Pay the Ghost
Pay the Ghost
| 16 September 2015 (USA)
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One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

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Karry

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Smartorhypo

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Console

best movie i've ever seen.

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MoPoshy

Absolutely brilliant

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MikialUK

It's Nicolas Cage and you know he's had his ups and downs in movies but possibly more downs. This one is in the middle. The botton line is it's always fun to see his facial expressions and dedication even to a story like this which is not that bad at all but very familiar. As a horror fan, this one feels ok at times but mostly filled with horror cliches mainly the jump scares. But that's not to say the movie didn't have it's creepy moments as there were a few nice ones that crept here and there and at one point it really reminded me of Sinister so that was a plus. Overall, it's on Netflix so why not give it a watch. The ending however was a bit laughable.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen

Truth be told, then this 2015 movie starring Nicolas Cage can be summarized with one single word: mediocre.Well, let's just add a bit more of filling to the review anyway, shall we? First of all, I must honestly admit that I had no hopes for this movie, given it being a Nicolas Cage movie after all. I am not a fan of his or his one single expression; constipated. And truth to the tendency, then he doesn't really excel in "Pay the Ghost".The story did have potential, I will admit that much. It is about a vengeful spirit, or ghost if you will, that appear once a year at Halloween to snatch three living children from the world of the the living. But when the ghost takes Charlie (played by Jack Fulton), son of Mike (played by Nicolas Cage) and Kristen (played by Sarah Wayne Callies), a game of ethereal trailing and tracking is set afoot. Mike wants to find and return his son at all costs.Well, it had potential, but it was all drowned in a myriad of predictable situations and outcomes. As such, then director Uli Edel didn't impress much.The effects in the movie were good, and the design of the vengeful spirit was actually quite interesting.But the movie was just a shallow shell of a movie, honestly. It was too predictable to be wholly entertaining, and the few scares that were to be had in the movie was from some really cheap scare tactics; as in jump-out-at-your-face techniques go.And the final showdown between Mike and the spirit, which you saw coming a mile away was about as anti-climatic as it could be. A few measly moments of ethereal pommeling and then it was all over.The acting in "Pay the Ghost" was also mediocre. This was nowhere near being at the top of what Nicolas Cage is actually capable of doing, and Sarah Wayne Callies seemed to be like a drone caught out of the air.Don't get your hopes up for this one. And if you are looking for a scary movie that will have you wishing that you'd left the lights on, then "Pay the Ghost" is not the choice. I am rating it a very mediocre five out of ten stars.

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Lars Bear

I found this movie quite credible for the first forty minutes or so. A child goes missing in odd circumstances at hallowe'en; his parents split up (all too common when there are tragedies involving kids), and dad's desperate, fruitless attempts to find his son lead him to near collapse. Had the unfortunate child turned up (say) drowned in a ditch, and movie ended there, it wouldn't have been bad.It was when the supernatural elements started ramping up that it all went wrong. Why is it that film-makers think that, just because the supernatural is involved, they can put in any old rubbish instead of a plot? Even in a supernatural story, people still have to behave credibly like people. There still has to be narrative continuity.Why is it that film-makers think that, just because viewers are willing -- at least for a short time -- to accept that there are evil ghostly presences at work in the world, they will also be willing to accept that 2+2=5? The plot doesn't fail for lack of realism -- well, not entirely -- but for lack of logical, narrative consistency.Watch the first half, then make up your own ending. It can't fail to be better than the one we're given.

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Mustafa Yordam

Wonderful, smooth film. The action never ends and there is a ghost different subjects. Nicolas still shows great performance. You can watch without getting bored. Scared been a bit more fantastic. In fact it could be better. The film was stretched a little time in doing so. The most crucial areas does not take much. This seems to be the sequel. at least I perceive it. If you continue in my opinion it would be fine. Visual effects, music and so much good although really impressive monitored. You do not understand how that time is not now. I would recommend to those watching. I do not understand why this movie actually given so few points. I think it deserves a high score.

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