Written by: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring; Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis
Movie Marathon: Gods
In Short: Three odd-ball scientists go into business for themselves as paranormal exterminators.
Recommended: Hell Yes!
VENKMAN: He slimed me.
Ghostbusters has always had a special place in my heart and, I was obsessive about everything Ghostbusters from a very young age. I would watch Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II (we don’t need to talk about the second one) most weekends and I even went to the dentist via public transport dressed …

Leslie Stone, Book 1
2000
Published by Bloomsbury USA
Out of print, but available in a Kindle edition (and for only $1.99! What a bargain!)
In the Stacks: Horror
In Short: An engrossing tale of ghosts, obsession, and architecture.
Recommended: Yes!
Five Mile House anticipated intrusion. Even more, it anticipated escape. The house was designed to defend against both, and I, unwilling guardian to this malignant labyrinth, have served only to improve upon Five Mile’s forbidding nature. My presence keeps the curious away.
– Elaine
We’ve all seen those creepy houses. Whether in horror movies or in our …

Published by Carina Press
Release Date: Monday, October 22, 2012
Available in Kindle edition
In Short: Ghosts and gay romance goodness.
Recommended: Yes.
“This isn’t a game,” Matt said, his voice tight. “Those were real bullets last night, and the note contains a very real threat.”
A Reason to Believe is a short, direct little story by Diana Copland that delivers exactly what the cover promises: a romance in the throes of winter, and a dash of the “something evil lurks” feeling. Matt Bennett is a police detective who, called to a crime scene on Christmas …

Written by: Pascal Laugier
Directed by: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui
Movie Marathon: Ghosts
In Short: Girls gone wild!
Recommended: Hell, yes!! (For horror buffs!) Die first! (For the squeamish and easily frightened!)
MADEMOISELLE: Martyrs are exceptional people.
The French are famed for their fine-dining, accents that can make you melt like you were fromage and Paris, a city where romance is always in the air and prices rising are never too far away. Within recent years, however, the French have made yet another name for themselves, in cinema. Bid adieu to the …

Story by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O’Rourke
Movie Marathon: Ghosts �
In Short: Genuinely terrifying and a whole lot of fun.
Recommended: Wholeheartedly yes.
CAROL ANNE: They’re here!
Before I even begin to start writing, I want you to take in the names of the people involved in the production of Poltergeist. Tobe Hooper – the director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Steven Spielberg – considered by some to be the greatest living director. Craig T. …

Based on the game Silent Hill, developed by Konami and Team Silent.
Directed by: Christophe Gans
Written by: Roger Avery
Starring: Sean Behan, Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden.
Movie Marathon: Ghosts
In Short: Worst game of Hide and Seek. Ever.
Recommended: Not really…
ROSE: Sharon! SHARON! SHAROOOON!
I remember when Silent Hill came out on PlayStation; it scared the absolute bejeezus out of me. It was a slow-paced chiller with some unforgettable set-pieces, carrying a sense of terror with every new corner turned. The spooks were spooky and the walls bloody, it was a new wave …

Written by: Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey, Jake Busey
Movie Marathon: Ghosts
In Short:A con-man psychic pretends to exorcise ghosts in his town until a Grim Reaper goes on a killing spree.
Recommended: Hell Yes!
JUDGE: When a man’s jawbone drops off it’s time to reassess the situation.
For one reason or another, our society is obsessed with the paranormal. There are hundreds of movies about ghosts, and don’t get me started on all those …

Created by: Jon Harmon Feldman
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Zach Galifianakis, Shawn Reaves, Jason Priestley, A. J. Cook, Jessica Collins, Benjamin Benitez, Matthew Bomer
Number of Episodes: 26 (2 Seasons)
2003 – 2005
FOX
TV on DVD: God
In Short: Dead people ask a medical student to save them by making her day rewind.
Recommended: Yes, but watch out for Jason Priestley.
DAVIS:  You’re saving lives. It’s – it’s a gift.
TRU: No, candles are gifts. Boots, bath salts maybe, but this – this is – I don’t know what this is. Do you?
– “Star Crossed” …

Downside Ghosts, Book 1
2010
Published by Del Rey
Available in Paperback, Audio Download and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Religion
In Short: Ghosts, drugs and Terrible.
Recommended: Hell, yes!
“And the living prayed to their gods and prayed for rescue from the armies of the dead, and there was no answer. For there are no gods.”
– The Book of Truth, Origins, Article 12
I cannot believe it was less than two years ago that the flawed, feisty and utterly unforgettable Chess Putnam first burst onto the Urban Fantasy scene in Stacia Kane’s Unholy Ghosts. It feels like …

Written by: Alejandro Amenábar
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Movie Marathon: Twist Endings
In Short: Something ain’t right with Nicole Kidman’s house.
Recommended: Yes! Fantastic thriller with a great ending.
CHILDREN: This is our house. This is our house.
Nicole Kidman is having a bad week. Her husband has been killed in the war and all her household help up and left without even a good-bye. Add these to her existing pile of problems: 1) her children, Anne and Nicholas, are “photosensitive” and can’t be in direct sunlight, so …