Tormented 1959 or 60?

There was a recent gem that I found called Tormented. A little hokey in that it was on the cusp of 59/60, so you got some interesting "lingo". All in all, it did remind me of a ghost movie that I think Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's woman. Something about a widow that had an illicit affair in Victorian or earlier times with a soldier. I will have to look it up later. I am not really sure it was a ghost story or a redo of a famous Greta Garbo movie where she jumped in front of a train at the end, after a similar affair.

Grindhouse Road 2007

Grindhouse'>http://www.rhitv.com/Movie.aspx?id=50">Grindhouse Road is, I believe, a made for tv movie. It's pretty fair, however. The plot was interesting, and I was not bored. Good mystery plot. I don't know how scared I actually got. In other words, a jaded horror movie like me is not going to find the movie too scary.

Kept me guessing, however, which is unusual and I like.

It's hard to describe much of this movie without being a major spoiler. Are the helpful nice neighbors really helpful nice neighbors? Why is the wife and new owner in the house SO interested in it's history when she has her own personal problems going on? What are those flashbacks all about? The mystery of the house was pretty decent for a made for tv movie.

The Locals-2003

Sophmoric but somewhat decent ghost story. I think I like 2001 maniacs better as it's in the more "out there" arena, but there were some good moments in the movie action wise.

Plot was kind of eh eh, but again, I have seen worse and it was entertaining if you are zonsing for a horror movie and just can't find the right thing.

Changeling

When I first rented this movie, I think I had a horrible virus or something. I remember enough about it to recall it was good, but knew I had missed some very important pieces of the puzzle. So this weekend, I had rented it again to watch it all over. Course my husband kept coming in and interupting. See he hates horror movies, and must come in and exclaim all the time "how can you watch that?" "do you really like this?". It's so annoying, and after 20 years, you know he knows the answer to all those questions. I digress, but he has a hard time grasping sometimes that though we mesh in all sorts of other ways, our tastes diverge sometimes.

Any way, this is when ghost stories were done right. You know with an actual plot and mystery that made sense in some fashion. A bit of suspense. Any horror/ghost buff is going to love this movie. Especially if you are like me and like to see big beautiful mansions with incredible wood work and such. A mystery that comes to life piece by piece, and makes perfect sense if you are not riddled with a temperature and virus, and stay awake through the whole thing!!

Half Light - 2006

Here is a gem that came up on my movies on demand one day. Demi Moore, who I haven't seen for awhile, plays a stressed out and blocked writer that goes to this (Scottish or Irish) little town by the sea for a wee bit of a break. I don't want to give it away, but it doesn't become as relaxing as one could think.

Classic ghost story. A bit predictable, but still well done. Incredible scenery to look at during the movie too. I really liked this ghost story, and it was a nice surprise.