Valiona
Since: Mar, 2011
04/10/2021 00:00:00
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This 2017 film is something which gets better and better the more I see it. But despite some reviewers might say, there's nothing wrong with the ending.
It's not often that you see a horror movie that makes you think. Where you see more and more clues or insights each time you rewatch a movie. And yet, I'm amazed that I think is a perfect ending, other people have problems with. I will try to explain this without spoilers, but it will be difficult.
What I think the critics of "Ghost Stories" want is for this movie to be "1408", the 2007 John Cusack film based on a Stephen King short story. Like this movie's Phillip Goodman, John Cusack's Mike Enslin makes a living debunking paranormal or supernatural stories. Like Goodman, Mike Enslin has a very personal reason for doing so. Phillip Goodman is implicitly criticized for destroying people's faith in the afterlife. Enslin is explicitly criticized for doing the same. However, there is one VERY crucial difference between the two movies, which I believe makes all the difference to the critics. They can't get past this difference, but I think it makes "Ghost Stories" more interesting than just your usual supernatural horror film
I'm not bothered by this. This isn't like a certain television series in the 70's which employed a similar plot twist to undo an entire season of plot development. This was intended this way from the very beginning, and indeed, some of the earliest shots of the movie only make sense with this understanding. To me, this is actually more frightening because you can usually escape your usual haunted house, but you can't escape the ending that this movie reveals. I like trying to piece out what each of the individual ghost stories really means, because it's obvious that they are more than what they seem to be I agree with the other reviewer that Goodman's crime is not worth this punishment he receives in the film, but that only makes the film more tragic. For the record, I did like the "Black Mirror" episode "Black Bear."