Review of Pay the Ghost (2015) by Andrew G — 17 Oct 2016

Exhaustingly dumb with laughable scares, even Cage sleepwalks through it.

This review of Pay the Ghost (2015) was written by Andrew G on 17 Oct 2016.

Pay the Ghost has generally received negative reviews.

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