Not horror? ‘A Ghost Story’ is the most terrifying vision of the afterlife ever onscreen

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Never die.

That’s one thing I’ll be taking away from A Ghost Story, the most terrifying, bleak and lonely vision of the afterlife committed to screen since the 1998 candy-colored-psychosis hellscape What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams, may he rest in peace.

Lord may I live forever because nope, nuh-uh, nooooo thanks.

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OK, OK — I’m being cheeky and overly literal here. And I’m doing it with love. 

The truth is that A Ghost Story is truly unlike anything; a spooky, existential fairy tale that’s not actually suggesting that when you die, your enduring spirit stands around wanly in your beloved home, wearing a bedsheet with eye holes scissored out. Read more…

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