-stories, and the Christmas party sequence rates right under that. A similar movie, also veddy British, is Three Cases of Murder (1955). That only has three segments, of which two are pretty weak (despite Orson Welles’ presence in the last one)—but the first one is brilliant, an underrated, or unknown, classic of the genre. It might still be available online, not sure. I also recommend The Uninvited (1944), but it’s better as a light comedy/mystery than as a ghostly tale. Of course then we have TV stuff like “The Hungry Glass” (1961), one of the best Thriller episodes. But then we’re moving on to stuff like The Haunting (1963), which I’m supposed to like but which I’ve always found kinda dull. (Shirley Jackson’s book is a million times better.) I prefer The Innocents (1961). Oh, one you should see, if you haven’t, is the 1989 adaptation of The Woman in Black. It’s beautifully done, and spooky, and far superior to the more recent big-budget Daniel Radcliffe adaptation. And Ghostwatch (1992); I always seem to recommend Ghostwatch… The Brits always seem to have us beat on ghost stories! Sounds like a hoot! In all seriousness I wonder about that whenever I hear ghost stories, and Mrs. Jones says she can still smell Capt. McTavish’s pipe tobacco, and—how, exactly? Am willing to read any or all the story if you’d like; if not, no worries at all. Thanks for the recommendations! I will file these away and rent a few this Halloween! I have seen The Haunting and I agree with you that it's very dull. And the lead character was very obnoxious to me. She was just wallowing in self pity the whole time. I'd be happy to share the story! ... but it takes me a long time to write them. I typically write a really basic first draft, which I'm doing now, then put it away for a while and return to it later with a fresher perspective to redraft it. The first draft is always unreadable. I'm thinking I may return to it for a second draft in October to really get into the Halloween atmosphere so it may be a while before its done.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 16, 2020 20:13:52 GMT 1
Thanks for the recommendations! I will file these away and rent a few this Halloween! Excellent! It’s weird, there really aren’t many great ghost movies, at least not “classic-era” ones… Film historian William K. Everson once wrote something like ghost stories didn’t make it to the movies until the ’40s—pre-’40s are filled with horror but not really ghosts, other than Shakespeare, Dickens, and comedies! It’s weird, there’s stuff I love in The Haunting (the brilliantly directed opening sequence, the conservatory’s creepiness, the sets, the breathing door), but all the material in between those great scenes is deathly dull. I rewatch that movie almost every October hoping it’ll be better than I remember it—and it never is! And, yes, Eleanor is one of the most irritating characters in the history of the movies. The remake (1999) was panned miserably, and it deserves to be…but I kinda-sorta-maybe-should-I-not-admit-this like it, because it conjures up great atmospherics in the first half and Lili Taylor’s Eleanor is much less obnoxious than Julie Harris’. The second half, complete with boatloads of CGI, is execrable, but it’s too bad because again that first half is solid. Ah well. From one writer to another, understood!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2020 0:49:38 GMT 1
Thanks for the recommendations! I will file these away and rent a few this Halloween! Excellent! It’s weird, there really aren’t many great ghost movies, at least not “classic-era” ones… Film historian William K. Everson once wrote something like ghost stories didn’t make it to the movies until the ’40s—pre-’40s are filled with horror but not really ghosts, other than Shakespeare, Dickens, and comedies! It’s weird, there’s stuff I love in The Haunting (the brilliantly directed opening sequence, the conservatory’s creepiness, the sets, the breathing door), but all the material in between those great scenes is deathly dull. I rewatch that movie almost every October hoping it’ll be better than I remember it—and it never is! And, yes, Eleanor is one of the most irritating characters in the history of the movies. The remake (1999) was panned miserably, and it deserves to be…but I kinda-sorta-maybe-should-I-not-admit-this like it, because it conjures up great atmospherics in the first half and Lili Taylor’s Eleanor is much less obnoxious than Julie Harris’. The second half, complete with boatloads of CGI, is execrable, but it’s too bad because again that first half is solid. Ah well. From one writer to another, understood! The only ghost story movies in my blu Ray collection are The Shining and Poltergeist. I would love to have more, but as you said, there aren't nearly enough to chose from. The X Files has a few fun ghost episodes, but they're far from the best episodes. There's one in season six with Ed Asner that's kind of fun. And another in season three about a haunted death row. That one isn't great, but it's got a really nice creepy ending. I watch them both every October- along with about a hundred other Files episodes!
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 17, 2020 1:47:57 GMT 1
I wrote this last year... Hope you enjoy. Nice job. Ghost stories always seem to feature ghosts scaring people...but what about a ghost story where the people scare the ghosts?. It could be 'A Ghost Story Inversed'.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Jun 17, 2020 17:35:05 GMT 1
Nice job. Ghost stories always seem to feature ghosts scaring people...but what about a ghost story where the people scare the ghosts?. It could be 'A Ghost Story Inversed’. Thanks! Not really a proper ghost, or anti-ghost, story, but your idea put me in a Gilbert and Sullivan mood, so I wrote this up: Alas, it doesn’t quite work without the Sullivany tune in my head (basing it on Sir Roderic’s song).
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