Ghost Stories

Un film de contes merveilleux dont le but dépasse celui de juste raconter trois contes. Car ceux-ci, pris séparément, laissent un goût amer de non-aboutissement, même si les frissons sont au rendez-vous. Mais il s’agit plutôt d’une variante britannique des Creepshow, délicieusement confectionnée, moderne et intelligente, mais avec cet aspect vintage sympathique. Un truc de collectionneurs. (05/07/2018)

Les épisodes se terminent chaque fois au moment où les choses se mettent en route, mais restent malgré tout passionnants, terrifiants et, surtout, bien écrits. La cadence de l’intrigue est bonne dans son ensemble et Andy Nyman assume brillamment le rôle principal. Une petite ombre au tableau : la fin qui est légèrement faible et décevante – pas de catastrophe pour autant. L’impression générale est positive et je ne dirais pas non à une suite ! (20/06/2018)

Too bad it´s not better executed, this way it has atmosphere, many well-done scenes (by far the most intense scene is the purely King´s, supernatural scene, when the boys are at the sewer), a few ideas, but it covers too much and the three parts and the final par are conflicting. Also, as it follows horror classics (which is likeable), it means that one knows exactly what to expect and what it's all about. In any case, a nice piece of work from a department that has not been seen in Czech cinemas in recent years. (07/06/2018)

It looks like your typical ghost-type of horror movie to which everyone is used to in a deluge of contemporary horror films. And what you get is a play. It has a few good ideas from time to time but it is really theatrical. When you start to be bored it finally gives you a few answers and plays with you a little. An interesting piece. (09/10/2020)

A bit of an unconventional anthology. In the great majority of horror anthologies what you remember is the individual tales, while the story that frames them is something extra, but in Ghost Stories it’s actually the opposite. The spooky mini stories are functional, but dull. They are scary and can make you a bit nervous, but they don’t go anywhere because they end quickly (my favourite was the second one about the young guy in the car; it was creepy, especially the circumstances under the which the main character tells it). But the gem is the story of Professor Goodman, who leads the film. It delivers a couple of surprises after which the readings of the mindfuck-meter go higher than you’d expect before the screening. The final outcome is a shame, however. It’s a cowardly way to explain the previous events, even if, in Ghost Stories, the creators take it so literally that it becomes a joke. (13/05/2018)