Ghost Stories

Three very British tales of terror.

"...in my dreams on occasion), the format suits the stories: short and succinct, campfire-told tales that get in and..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Telling Some Very British Ghost Stories at SXSW Film

Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman on the evil seed that would become their Midnighter

"...It started, as so many ghost stories do, with two English boys obsessed with the..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Magic Lantern Shines a Light on British Christmas Ghost Stories

Hang with the spirits of Christmas past

"...be a more perfect setting for the telling of ghost stories?..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ghost Stories Take Flight With The Night Owl

Exploring Austin's dark history with podcaster Stephen Belyeu and his team

"...that Stephen Belyeu is describing, but one of the ghosts reported to haunt Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. "Several of the..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Naomi Brady

A Conversation with Stephen Harrigan Telling Ghost Stories

"...is something that motivates me, in a kind of ghostly way. A typical journalist is interested in what's in..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature by Robin Bradford

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...in the service of his art. And it's a ghost story. Did I mention that?..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet

Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love

"...time of year, you want to hear a good ghost story – and you wind up hearing several good..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ghost Hunting at Austin’s Spookiest Bars and Restaurants

Our favorite haunts

"...like it's a usual thing to run across a ghostly "help" scrawled on the Driskill's elevator door (or more..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Ghost and the Darkness

"...true story (as the film frequently reminds us), The Ghost and the Darkness is the story of what happens..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

David Lowery on His Haunting New Film A Ghost Story

Casey Affleck plays a spirit unstuck in time

"...most bizarre and inspired films of the year, a ghost called C (Casey Affleck, wearing the standard white sheet..."

July 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Top 10 Local Stories

Central Texas in 2005

"...the term "big box" conjures two different but interrelated stories. One is a skirmish in the enviro wars, with..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

The Top 10 Austin Food & Drink Stories of 2021

Another up-and-down year in Austin food

"...restaurant, Bacalar, slated for a fall 2022 opening.– M.H. Ghost Kitchens Proliferate..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Maeve Higgins Makes SXSW Ghost Comedy More Than Extra Ordinary

Comedian and podcaster takes on the afterlife

"...Not all Ghostbusters wear proton packs and defend New York from intergalactic..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

UPDATE Ghost of a Chad

Recounts and court cases proceeding in last two House races

"...The Dems tried to take it to court, but..."

Dec. 2, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Haunted Bookshelf

Heavens, this series of reprints of vintage ghost stories may unsettle the composure of the steadiest reader

"...accompanying prose. Am I to understand, sir, that the stories themselves are wrought in such a way as to..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens created Ebenezer Scrooge

"...financial straits. Following the lost Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmastime, he creates a sketch for what..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Killer

This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.

"...Zu: Warriors of Magic Mountain and produced both Chinese Ghost Stories. He is matched in stature by superstar Chow,..."

April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...to folklore with The Curse of La Llorona. A ghost from Latin America, La Llorona (Ramirez) haunts families searching..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Smoke and Mirrors

The 'Oculus' team on taking a ghost story to the big screen

"...don't move much either, and that never hurt classic ghost stories like The Haunting and The Legend of Hell..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"...Stephanie Bailey lives with a ghost...."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"..."I believe in ghosts," David Grimes tells me with a devious smile, knowing..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...exactly the kind of thing Church of the Friendly Ghost relishes...."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Gift Guide 2016: Haunted Holidays

A few suggestions if you’re giving your Ghost of Christmas Past a present ...

"..."The telling or reading of ghost stories during long, dark, and cold Christmas nights is..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Bedtime Stories

"...of Say Goodnight to Illiteracy, a book of bedtime stories intended to raise money for literacy programs. This third..."

May 30, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

A Whole Lotta Lit to Hit

Texas Book Festival's 2015 Lit Crawl is as huge as the state

"...Ghost stories in the State Cemetery. Nerd Jeopardy. Crimes Against..."

Oct. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Illuminating The Magic Lantern

The Austin film podcast conjures British ghosts for AFS

"...Austin Public for a very special night of British ghost stories, drawn from the archives of the BBC (read..."

Nov. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ghost of a Smile: Stories

"...Ghost of a Smile: Storiesby Deborah Boliver Boehm..."

April 13, 2001 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...aside loftier aesthetic projects for those featuring ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit

The Austin Museum of Art exhibit 'Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit' offers enough engaging evocations of the unearthly to give you a pleasurable shiver

"..."Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit"Austin Museum of Art – Downtown,..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Voices Underwater

An entrancing swim through issues of communication, discrimination, and history (with a couple of eerie ghosts along for the ride)

"...communication, discrimination, and history (with a couple of eerie ghosts along for the ride, too). The haunted house in..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

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