Pay the Ghost (2015): Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Pay the Ghost is a 2015 horror thriller directed by Uli Edel. It runs 1 hour 34 minutes and earned $2.9 million worldwide. Critics gave it 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and 23 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.2/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 34m (94 min)
- Director
- Uli Edel
- Original language
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English - Studio
- RLJ Entertainment
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Pay the Ghost About?
The premise of Pay the Ghost without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
As Halloween approaches, Mike Lawford is haunted by visions of his missing son, leading him and his estranged wife on a desperate search for answers. Their investigation reveals a dark local legend and a terrifying secret from the town’s history. As they delve deeper, they risk unleashing a vengeful spirit, forcing them to confront a horrifying past and question their own sanity while fighting to protect themselves and uncover the truth about what happened to their child.
Pay the Ghost Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- father son relationship
- mother son relationship
- husband wife relationship
- bus
- taxi
- professor
- car crash
- blind person
- blind man
- missing person poster
- parent searching for missing child
- missing poster
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- hiding in a cellar
- police officer
- falling to death
- money
- murder of a child
- new york city
- costume
- blind beggar
- boy
- bed
- kidnapping
- transformation
- car
- u.s. car
- ford
- ford motor vehicle
- ford car
- ford crown victoria
- cellar
- reading aloud
- trick or treat
- carnival
- based on novella
- mid credits scene
- impaled through the chest
- vulture
- impalement
- 7 year old
- three word title
- reference to h.p. lovecraft
- halloween
- halloween parade
- ghost
- scene during end credits
- rescue
- reunited with parent
- wristwatch
- burned from the inside out
The Director of Pay the Ghost
Directed by Uli Edel.
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Director Uli Edel
Pay the Ghost Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Pay the Ghost 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and 23 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.2/10.
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IMDb 5.2 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 10% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 26%
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Metacritic 23 Metascore
User score 4.4
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TMDB 54% User score
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Letterboxd 2.2 /5
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Movie Insider 4.1 /5
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Pay the Ghost Plot Summary
What happens in Pay the Ghost from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
A desperate father, Mike Lawford, embarks on a frantic quest to locate his son, Charlie, after he goes missing during a Halloween carnival. As nearly a year passes without any leads, both Mike and his wife, Kristen, begin experiencing eerie occurrences that seem to connect them to Charlie from the beyond. One day, Mike catches a glimpse of his son on a bus, but when he rushes to catch it, he finds the bus empty. His only clue is a haunting phrase spray-painted on a nearby wall: “pay the ghost,” which echoes words Charlie spoke before his disappearance.
Full summary
The whole story of Pay the Ghost, scene by scene
Pay the Ghost Box Office
Pay the Ghost grossed $2.9 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$2.9M
- International
- $2.9M
Pay the Ghost Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Pay the Ghost.
How Well Do You Know Pay the Ghost?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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- Question 8: not answered
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- Question 10: not answered
Who plays the character of Professor Mike Lawford?
Cars in Pay the Ghost
21 cars on screen, including the 2006 Ford Crown Victoria and the 2001 Orion VII.
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2006 Ford Crown Victoria Important role -
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1998 Chrysler Intrepid Minor role -
2003 Ford Crown Victoria Minor role
Pay the Ghost Also Known As
24 alternative titles, including “Regresso do Mal” and “La maldición de Charlie”.
- Also known as
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- Regresso do Mal
- La maldición de Charlie
- La noche de los desaparecidos
- Hayaletin İntikamı
- Puertas de la Oscuridad
- Pay The Ghost: Il male cammina tra noi
- Pay the ghost - il male cammina tra noi
- Врата тьмы
- Portile intunericului
- 鬼债
- Wrota zaświatów
- Brána temnoty
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- נעלמים
- A sötétség kapui
- 페이 더 고스트
- Intraçable
- ペイ・ザ・ゴースト ハロウィンの生贄
- Плати на призрака
- Заплати привиду
- Proroctvo smrti
- 鬼債
- Mặc Cả Với Quỷ
- Sumokėti vaiduokliui
- ฮาโลวีน ผีทวงคืน
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Movies Like Pay the Ghost
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Hallow Road, Ghost Dad and Ghost with Driver.
Pay the Ghost FAQ: Box Office, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Pay the Ghost, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Pay the Ghost?
Pay the Ghost runs 1 hour 34 minutes (94 minutes).
When was Pay the Ghost released?
Pay the Ghost was released on September 25, 2015.
Who directed Pay the Ghost?
Pay the Ghost was directed by Uli Edel.
More films by Uli Edel How much did Pay the Ghost make at the box office?
Pay the Ghost grossed $2.9 million worldwide.
How is Pay the Ghost rated?
Pay the Ghost has 5.2/10 on IMDb, 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, 23 on Metacritic and 54% on TMDB.
Does Pay the Ghost have a post-credit scene?
No. Pay the Ghost has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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