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Pay the Ghost

  • 20152015
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
18K
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1,281
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A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
18K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,675
1,281
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Dan Kay(screenplay by)
      • Tim Lebbon(based on the novella by)
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Sarah Wayne Callies
      • Veronica Ferres
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Dan Kay(screenplay by)
      • Tim Lebbon(based on the novella by)
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Sarah Wayne Callies
      • Veronica Ferres
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 110User reviews
    • 78Critic reviews
    • 23Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Nicolas Cage in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Stephen McHattie in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Jack Fulton, Leah Madison Jung, and Matteo Ghazni in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Jack Fulton in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Jack Fulton in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Sarah Wayne Callies and Jack Fulton in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Nicolas Cage and Jack Fulton in Pay the Ghost (2015)

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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Mike
    Sarah Wayne Callies
    Sarah Wayne Callies
    • Kristen
    Veronica Ferres
    Veronica Ferres
    • Hannah
    Lyriq Bent
    Lyriq Bent
    • Jordan
    Lauren Beatty
    Lauren Beatty
    • Annie
    Kalie Hunter
    Kalie Hunter
    • Ghost Annie
    Jack Fulton
    Jack Fulton
    • Charlie
    Stephen McHattie
    Stephen McHattie
    • Blind Man
    Susannah Hoffmann
    Susannah Hoffmann
    • Jane
    Mark Irvingsen
    Mark Irvingsen
    • Angry Villager #1
    Liam Buckle
    • Eldest Child
    Sofia Wells
    Sofia Wells
    • Middle Child
    Aidan Wojtak-Hissong
    Aidan Wojtak-Hissong
    • Youngest Child
    Caroline Gillis
    • Priestess
    Janet Lo
    Janet Lo
    • Jai Wen
    Jamillah Ross
    Jamillah Ross
    • Rhonda
    Rosalba Martinni
    Rosalba Martinni
    • Rosa
    Erin Boyes
    Erin Boyes
    • Sexy Coed
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Dan Kay(screenplay by)
      • Tim Lebbon(based on the novella by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      If Annie kidnapped 3 children per year from Halloween 1680 (the first year after she and her children were slain in 1679) to 2015 (335 years total), she's captured 1005 children.
    • Goofs
      While the autopsy is being performed on the psychic medium, he cuts an incision into her body which draws a line of blood something which is not possible in a dead body. What makes this even less likely is that her insides are badly burned including the heart so where would the blood be coming from?
    • Quotes

      Charlie: Daddy, can we pay the ghost?

      Mike Lawford: Pay the what?

    • Crazy credits
      In a mid-credits scene Hannah's corpse is being picked at by ravens. A close up shot of her face ends with her eyelids opening up to reveal black eyes.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Debt Buyers (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Portal Song
      Written by Joseph LoDuca

    User reviews110

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Entertaining Not Groundbreaking
    After about five minutes into the movie I thought, "Oh no, not another child that sees ghosts." Then, as though the writers heard my plea, the movie changed directions. Now, to be fair, it didn't go into unchartered territory. In fact, the movie revisited a well established premise.

    Professor Mike Lawford (Nicholas Cage) loses his child at a Halloween fair right under his nose. This leads to a split between he and his wife, Kristen (Sarah Wayne Callies), as she blames him for their son's abduction. Shortly before Charlie's (Jack Fulton) abduction he had strange visions and even heard something tell him to "Pay the Ghost". All of that plays a major role in Mike's subsequent search for his son as it takes him to stranger and stranger locations.

    I would call the movie eerie and ominous even but not quite scary. There is a particular frustration when a terrible thing happens to you in a desolate location because no one is around to help you. There is another, more intensified frustration when a terrible thing happens to you in New York City and there are literally thousands of people around you. That's precisely what Mike was dealing with. "Pay the Ghost" was entertaining and it held my interest but nothing groundbreaking.
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    • Release date
      • September 25, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Chinese
      • Gaelic
    • Also known as
      • Заплати привиду
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Midnight Kitchen Productions
      • PTG Nevada
      • Voltage Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,914,020
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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