The Ghost

Barbara Steele is absolutely magnetic. Her performance as Margaret is both icy and seductive, the kind of role that reminds you why she became the queen of Italian horror. The slow unraveling of guilt and greed is handled with eerie precision, and Riccardo Freda’s direction keeps the suspense taut without ever tipping into melodrama. For fans of classic horror with a psychological edge, The Ghost is a must-watch. It’s not just a film, it’s a séance with style.

_The Ghost_ falls somewhere between Hammer horror, and classic Universal horror, in terms of the look and feel. There is atmosphere for days, but the movie is **unbearably slow** - it took me four days to finish watching it. Not even Her Majesty, Barbara Steele, could save this one. The plot is paper thin: Steele conspires to murder her wealthy husband, so she can run off with another man, but then there is revenge of the spooky variety - which, I swear, is the plot of half the movies Steele is in.
The movie really looks amazing, and is the type of creepy, artistic horror movie I am always looking for, but I was bored from beginning to end.