Pay the Ghost
Evil walks among us.
Evil walks among us.
Horror
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2015
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One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.
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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
16 Sep 2015
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$2,160,298
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Tidbits that would make the film interesting have been squandered. Instead, we get the standard-issue haunted-house fodder.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep 2015
rotten:
Sludgy greens and smudged blacks assault the eyes, and crashing sound cues accompany every scare - dead giveaways of a director, Uli Edel, who trusts neither his audience nor his images.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
25 Sep 2015
rotten:
Fine, sure, "Pay the Ghost" if you have to. But do not pay good American money to see the movie of the same name.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
25 Sep 2015
rotten:
A new low for Nicolas Cage. Just when you thought he couldn't get any more apathetic about a role, he pops up in this lazy, boring retread of "Insidious" that even his most diehard fans should ignore.
– Brian Tallerico,
RogerEbert.com,
25 Sep 2015
rotten:
If it's remembered for nothing else, and it almost certainly won't be, Uli Edel's "Pay the Ghost" can at least make a claim to being the first film to feature a haunted razor scooter in a horror setpiece.
– Andrew Barker,
Variety,
26 Sep 2015