Pay the Ghost

Pay the Ghost

Evil walks among us.

Directed by Uli Edel

Produced by Midnight Kitchen Productions, Voltage Pictures

201594 min5.4 / 10

A dark supernatural mystery centered on a parent's desperate search for a missing child, driven by grief, paranoia, and encounters with vengeful forces.

One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

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  • Is Pay the Ghost sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Pay the Ghost scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Pay the Ghost easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Pay the Ghost end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Pay the Ghost violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity38

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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