Monster movies are a significant part of film history. From early silent films to the present day, audiences everywhere have been terrorized by vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's monsters, zombies, and massive kaiju. Every country has its own set of fairy tales and urban legends to base its monster movies on, as well as creative minds that have made up new monster stories for the screen. Some of these monsters are allegorical or function as a jumping-off point to explore bigger ideas, while others are there to simply scare the viewer.
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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