Ghost Son

2007 Italian film

Laura Harring
John Hannah
Pete Postlethwaite
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

CinematographyDavide BassanMusic bySimon BoswellDistributed byMoviemax

Release date

2007 (2007)

Running time

96 minutesCountriesItaly
Spain
United KingdomLanguageEnglish

Ghost Son is a 2007 Italian horror-thriller film, written and directed by Lamberto Bava^[1]^[2]^[3] and produced by Pino Gargiulo.

Plot

Stacey and Mark have recently married and are deeply in love with each other. They live on Mark's farm in South Africa. When Mark dies in a fatal car accident, the widow Stacey misses him and decides to stay with their orphan teenage maid, Thandi, on the farm. Later, her friend and doctor Doc finds that Stacey is pregnant. After a complicated delivery, Stacey notes that her baby in some moments seems to be possessed by the spirit of Mark, trying to kill her to bring her to spend eternity with him.

Cast

Laura Harring as Stacey
John Hannah as Mark
Pete Postlethwaite as Doc
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni as Beth
Mosa Kaiser as Thandi
Susanna Laura Ruedenberg as pediatrician
Jake David Matthewson as Martin
Mary Twala as Leleti
Vanessa Cooke as gynecologist
Jeremiah Ndlovu as Bongani

Reception

The film received poor response in Italy, with negative reviews in the Corriere della Sera and Il Messaggero.^[4]

References

^ Sciallis, Elvezio. "Ghost Son - Review". La Tela Nerva {In Italian}. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ Izzi, Alessandro. "Ghost Son - Review". Close Up {Italian}. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ Ghost Son (2007) | MUBI, retrieved 28 December 2023
^ Ghost Son (in Italian), retrieved 28 December 2023