... Which means it was rather good or rather bad . I've got to confess I don't have any good memories of it
It's set between the two world wars with three spiffing English chums staying at a mansion where one of them finds himself transported to the same location in Victorian times . The strange is that while he can see and hear the characters in Victorian times they can't see or hear him . The whole effect is unintentionally funny as the " time traveler " hides behind doors as soon as he hears people approach
The story revolves around a young woman being committed to a lunatic asylum by her brother even though she's not mentally ill . One of her relatives tries to free her only to unlock the cell of a raving psycho who kills her and frees the other inmates . While all sorts of people were detained in these asylums in Victorian times GHOST STORY unforgivably gives the impression that being mentally ill is the same as being a violent nutter and there's a sequence where the villain is given a shave by one of the lunatics wearing a top hat , smoking a cigar and carrying a giant knife who is now running the asylum . This whole sequence would have been laugh out loud funny if it wasn't so objectionable .
I do realise that a ghost story is not the same as a horror story so it's wrong to criticise it for being something it's not . However the director fails to produce any type of tension or atmosphere with the whole feel of the movie being sterile and static and if my long lasting impression of GHOST STORY is anything to go by I'm in no hurry to ever see this movie ever again
It's set between the two world wars with three spiffing English chums staying at a mansion where one of them finds himself transported to the same location in Victorian times . The strange is that while he can see and hear the characters in Victorian times they can't see or hear him . The whole effect is unintentionally funny as the " time traveler " hides behind doors as soon as he hears people approach
The story revolves around a young woman being committed to a lunatic asylum by her brother even though she's not mentally ill . One of her relatives tries to free her only to unlock the cell of a raving psycho who kills her and frees the other inmates . While all sorts of people were detained in these asylums in Victorian times GHOST STORY unforgivably gives the impression that being mentally ill is the same as being a violent nutter and there's a sequence where the villain is given a shave by one of the lunatics wearing a top hat , smoking a cigar and carrying a giant knife who is now running the asylum . This whole sequence would have been laugh out loud funny if it wasn't so objectionable .
I do realise that a ghost story is not the same as a horror story so it's wrong to criticise it for being something it's not . However the director fails to produce any type of tension or atmosphere with the whole feel of the movie being sterile and static and if my long lasting impression of GHOST STORY is anything to go by I'm in no hurry to ever see this movie ever again