Top 10 Movie Ghosts
#10 – Samara Morgan: “The Ring” (2002)
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Kicking off our list is the vengeful ghost of a decomposing eight-year-old girl. After being pushed down a well by her adoptive mother, she haunts an unmarked videotape and forces her victims to either share the video of her suffering, or die horribly. What’s most memorable about this mesmerizing phantom? We’re gonna go with the creepy spider walk. Damn that’s messed up…
#9 – Soul Collector: “The Frighteners” (1996)
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What’s a ghost list without the Grim Reaper! Or a reasonable facsimile thereof… This menacing copycat ghoul borrows the Reaper’s trademark cloak and scythe, and stalks his victims by following a trail of numbers etched into their foreheads. He’s equally deadly to both live victims and dead ones, proving that no matter who you are, he’ll know when your number’s up.
#8 – Slimer: “Ghostbusters” (1984)
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Originally a resident of the Sedgewick Hotel, this potato-shaped ghoul is the first paranormal entity captured by the Ghostbusters. A Class 5 free roaming vapor with an odd charm, this green glutton is made of pure ectoplasm and is the only ghost on our list known to have an insatiable appetite! While that raises some questions, we’re more interested to know how drives a bus without feet!
#7 – Lloyd the Bartender: “The Shining” (1980)
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This creepy, but well-dressed, bartender is no mere figment of Jack’s imagination! One of many apparitions that haunt the Overlook Hotel, Lloyd lacks the usual characteristics of the undead, such as rotting flesh. Instead, his glistening eyes, unsettling smile and helpful suggestions play a central role in the hotel’s scheme to guide Jack towards insanity.
#6 – Freddy Krueger: “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)
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This former child killer was burned alive for his crimes, only to return as a haunting presence in the dreams of the town’s children. A manic ghost with sharp claws, a striped shirt and a fedora, Krueger can become anything to scare his victims to death while they’re unconscious. Freddy is an unforgettably gruesome ghost thanks to his disturbing and over-the-top sense of humor. Plus, he totally killed Harry Potter…
#5 – Dr. Malcolm Crowe: “The Sixth Sense” (1999)
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We warned you there was a major spoiler! This kind and compassionate child therapist has made it his mission to help a tormented boy with his unique condition. Dr. Crowe is unique as a movie ghost, not only because he cares for the welfare of the child who is secretly saving him in return, but also because he actually believes he’s alive – and makes us believe it as well. Right to the very end.
#4 – Sam Wheat: “Ghost” (1990)
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Unfinished business keeps Sam from crossing over after his murder. But he’s one-of-a-kind as ghosts go because, in order to communicate with the real world, he coaxes a psychic to be his voice – and drives her nuts in the process. Eventually he learns how to physically interact with this realm, and he’s awarded the chance to save his wife and say a proper goodbye.
#3 – Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Star Wars Trilogy” (1977-1983)
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These two Jedi masters and mentors to Luke Skywalker passed on to become one with the force. This means they are helpful ghosts that give Luke insightful guidance, complete his Jedi training, and fill him in on the key plot details they neglected to mention in life. Sucks to be them though: Anakin gets to be young again…what gives?
#2 – Beetlejuice: “Beetlejuice” (1988)
Need to summon an untrustworthy and uncontrollable bio-exorcist? Just say his name three times. Beetlejuice is the outrageous, wild-haired ghoul with a fondness for stripes that haunts a miniature graveyard model. This is one ghost that’s also hilariously slimy and extreme, mostly due to the pride he finds by scaring the pants off the living.
#1 – Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, Future: “A Christmas Carol” (Various)
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Taking the top spot on our list is Charles Dickens’ gaggle of ghosts that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him the error of his ways. The group of spirits includes Scrooge’s equally selfish former business partner, as well as three specters with messages from different periods of his life. Thanks to the cautionary tales they tell, these are easily cinema’s most enduring phantasms. Do you agree with our list? Which phantasm is your Numero Uno? For more entertaining top 10s, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.