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A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.
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Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Visitors to the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise can explore a former prison with a history of escapes, crime and reported ghostly encounters.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Manifesting as red fabric that moves with ghostly grace, its presence inspired Coel both onscreen and off.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
That, of course, and the occasional ghostly presences, unsettling cries, and blood dripping from the ceiling.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Visitors to the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise can explore a former prison with a history of escapes, crime and reported ghostly encounters.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Manifesting as red fabric that moves with ghostly grace, its presence inspired Coel both onscreen and off.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
That, of course, and the occasional ghostly presences, unsettling cries, and blood dripping from the ceiling.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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ghostly
adjective
ghost·ly
ˈgōst-lē 
ghostlier; ghostliest
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost
ghostliness
noun
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