Ghostland
Ghostland

Ghostland

2018Movie91 minEnglish

A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

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IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic50/100
Google Users59%
Director: Pascal LaugierGenres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Plot Summary

A mother and her two daughters are targeted by a mysterious group of killers during a home invasion at their isolated farmhouse. Years later, one of the daughters, Beth, is a successful horror novelist and decides to write about the traumatic experience. However, as she begins to recount the events, disturbing parallels between her novel and reality emerge, suggesting the horrors of that night may not be over.

Critical Reception

Ghostland received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics praising its intense atmosphere, brutal violence, and shocking twists, while some found its graphic nature and plot convoluted. Audience reactions were similarly divided, often citing its disturbing content as both a strength and a weakness.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its relentless tension and effective jump scares.
  • Noted for its graphic and often disturbing violence.
  • Applauded for its surprising plot twists, though some found them overly complicated.

Google audience: Audiences found the film to be a brutal and unsettling horror experience with effective suspense and shocking moments. However, some viewers felt the violence was excessive and the plot became confusing towards the end.

Fun Fact

Director Pascal Laugier, known for the cult classic 'Martyrs', intentionally designed the film to be deeply unsettling and psychologically taxing, aiming to provoke a visceral reaction from the audience.

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FanOfFilm

FanOfFilm

At first glance this film comes off as an extremely predictable horror flick, so the twist was clever seeing as I didn’t expect it until moments before it occurred but at that point… the film really started to fall flat for me. It peaked wa...
tmdb15214618

tmdb15214618

Ghostland looks good but spins its wheels a lot narratively, especially in the second half, when it collapses into a pile of cliches from which it never emerges. If only the storytellers had cared about substance as much as style ... It'll ...