Movie Reviews for Hollywood Ghost Stories

Hollywood Ghost Stories

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Movie Reviews of Hollywood Ghost Stories

Movie Review: Just what I wanted and more
Summary: 5 Stars

I have been looking for this since the 80s when I saw it on The Discovery Channel. I had contacted the network and no one could help me, but now I have it!!!!

Movie Review: Hollywood Ghost Stories
Summary: 5 Stars

Awesome dvd about the haunts & ghosts of Hollywood narrated by the legendary actor, John Carradine. Highly recommended.

Movie Review: Recommended with Reservations
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a fun program as long as you keep certain things in mind:
1) This was produced in the late 1980s
2) The producers were attempting to seriously look into actual hauntings connected with Hollywood.

If you want the most up-to-date information, look elsewhere. In fact, I'd recommend looking into the History Channel's Haunted History series, I believe they've produced one on Hollywood. The Haunted History program is a few years old, but it would be more current than this film.

If you want wild sensational stories, you won't find that here either. The producers were trying to show the difference between alleged real life hauntings and Hollywood movies. If you read into the phenomena reported in purported hauntings, they consist mostly of strange sounds, odd smells, cold spots, and short lived apparitions. Most of this wouldn't make a very interesting movie or television show, so while most Hollywood ghost stories start with this sort of phenomena it certainly doesn't end there.

A couple of the cases that were looked into were made into successful Hollywood ghost/horror films such as The Entity and The Amityville Horror. It was nice contrasting and comparing the Hollywood treatment of these stories. When this show was recorded, the Amityville Horror was still being debated as to whether it was real or a hoax with strong opinions on both sides, but today it's pretty much regarded as a hoax.

I especially enjoyed the interviews with Elke Sommer talking about the haunting at her former residence, and I enjoyed the interviews with parapsychologists who discuss their investigations. One person made a point to say how unlike movies like Poltergeist their investigations are.

John Carradine is a fun choice for the host. He may be a little over-the-top, but he seems like he's enjoying himself. The clips from famous horror movies are also a lot of fun to watch. So if you are a fan of classic Hollywood ghost stories, as well as fascinated by real life hauntings, you would probably enjoy this DVD. You're not going to come away with any great "Truths", but it's an interesting hour of entertainment and you can learn a few things as well.

Movie Review: Great Price, Great Host!
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a quaint little ghost production with wonderful John Carradine as your host who takes you into the hot spots and ghostly True Tales of Tragic, Haunted Hollywood. Easily worth the low price to own this DVD. Its one you can watch again and again too. Recommended!