High Spirits (1988)

 

Directed by Neil Jordan. Found on Tubi. Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Jennifer Tilly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Spirits_(film)

https://moriareviews.com/fantasy/high-spirits-1988.htm

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/things_to_do/movies/retro-review-nearly-forgotten-high-spirits-is-delightful-halloween-fare/article_22e7181e-6385-11ee-8e96-fbc7230d042f.html

Pepper's Ghost

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost

Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique, used in theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts, in which an image of an object offstage is projected so that it appears to be in front of the audience

The illusion is widely used for entertainment and publicity purposes. These include the Girl-to-Gorilla trick found in old carnival sideshows and the appearance of "ghosts" at the Haunted Mansion and the "Blue Fairy" in Pinocchio's Daring Journey, both at Disneyland in California.

https://www.lightfieldlab.com/blogposts/the-history-of-peppers-ghost 

Quiet, Please - Good Ghost

 

WFLD Channel 32 - Casper (Bumper #1, 1979)

 

Borley Rectory

 

Borley Rectory was a house famous for being described as "the most haunted house in England" by psychic researcher Harry Price. Built in 1862 to house the rector of the parish of Borley and his family, it was badly damaged by fire in 1939 and demolished in 1944.

The large Gothic-style rectory in the village of Borley had been alleged to be haunted ever since it was built. These reports multiplied suddenly in 1929, after the Daily Mirror published an account of a visit by paranormal researcher Harry Price, who wrote two books supporting claims of paranormal activity.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borley_Rectory

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/31/books.booksnews

The Great Amherst Mystery

 

Canadian poltergeist. 1878-79.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Amherst_Mystery

The Great Amherst Mystery was a notorious case of reported poltergeist activity in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1878 and 1879. It was the subject of an investigation by Walter Hubbell, an actor with an interest in psychic phenomena, who kept what he claimed was a diary of events in the house, later expanded into a popular book. The case was dismissed as a hoax by skeptical investigators.

Ghostbusters Blu-ray

 

Moved the 40 inch HD TV downstairs to see how it fit. Ghostbusters was the only Blu-ray on that shelf. Quickly became one of my favorite Blu-rays. Shot really wide. Looks nice. Yes, have some.

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/03/ghostbusters-1984.html

Suspense - Ghost Hunt

 

The ghost illusion, figure 7, page 69

 

1881.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5584eda0-27ca-0132-7283-58d385a7b928

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

 

Have not seen this in many years. Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester. I did just watch another pirate movie the other night. I am one of the few people who have seen both Cutthroat Island and Roman Polanski's Pirates. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard%27s_Ghost

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blackbeards-ghost-1968

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/the-my-first-movie-blogathon-the-most-hi-spirited-hi-larity-in-history-may-1968/

William H. Mumler: Spirit Photographer

 

Captured a photo of Abraham Lincoln's ghost. The inventor of spirit photography. In reality a double exposure hoax.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Mumler

https://mashable.com/2016/06/30/mumler-spirit-photos/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographer-who-claimed-to-capture-abraham-lincoln-ghost

Svengoolie: The Frozen Ghost (1945)

 

Lon Chaney, Jr. Inner Sanctum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frozen_Ghost

https://trailersfromhell.com/inner-sanctum-mysteries-franchise-collection/

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2288

13 Ghosts

 

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/2224/rec/18

The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

 

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/3632/rec/15

Svengoolie: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

 

The beloved Don Knotts horror comedy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_and_Mr._Chicken

Trailers From Hell.

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19331/the-ghost-and-mr-chicken#articles-reviews?articleId=345385

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/random-drive-in-mash-up-the-ghost-and-mr-limpet-september-1967/

Ghostbusters (1984)

 

Next Blu-ray. Another one I almost didn't buy that became a big repeat choice. All the 80s Blu-rays I got were played a lot. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters

Highest-grossing films of 1984^[3]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount	$234,760,478
2	Ghostbusters	Columbia	$229,242,989
3	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount	$179,870,271
4	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	$153,083,102
5	The Karate Kid	Columbia	$100,000,000[4][5][6]
6	Police Academy	Warner Bros.	$81,198,894
7	Footloose	Paramount	$80,035,402
8	Romancing the Stone	Fox	$76,572,238
9	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Paramount	$76,471,076
10	Splash	Disney	$69,821,334

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_film

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ghostbusters-1984 

Trailers From Hell.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56140/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-ghostbusters

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ghostbusters-saluting-the-effects-of-the-original-movie/

Goober and the Ghost Chasers

 

The Golden Horn (blogspot) has vintage Saturday morning cartoons every Saturday morning. The original Kinja tag was a little over 100 shows.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Cartoons

1973 ABC. Hanna-Barbera. 16 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goober_and_the_Ghost_Chasers