I love this movie so much

The Worst Film Ever

Sadly Over-hyped

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Moriarty, Queen Latifah, Diane Ladd and Jack Palance were perfect in their respected roles in Living With the Dead. For a made for TV film, this was definitely over achieving expectations. Mrs. Shullivan and I really enjoy a good suspense film, but eh, throw in some great science-fiction, thriller, and a non-stop "who done it" serial killer theme and you come up with in my opinion a prime-time Emmy winner for any film audience.Ted Danson is the star of this film who plays James Van Praagh, a troubled divorced man whose business is struggling financially, his elderly mother Regina Van Praagh played by Diane Ladd has just been admitted into the emergency wing of the local hospital after suffering a stroke, but James Van Praagh also has demons deep inside his mind from his early childhood memories of seeing and talking to dead people. Jack Palance plays Ted Danson's father Allan Van Praagh, who continually tells his young son well into his adulthood years that he must suppress any visions that his son James might be seeing and disregard them as nonsense. But the young James Van Praagh remembers vividly his mother relying on a composite of drugs to survive and when he is an adult his father tells James that he can arrange for him to receive the same drugs that his mother used to help her sleep. At this point James realizes that his mother must have also had visions of dead people herself, and she was trying to suppress them.Queen Latifah plays a business consultant named Midge Harmon who is called in to help save James faltering business, but she also tries to help James see that both his past and future visions are real so she brings him to a meeting of like minded people where James is introduced to a very calm Psychic named Adrian played by Michael Moriarty. Adrian patiently tries to reassure James that his visions are real and that eventually when he is ready to accept that his uncanny ability to speak to the dead is very real, he will be at peace with himself, and be able to assist people talk to their dead relatives through him. The film moves along at a very even pace maintaining the suspense as James continues to interact with many dead people and a slew of young boys who are trying to instruct James how he can assist in finding their serial killer. There are a number of potential serial killer suspects and you will find yourself questioning who the real murderer is.This is by far a much better suspense film than is generally available on television, and since Mrs. Shullivan and I just watched the film 14 years after it was originally released and it still has great appeal I can recommend to other viewers that it is well worth your evening's entertainment and you will not be disappointed. I give the film a solid 8 out of 10 rating.

LIVING WITH THE DEAD, in my opinion, is an excellent supernatural thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It really kept me on the edge of my seat. I thought that Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen gave smashing performances. If you ask me, LIVING WITH THE DEAD has it all. Mainly, it has suspense. However, in my opinion, this film was put together flawlessly. When the spirits showed up, that was my favorite part. It was my favorite part for many reasons. If this ever comes to DVD, I would really love to buy it. I'd like to close by saying, "Parents, if you have young children, do not subject them to this film. They will get scared."

There are at least 15 out of 16 "AMAZING, GREAT, SUPERB,..." comments on this movie, but you chose to put the only one that sais BORING on the user comment line. What's going on? Is IMDB getting boring? Plase... this is a fantastic movie with a great RATE, so remove the BORING line. THANX! line6 line7 line8 line9 line10 OK :)

I just saw this movie for the first time and I thought it was excellent.The acting was superb, the script was very well written. Top Movie!Some very emotional scenes I cried like a baby.It makes you believe!