Ghost Stories

I love a good ghost story as much as the next guy. That's the problem with this little-known series: its ghost stories are far from good. Perhaps this is the reason Hulu is offering episodes at the time of this review: no doubt Hulu obtained it very cheaply indeed.

Without exception, the series scripts are hackneyed, the acting rarely rises above the typical junior high school play, and the production values--well, let's just say no one went broke putting this turkey together.

Not all television productions deserve to be resurrected after a failed first run: this is one of them. Watch if you must, but don't say you haven't been warned!

This was indeed a great show. I have always loved horror/sci-fi/fantasy anthologies whether it's on TV, the movies, or comic books. Ghost Stories was arguably one of the best, and definately overlooked. The show was low budget and featured no name actors. It even reused a few brief scenes and settings on different unrelated episodes. Surprisingly, 2 of the Ghost Stories episodes, "You'll Always Be Mine" and "Denial" were remade in the 2002 Twilight Zone series that came later. The TZ episodes were "To Protect and Serve" and "Dead Man's Eyes". Maybe not so surprising since IMDB lists Frederick Rappaport as a producer on BOTH shows. The power of script recycling compels you!!! Anyway, Rip Torn was surprisingly effective as the narrator and commentator in Ghost Stories. The stories were much more serious than most other anthology shows. The stories were always eerie, but also touching and thought provoking at times. Unfortunately, this show didn't have a chance. It received very little media attention or promotion when it first aired. I wish they revive this show..

When I started watching this series I was hopping that it was something in the region of and tales from the crypt. But this is probably one of the worst series of its kind. The majority of the stories is poor and the endings are very predictable. No special effects what so ever incorporated with bad acting.

Probably deserves a high 7 but I'm giving it a 10. Because I can! I picked up this 1990's horror anthology on DVD a week ago and am way into it. I've been on it like Oprah on a baked ham! It's widely available on Youtube with a little searching if you want to save a few bucks.

Some pretty well wrought and thought-provoking tales here. The writing is generally very good, with top-notch camera work & high production values all around. Better looking show than "Tales From The Darkside", which I also love. This series has, to me, more in common with the Amicus portmanteau moralistic lesson horror films of the 60's & 70's than say the overproduced & brain-dead "Tales From The Crypt" or the utterly awful "Freddy's Nightmares". Ghost Stories is peopled with actors I've mostly never seen anywhere else, but who are obviously well-trained and give there all. I did see a young Stuart from "The Big Bang Theory" playing a horror obsessed video clerk in "It's Only A Movie". So there you go! :) But yeah, I highly recommend this. Other than "Night Visions" hosted by Henry Rollins, I can't think of a modern horror anthology series that's nearly as good.

This was a great series, and made with much enthusiasm and care, which let the story unfold in a subtle manner. I loved the opening credits with the narrator's voice. It was very effective.

For anyone that is in the UK, and has SKY TV, the series are being shown over and over on The Horror Channel (321). They start at 2:30pm until 4:00pm. Then start again at 5:00pm until 6:00pm. Then start again at 7:30pm until 9:00pm.

I hope that some of you comment on this show as it was a great asset to television, and was not cheesy, it has a sort of, wow, who thought of that story? It must have taken some wide amount of effort to put paper onto camera.

10/10!!