History Film / GhostStories2017

* DarknessEqualsDeath: Interestingly, this movie uses both this trope ''and'' DaylightHorror (see below), although it does use darkness more than it uses daylight in all three of the stories the film presents.
* DaylightHorror: The suspense that comes during the day is more subtle than the kind that happens when it's dark, but it's there regardless.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Mike Priddle]] at the end of his story - [[spoiler:foreshadowing for Goodman's actual suicide attempt.]]

* BreakingPointSwearing: Both comedic and serious, as Simon unleashes a ''very'' loud "Fuck that!" in response to [[spoiler:the goat-demon telling him to stay]].

* NoPronunciationGuide: A RunningGag is of various people pronouncing Simon's surname as "Riff-Kind," and him correcting them as it being "Riff-''Kinned''.

* PrecisionFStrike: Both comedic and serious, as Simon unleashes a ''very'' loud "Fuck that!" in response to [[spoiler:the goat-demon telling him to stay]].

''Ghost Stories'' is a 2017 supernatural {{Horror}} film written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, adapted from their successful stage play. Starring Andy Nyman as Professor Phillip Goodman, a present day professional skeptic who debunks stage psychics and mediums. Goodman was heavily influenced in his youth by another professional skeptic, Dr. Charles Cameron, who vanished without a trace sometime in the 70s. When Professor Goodman is contacted by Dr. Cameron (ill, elderly, and seemingly at death's door, but certainly not missing), he [[NeverMeetYourHeroes insults Goodman's body of work]], calls [[MyGreatestFailure his own work shameful]], and asks Goodman to investigate 3 supernatural cases that have haunted him since his disappearance. The investigations themselves are disturbing and unsettling, and all the while there are subtle background clues that something else is going on.

* [[ArcNumber Arc Numbers]]: The numbers 6, 79, 19, 11, 92, 20, 48, 1, and 32 recur repeatedly throughout the film, either as individual numbers or as part of this specific sequence.

** 19, 11, and 92 are on three of the doors which Tony passes as he makes his rounds.

* StoppedClock: Every single instance of time shown in this movie, beginning with the headline photograph of Big Ben which Charles Cameron sends to Professor Goodman, is 3:45. [[spoiler:Most telling, in the one instance where we see a close-up of Tony Matthew's watch, not only is it 3:45 but the second hand ISN'T MOVING. In the end, it is revealed that 3:45 AM is the time that Phillip Goodman was admitted into Christchurch Hospital.]]

* NoPronunciationGuide: A RunningGag is of various people pronouncing Simon's surname as "Riff-Kind", and him correcting them as it being "Riff-''Kinned''.

** Tony named his daughter "Film/{{Marnie}}", since he was always a big fan of Creator/AlfredHitchcock. He also mentions that if he had had a son, he would have named him "[[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman]]".

** The film begins with the sounds of water dripping and heavy breathing. [[spoiler:These are the sounds of Callahan suffering an asthma attack.]]
** Tony calls Goodman "Series/{{Kojak}}" after he barrages him with questions. [[spoiler:This is the nickname given to Callahan.]]

** The pub where Goodman finds Tony Matthews is called "The 10th Number" and the nine numbers are painted on the sign. Goodman passes these numbers on a bulletin board in the hallway as he goes into the pub.

** After meeting with Cameron and sitting on a bench, a "Fine Fare" shopping bag blows into his leg, which seems to trouble him. [[spoiler:This is the same bag which Callahan had been holding before he entered the sewage tunnel.]]

* WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:Dr. Cameron. There's a reason why his character is not listed in the film credits.]]

** The pub where Goodman finds Tony Matthews is called "The 10th Number" and the nine numbers are painted on the sign. Goodman passes these numbers on a bulletin board in the hallway as he goes into the pub.

** [[spoiler:These nine numbers are spray painted in an abandoned sewage tunnel. As a prank, two bullies forced a young Philip Goodman and later Desmond "Kojak" Callahan to go inside the tunnel and read them in sequence until they find the tenth and final number that doesn't exist. Goodman survived his ordeal, but Callahan collapsed in an asthma attack and died. Goodman has been haunted by his failure to do anything to prevent Callahan's death or tell the authorities afterwards.]]

* CreepyDoll: Doubling as TheBlank, there is a faceless, brown-haired doll wearing a yellow dress that recurs throughout the film.