Film · 2018
Ghostland
Directed by Pascal Laugier · starring Crystal Reed, Mylène Farmer and Anastasia Phillips
- 1 h 41 min
- R18
- Horror · Drama · Mystery
Canada
- 5.8 AverageMovieNCo
- 7.2 Users9 votes
- 4.5 Critics4 reviews
Synopsis
The new film of the French filmmaker Pascal Laugier ('The Tall Man', 'Martyrs'), 'Ghostland', introduces the viewers to the story of a mother and her two daughters who inherit the house from her aunt. On the first night they spend in the new house, she willl have to confront with some murderous intruders and will have to fight for her daughters lives. When the girls suffer this terrible childhood trauma, their dispare personalities will get to a very different extreme points.
Meanwhile one of them, Vera, couldn't cope with it and lost her mind, the other one, Beth, has became one of the greatest and most successful terror authors who has a perfect family and house in the city of celebrities, Los Angeles. The story is set sixteen years after the tragical thing, when the sisters meet again in that house and strange things begin to happen all over again.
Crystal Reed ('Crazy, Stupid, Love', 'Gotham'), Anastasia Phillips ('Frankie Drake Mysteries', 'Tammy's Always Dying'), Mylène Farmer ('Cocoricocoboy', 'Arthur et les Minimoys'), Emilia Jones ('Brimstone', 'Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans') and Taylor Hickson ('Everything, Everything', 'Motherland: Fort Salem'), among other, actors, play the leading roles of the film.
Where to watch Ghostland
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The essentials
- Runtime
- 101 min1 hour and 41 minutes
- Rating
- R18To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas to adults of not less than 18 years
- How long is Ghostland?
- 1 hour and 41 minutes (101 minutes).
- Who directed Ghostland?
- Pascal Laugier.
- Who is in Ghostland?
- It stars Crystal Reed, Mylène Farmer, Anastasia Phillips and Emilia Jones.
- Where can I watch Ghostland?
- In the UK you can watch it on free on Prime Video and on rent on Apple TV.
Cast
Full cast (13)-
Crystal Reed Adult Beth
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Mylène Farmer Pauline
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Anastasia Phillips Adult Vera
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Emilia Jones Young Beth
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Taylor Hickson Young Vera
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Alicia Johnston Cooper
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Adam Hurtig Beth's Husband
- Director
- Pascal Laugier
- Writers
- Pascal Laugier
- Producers
- Jean-Charles Levy, Nicolas Manuel, Clément Miserez, Matthieu Warter
Photos and posters
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What the critics say average 4.5 from 4 outlets
- 6.0 CinemaníaTony Vail
'Ghostland' is a journey through known tropes... to satiate the [horror] fanatic's always demanding thirst.
Read - 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJordan Mintzer
An off-putting home invasion flick with a few good twists (...) The director deserves a bit of credit for trying something different.
Read - 4.0 Los Angeles TimesKimber Myers
Transphobia and misogyny flow through the film as much as blood, staining what might have been a solid genre effort.
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Trivia
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Rough filming
Actress Taylor Hickson suffered gruesome facial injury when she crashed through a glass door while filming. She later sued the film's production company for the accident.
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Together again
Pascal Laugier and Mylene Farmer previously collaborated on one of her music videos for the song "City Of Love".
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Possible reference
The Amish boy at the beginning of the film is most likely a reference to Children of the Corn (1984).
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Reference to a classic
The fake finale, when the girls are found by the cops after escaping the house, is a reference to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
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