Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007) poster
2007 · horror · thriller · supernatural

Death of a Ghost Hunter

Directed by Sean Tretta1h 47m2007
ElsewhereIMDb4.32k
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, measured, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.

Our read · Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want low-budget found-footage horror with ghosts and an extremely disturbing family murder-suicide history.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 35attention 3/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsuicide themegraphic violencechild perilnuditysexual violence

Skip it tonightSkip if on-screen suicide, child murder, rape, or torture in horror will traumatize you.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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