Ghostland

"You really thought you’ve been scared?"

2018 1h 31m EN

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7.4

SOLID

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52%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★7.4TMDB · 2,763🥫52%Rotten Tomatoes●44Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 45,489

Horror

Synopsis

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A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

“You really thought you’ve been scared?”

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Cast

Crystal Reed
Beth
Mylène Farmer
Pauline
Anastasia Phillips
Vera
Emilia Jones
Young Beth
Taylor Hickson
Young Vera
Rob Archer
Fat Man
Adam Hurtig
Beth's Husband
Alicia Johnston
Cooper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pascal Laugier
Writers: Pascal Laugier
Languages: French, English
Countries: Canada, France

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pascal Laugier, shot by Danny Nowak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dev Singh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Crystal Reed and Mylène Farmer and Anastasia Phillips carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You really thought you’ve been scared?".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6195094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Pascal Laugier directs. Danny Nowak behind the camera. Dev Singh cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, France. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.
4Directed by Pascal Laugier, shot by Danny Nowak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Dev Singh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Crystal Reed and Mylène Farmer and Anastasia Phillips carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "You really thought you’ve been scared?".
8IMDB entry: tt6195094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Danny Nowak
Editing: Dev Singh
Production design: Gordon Wilding
Costume design: Brenda Shenher
Makeup / hair: Roberta Gale
VFX supervisor: Clément Germain
Sound: Vincent Mauduit
Stunt coordinator: Chuck Robinson
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ghostland (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 52% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 44/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 45,489 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

6 wins & 5 nominations total

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tmdb152146182018-06-22
★ 5/10
Ghostland looks good but spins its wheels a lot narratively, especially in the second half, when it collapses into a pile of cliches from which it never emerges. If only the storytellers had cared about substance as much as style ... It'll pass the time but you can easily find something better to consume.
FanOfFilm2020-04-09
★ 5/10
At first glance this film comes off as an extremely predictable horror flick, so the twist was clever seeing as I didn’t expect it until moments before it occurred but at that point… the film really started to fall flat for me. It peaked way too early and once we get passed the peak it started to come to a lull. The issue was that the movie seemed to be creating conflict not out of circumstance but out of boredom. The purpose of the protagonists got lost quickly. Overall the film was a big let down for me. Seeing as this is from the director of MARTYRS, a horror gore masterpiece, my hopes were high for this film so I was definitely disappointed. The most redeeming quality of this film is the jump scares! Those were executed perfectly. Sidenote: the antagonist character seemed to be casted to be a transphobic jab seeing as everyone referred to this person who was dressed like a woman as a “fucking man”, in a devisive way. Kinda tasteless.