While some horror movie franchises only get a few sequels, there are other series that simply refuse to die even after endless reboots, remakes, and follow-up films. It is tough to keep a horror movie franchise feeling fresh after numerous sequels. While the first appearance of Jason Voorhees was enough to terrify moviegoers when Friday the 13th was first released back in 1980, by the seventh time the masked murderer graced the silver screen, he was nowhere near as unsettling. Similarly, while The Amityville Horror and Paranormal Activity franchises could get a lot of mileage from a haunted house setting in their first outings, the premise fell flat by their fifth movie.
One of CBS' newest sitcoms, Ghosts , features a cast full of spectral characters that each hail from a distinct time period and come with their own unique backstory and death. Though each of the eight ghosts has a wildly different perspective based on their different experiences throughout history, they nonetheless form a sort of family, which is one of the show's greatest charms. After all, being stuck with the same people for all of eternity allows for plenty of time to get to know each other. Ghosts , which is an adaptation of a BBC show of the same name, stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver (who played Liv Moore on five seasons of iZombie ) as Jay and Sam, a young couple who inherit a mansion in upstate New York. To their surprise, however, the house also comes with several ghostly inhabitants, who Sam is able to see after a near-death experience. These are Thorfinn (Devan Long), Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones), Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky...
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