communicating with the dead theme
The supposed practice of communicating with the spirits of the deceased, is explored.
12 total · 7 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp3x37 | major | When inside her automobile Laura could hear, and indeed spoke back to, the disembodied voice of a French woman who was talking to her lover. |
| movie: Dont Look Now (1973) | major | a blind woman could, we understand, see and communicate with John and Laura's dead daughter |
| movie: The Devil Commands (1941) | major | Julian Blair tries to use scientific methods involving brainwaves to contact his dead wife from beyond the grave. |
| movie: The Lifeforce Experiment (1994) | major | When Dr. MacLean hooked up Niki to his machine, she was able to communicate with either of Ken or her twin sister from beyond the grave. |
| nightgallery3x13 | major | Irene appeared to talk to departed people. |
| tz1959e2x22 | major | Billy apparently communicated with his recently deceased grandmother by using a toy telephone that she'd given him for his birthday. |
| tz1959e5x19 | major | Elva received a series of mysterious phone calls from an eerie voiced man who turned out to be her dearly departed fiancée. |
| movie: Rashomon (1950) | minor | we heard the late husband testify through a medium |
| movie: Spontaneous Combustion (1990) | minor | Dr. Persons made a failed attempt to contact the recently departed spirit of Amy Whittaker. |
| movie: The She-Creature (1956) | minor | Andrea took on the persona, down to the manner of speech, of a woman who had lived in 17th century England. This was explicitly interpreted by those watching as a form of communication with the dead. |