Pay the Ghost (2015) poster
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Film2015

Pay the Ghost

HorrorMystery

Directed by Uli Edel

One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past. From TMDB

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Pay the Ghost is a 2015 horror mystery film, directed by Uli Edel, starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies and Veronica Ferres.

  • 12 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Aug 18, 2016 to Oct 31, 2026

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  • 𓆑🏳️‍⚧️JJ♿๑ï @day10machine.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Add “for Tax Purposes” to a movie: Pay the Ghost for Tax Purposes

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  • Andrew Robeson @andrumonkey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Movie 31: Pay The Ghost (2015). In the days leading up to the anniversary of the disappearance of a professor's son from a Halloween carnival in New York, he and his wife start to see and hear signs of the boy. Could he be calling out from wherever he was taken?

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  • Jeff Shepard @sirshepard.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    Halloween-a-thon Movie #15 Title: Pay the Ghost Year: 2015 Format: DVD Sometimes you have to Pay the Ghost. What the hell does that even mean? I try to stuff as many Nic Cage movies as I can in this. This is definitely a Nic Cage movie. I think what surprises most bout this film is it actually got

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  • Stephanie Malone @angryprincess.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    I’m doing a drawing for every Nicolas Cage film I watch and review as part of the morbidlybeautiful.com Here are my illustrations for our Spooky Cage double feature: PAY THE GHOST, and BETWEEN WORLDS. #nicolascage #illustration #bloodygooddesign

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  • Lots42 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 @lots42.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    #Spoilers for the horror movie 'Pay The Ghost'. I love how the supernatural was context aware. Nicholas Cage was willing to quest into the unknown fae realms to find his kid. He only got in when the chips were down and he had nothing but his clothes. No helpful supplies... Clever, clever.

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  • Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    Our next movie is Pay the Ghost (2015) but we’re having to skip tonight bc my annual play laser tag in the library program. But top 3? That’s hard. We going the holy trilogy of Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, best acted, or we talking Deadfall (chef’s kiss)

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  • Coming of Cage @comingofcage.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Another Nicolas Cage movie from 2015? That's right! We're talking Nic's horror, ghost flick Pay the Ghost! youtu.be/R04OHHQ6-1I

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  • Jim Monsoon @jimmonsoon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    watched the explorers (weird movie) for some reason on PlutoTV and stumbled on a page of Nicolas Cage movies that can’t all be real: The Runner, Grand Isle, 211, Pay the Ghost, Humanity Bureau, Vengeance: A Love Story, etc.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    The (movie) Pay the Ghost 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Horror) (iMDB) 5.5 Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Alex Mallari Jr., Veronica Ferres, Lyriq Bent, Jack Fulton

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  • Craig Oxbrow @craigoxbrow.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    Good cast including a casting gag with Ralph Ineson from The VVitch as the anti-Christian cultist this time, nicely shot, but. Not helped by also being my second "child goes missing at autumnal festival and parent must go to eerie place to get them back" movie so far this month after Pay The Ghost.

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  • insidemovies84 @insidemovies84TMDB reviews · Feb 16, 2021

    A first time watch: I know him for The Mists of Avalon miniseries from 2001 An TV movies: King of Texas and Purgatory Along with Just the year before in 2014 the miniseries Houdini Starring Adrian Brody... German Director Uli Edel filmed Pay The Ghost In 2015. Nicholas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies play Mike and Kirsten Lawford a husband and wife that one night on Halloween they loose their son Charlie. Little do they know that they are unwittingly involved in a centuries old curse of the ghost…

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  • Reno @RanganTMDB reviews · Aug 18, 2016

    > You know the story, but with the different actors and settings! Once a pride actor, now he's doing lots of low cost quick films. The II and III tier directors and producers trying to get the best use of their golden opportunities. So the Nicolas Cage into this after the legal struggle in real life, but people have different opinion without knowing the truth. He definitely would come back to his old form, but it's not known when. All these his recent B films just somewhat shines because of…

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