Top 10 Scariest Horror Movie Ghosts We've Seen in Film

Ghost stories were my first introduction to all things spooky and scary – M R James stories used to keep me awake at night, straining my eyes to see spooky patterns in the curtains or wallpaper that were almost definitely ghosts. Ghosts are terrifying for so many reasons: They are often intangible so cannot be physically fought off like your regular old psychopath or monster; they often appear in your home where you would expect to feel safest; you cannot out run a ghost – they are everywhere and nowhere and can generally appear whenever and wherever they like. There is also no tried and tested way of getting rid of a ghost – not like werewolves or vampires where old dusty volumes of mystical lore will tell you all you need to know. Before we delve in to it, however, I'd like to give an honourable mention to The Ghost of Christmas Future in The Muppet's Christmas Carol. That stuff is intense and definitely not suitable for children (and by children, I mean me).