Rabbit Hole of Research Episode 45: Ghosts and Graveyard

Month of Horror Ghostly Movie List from Episode 45.

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  • Pet Sematary (Stephen King, 1983; film adaptations) – Burial ground horror.
  • Ghost (1990, Patrick Swayze) – Vinny’s favorite ghost movie, even though it doesn’t include a graveyard
  • Event Horizon (1997 film) – Sci-fi horror often framed as a “ghost story in space.”
  • Idle Hands (1999 film) – Horror-comedy featuring Seth Green.
  • Sinister (2012 Film) – Supernatural horror about a true-crime writer who discovers a box of cursed home movies, each tied to a family’s violent death and an ancient pagan entity.
  • Black Mirror (TV series) – Particularly episodes dealing with digital afterlives (e.g., San Junipero).
  • The Matrix (1999 film) – Referenced in connection with AI and simulation.
  • Ghostbusters (1984 film) – Mentioned as pop-culture ghost reference.
  • The Sixth Sense (1999 film) – Classic ghost thriller.
  • The Others (2001 film) – Gothic haunted house film.
  • Crimson Peak (2015 film) – Guillermo del Toro’s ghostly gothic.
  • Beetlejuice (1988 film) – Comic ghosts in bureaucratic afterlife.
  • The Ring (1998 / 2002) – Vengeful spirit transmitted by videotape.
  • A Ghost Story (2017 film) – Minimalist meditation on ghostly presence.
  • Casper the Friendly Ghost (Animated TV Series, 1945–1959) – Classic cartoons from Famous Studios that introduced Casper as the first “friendly” ghost in popular media.
  • Casper (1995 Film) – Live-action/CG film, giving Casper a backstory as a lonely boy who died young
  • The Devil’s Backbone (2001 Film) – Directed by Guillermo del Toro, a Spanish gothic ghost story set in an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War
  • Session 9 (2001 Film) – Psychological horror set in an abandoned asylum, where environmental dread and mental breakdowns blur the line between hauntings and madness.
  • Phantasm (1979 Film) – Classic surreal horror with graveyards and supernatural undertones

Author: Jotham

Jotham Austin, II lives in Chicagoland with his wife and two sons. He has his PhD in Botany, and can be found taking electron micrographs of cells at The University of Chicago. His Rom-Com novella, “Tomorrow May Be Too Late” will be published as part of the romance anthology, “Askew Ever After,” January 2021. His debut novel, a sci-fi psychological thriller, ‘Will You Still Love Me, If I Become Someone Else?” will be released February 2021. Jotham recently started a newsletter that explores the science in science fiction (signup at jothamaustin.com). Preorder books and Follow Jotham on social media at https://linktr.ee/Jothamaustin

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