Ghost Son (V)

1863-poster
release date January 15 2008
studio Xenon
director Lamberto Bava
writer Lamberto Bava
starring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, John Hannah, Laura Harring, Mosa Kaiser
site ghostson.com
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

Stacey and Mark have recently married and are deeply in love for each other, living in Mark's farm in Africa. When Mark has a fatal car accident, the widow Stacey misses him and decides to stay with their orphan teenager maid Thandi in the farm. Later, her friend and doctor Doc finds that Stacey is pregnant of Mark. After a complicated delivery, Stacey notes that her baby in some moments seems to be possessed by the spirit of Mark, trying to kill her to bring her to spend the eternity with Mark.

Official Review

Despite having the dumbest title this side of I Know Who Killed Me, Lamberto Bava’s Ghost Son is a nice, deliberately paced, atmospheric ghost movie, refreshingly light on “typical” Italian horror clichés, such as a stubborn refusal to make any goddamn sense, and characters who are all sans skeletons. In fact, other than Bava’s name and the presence of Corlina Cataldi-Tassoni, one might mistake it for an American film. Or an African one. …Read More

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Official Score: 3.5 / 5