It’s almost Halloween, and to celebrate this spooky season your friends at Lunacy are bringing you a new video series: LunaTips for your Ghost Stories! In this series, Lunatic and film scholar Allison Ross deconstructs the ghost story genre, focusing on the specific elements that make some films more effective than others at giving us the heebie-jeebies. Give them a watch and let us know what you think in the comments below!
DEFINING A GHOST
AUDIENCE SURROGATE
THE GHOST’S MOTIVE
THE GHOST’S ABILITIES
DEFEATING THE GHOST
GHOST MOVIES ON A BUDGET
For more Halloween fun, check out our Halloween post about filmmaking techniques that can make your horror movies to-die-for, and our spoooky interview with makeup artist Allie Shehorn!
