Then there's Ghost which is technically about the supernatural, but about as far as you can get from the likes of The Conjuring and The Possession whilst still being in a somewhat similar ball park. Jerry Zucker's classic schmaltzy romantic drama sees Patrick Swayze kicking the bucket but finding himself unable to pass into the afterlife properly until he's tidied up some unfinished business. Mainly, making sure his girlfriend Demi Moore doesn't get killed as well. Also: making pottery with her, in one of the most romantic scenes ever filmed involving both clay and mullets. Despite being pretty light on the reality of the paranormal - Whoopi Goldberg's clairvoyant is a total fraud, tricking people out of their money before it turns out Swayze's spirit can actually communicate with her - the filming did actually have its share of legit hauntings. That's mostly down to its being shot on Paramount's Stage 19, a notoriously haunted part of the studio which has been home to ghosts stories since Orson Welles made Citizen Kane there. Nowadays the various terrifying tales about Stage 19 are attributed to the ghost of Heather O'Rourke, who died soon after filming Poltergeist on that set and also had a small role on Happy Days, which was filmed on the stage too.
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