Urban Ghost Story

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Urban Ghost Story

R

1999

1h 26m

Horror

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After an ecstasy induced car accident, 12 year old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) lies dead on the roadside -- slowly she is taken into the light -- but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Fangoria

06/02/2021

An extraordinary snapshot of how poverty, shame, guilt and isolation work together, all through the enduring supernatural metaphor of the ghost.

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

05/08/2004

3.5/5

It's delivered with an impressive amount of atmosphere and a screenplay that capably manages to keep you guessing most of the way.

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Film Threat

12/08/2002

3/5

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10/11/2012

Scottish Supernatural Drama Based In Glasgow, Which See's 12 Year Old Lizzie Fisher Brought Back From The Dead After An Ecstasy Enduced Car Accident. During The 184 Seconds She Was Dead, She's Convinced Something Latched On To Her. This Film Uses Some Great Atmosphere. The Story Was Good & Executed Brilliantly. This Inde Flick Is All About The Guilt We Feel When Someone Close To Us Die. A Great Wee Enjoyable Flick.

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01/30/2012

Utterly amateurish. Doesn't know whether to cling to the clichÃ (C)s of horror or the clichÃ (C)s of all those violent Glaswegian social dramas. In the end chooses neither and goes nowhere.

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11/27/2011

it was ok, just ok, nothing special, I don't think I can watch the film again, it wasn't scary, nothing really happened, kinda boring, I expected better and it starred Billy Boyd (Pippin from Lord of the Rings)

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02/05/2011

Bleak Drama with social welfare setting about a single-parent family haunted by paranormal activities. Very UK underclass based on actual poltergeist events, so you get a few creepy moments as well.

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01/24/2011

Atmospherics and photography elevate a well trodden story line. Worth a look.

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10/29/2010

Didnt really make much sense.

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Geneviève Jolliffe

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John Fox

Stephanie Buttle

Kate Fisher

Heather Ann Foster

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Synopsis

After an ecstasy induced car accident, 12 year old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) lies dead on the roadside -- slowly she is taken into the light -- but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash.

Director: Geneviève Jolliffe
Screenwriter: Geneviève Jolliffe, Chris Jones
Production Co: Living Spirit Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 1999, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Apr 26, 2005
Runtime: 1h 26m