The best ghost comedies: a selection for an autumn evening

To feel the real Halloween atmosphere, you should decorate your home with themed attributes: pumpkins, cobwebs, and other spooky decor. Evening movie screenings will also create a sense of celebration.

If you don't like horror and don't want to burden your brain with thrillers, you can choose funny-themed comedies. OBOZ.UA publishes a rating of the best comedies about ghosts.

Coco

• Genre: cartoon.
• Country: USA, Mexico.
• Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina.

This animated film won an Oscar in 2018. The concept is based on the Day of the Dead – according to beliefs, on this holiday, the souls of dead people who are remembered by at least one person come to visit the world of the living. Miguel Rivera aspires to become a musician, but his family is against it. They say there is even a curse associated with this profession. The boy is transported to the afterlife to reconcile the world of the living and the dead and to find out what caused the curse.

The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

• Genre: comedy, melodrama, fantasy.
• Country: USA.
• Director: Mark Waters.
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster.

Connor Meade, an inveterate womanizer, is dating three girls at the same time and does not believe in love at all. Suddenly, at the wedding of his younger brother, Connor, under the influence of alcohol, meets the ghost of his late uncle Wayne, who was his role model. The encounters with the afterlife don't end there – Connor will have to meet the ghosts of his ex-girlfriends to believe in love again.

Kasper

• Genre: comedy, fantasy, family.
• Country: USA.
• Director: Brad Silberling.
• Cast: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Chauncey Leopardi, Spencer Vrooman, Malachi Pearson, Cathy Moriarty.

What's a movie without the good old Casper? Paranormal investigator James Harvey travels across the country with his daughter Kat after the death of his wife. They end up in Whipstaff, a huge mansion haunted by evil ghosts. The owner of the house hires a specialist to exorcise the evil spirits. The friendly Kasper, who does not want to be like his evil relatives, befriends Kat, helping her and her father to cope with the dangers.

Ghostbusters

• Genre: comedy, fantasy, action movie.
• Country: USA.
• Directed by Ivan Reitman.
• Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis.

Egon Spangler, Ray Stantz, and Peter Venkman are scientists who study paranormal phenomena. However, the institute where they work is not ready for discoveries in the field of the supernatural. Fate gave the scientists a great chance to put their knowledge into practice.

Scooby-Doo (2002)

• Genre: comedy, fantasy, detective, family, adventure.
• Country: USA, Australia.
• Director: Raja Gosnell.
• In the roles: Freddie Prince Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini.

The brave five – Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo the dog – go to an ominous island to deal with ghosts. They have to save not only the island but the whole world.

Just Like Heaven

• Genre: drama, comedy, melodrama, fantasy.
• Country: USA
• Director: Mark Waters
• Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Spybey.

A romantic comedy about architect David and the ghost Elizabeth. The girl remembers almost nothing about her past life, but she persistently tries to drive David out of her apartment. Subsequently, Elizabeth finds out that she is currently in a coma in a local hospital and is about to be disconnected from the machines.

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