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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawGhost Stories is a barnstormer of an entertainment, a fairground ride with dodgy brakes.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonGhost Stories is a witty and well-crafted love letter to old-school horror tropes.
- Underneath the entertaining horror, this is ultimately a story of the toxic trappings of masculinity; a world in which keeping a stiff upper lip and resolutely burying your demons can summon the most terrifying of consequences.
- 80Total FilmMatt GlasbyTotal FilmMatt GlasbyBone-chillingly told and beautifully made, Ghost Stories is an expert twist on an evergreen genre.
- 80EmpireAlex GodfreyEmpireAlex GodfreyNot quite a terrifying thrill-ride, Ghost Stories is a creepy, disturbing ghost train with a beefier backbone than its source material, trading on tropes but still making your skin itch.
- 80Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenIts world is weirdly familiar and yet alien. It’s also darn scary.
- 67The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonThere’s still a lot of pleasure to be had here, whether from digging your fingernails into the armrest early on, to Freeman’s sly comic performance later.
- 63Slant MagazineJosh WiseSlant MagazineJosh WiseIn setting their play to film, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman decide where we look. Any magician would be jealous of that power. But it puts everything at a remove, trapping you in your own head.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloGhost Stories works best as an exercise in nostalgia. Those seeking hardcore, modern-day scares will be disappointed.