A Ghost Waits

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DarkImbecile
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A Ghost Waits

#1 Post by DarkImbecile » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:19 pm

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

An ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart, A Ghost Waits is a DIY labour of love years in the making from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews.

Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack (MacLeod Andrews, They Look Like People, Doctor Sleep) quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves - this house is haunted. The ghost in question is Muriel (Natalie Walker), herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common... pulse notwithstanding. Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, they must fight for their newfound affection as pressure mounts for them each to fulfil their "cross-purposes".

From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion - as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of Beetlejuice and A Matter of Life and Death - A Ghost Waits has shocked and surprised audiences around the world, and now makes its home video debut stacked with insightful bonus features that take you inside the process of creating this phantasmagorical monochrome marvel.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
  • Original uncompressed stereo audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Audio commentary by writer/director Adam Stovall
  • Audio commentary by Adam Stovall and MacLeod Andrews
  • Audio commentary by the cast and crew
  • Humanity and the Afterlife in 'A Ghost Waits', a new video essay by Isabel Custodio exploring the film's themes and cinematic forebears
  • Eight interviews with cast and crew moderated by critic and programmer tt stern-enzi
  • Interview and post-film Q&A with Adam Stovall moderated by Alan Jones at Frightfest Glasgow 2020
  • Outtakes
  • Easter eggs
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery
  • Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde and original artwork by Julie Hill
    FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann

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Re: A Ghost Waits

#2 Post by zedz » Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:47 pm

Well, this is another recent, no-budget horror movie that works. (Arrow seems to have a better track record with new films in the genre than older ones of late.) It's more of a ghostly rom-com than a straight horror movie, but it's charming, resourceful and well-acted. The filmmakers have a really good sense of how to tailor their project to their very limited resources rather than straining to make a glossier, more ambitious calling-card film and falling short. The extras are exhaustive but not overly repetitive, but there's so much here and the cast and crew were so small that the absence of female lead Natalie Walker becomes somewhat glaring.

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Re: A Ghost Waits

#3 Post by reaky » Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:53 pm

This was my Valentines pick this year. I found it had a lot in common with Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again, once you look beyond the respective frames of supernatural romance and festive fairytale. Both films deliver studies of loneliness and consolation with a light touch, and prove in the end to have greater emotional weight than you might have expected.

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Re: A Ghost Waits

#4 Post by DeprongMori » Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:51 pm

zedz wrote:
Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:47 pm
The extras are exhaustive but not overly repetitive, but there's so much here and the cast and crew were so small that the absence of female lead Natalie Walker becomes somewhat glaring.
Natalie Walker does turn up in an amusing Easter Egg (click the right arrow at “Outtakes”). Although the credits imply multiple Easter Eggs, I was only able to find this one.

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