Top Ten: The Scariest Ghost Movies


	Top Ten: The Scariest Ghost Movies

merrie

10-25-2009 11:14 PM

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dark water, dont look now, poltergeist, ringu, devils backbone, the fog, the haunting, the others, the shining, sixth sense

merrie says:

It is fast approaching that unique portion of the year when all true matters arcane and diabolical are given the festive treatment, as Halloween prompts folks to deploy their broomsticks for something other than sweeping up after the household pet. Although we have recently seen cinematic quotas of the supernatural gobbled up by vampire and zombie flicks, it would be remiss to overlook the genuine chills instilled by the most successful exponents of the ghost movie genre. So here are ten of the scariest ghost movies to put the frighteners on us poor, trembling cinema-goers.

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