User Reviews

Jesus this was so so good, worth watching. The songs live sounded so great, can't wait for the soundtrack to come out, the songs are so well done and produced. The new song is absolutely AMAZING, it doesn't sound anything like ghost but it's fantastic nonetheless. It sounds a little like Tobias' previous band Subvision (and I am SO here for it). The movie itself is also just perfection, there's actually so much lore even if most of the movie is the concert. The ending is SO UNEXPECTED I LOVE IT. I loved the animated part during moac <3 and the way Nihil and sister talked to Copia because he was anxious about death made me cry I swear. The message behind the movie IS SO BEAUTIFUL. And the credits SO AWESOME AND BREATH TAKING.

I've been saying for years, Tobias Forge is a genius...a genius bordering on mad genius.

He is the founder and creative force behind Swedish Satanic Rock 'Band' Ghost..and I use the word 'Band' in its loosest term, as Tobias Forge considers it a solo project albeit with hired anonymous session musicians to help record and tour.

Indeed Forge himself was anonymous in the band's earlier days, and nobody was aware of the true identities of anyone connected with the project. It was a rather unfortunate royalties court case a few years ago that outed him..a shame I think as the anonymity gimmick worked well and added that extra layer, to an already multi layered and multi faceted project.

Firstly you have the music itself, music that I feel is getting better with each album. Ghost have taken 70's and 80's classic rock as a template and built new songs that invariably surpasses the originals they tried to pay homage to. The brilliance of the music, coupled with Tobias Forges' powerful and flawless vocals already make Ghost, in this reviewers opinion, the best band recording today.

Then comes the extra dash of genius. The 'Lore' the fictitious Ghost back story where we are lead to believe that the band is run behind the scenes by a family of demonic 'Clergy' who appoint a new front man every few albums... of course we all know it's Forge in a new mask with a new name, but it still helps rejuvenate fresh interest every couple of years and the fans lap it up. In fact, the last time Forge changed persona, it merited a full page story on my news app!

Then comes the imagery. Everything to do with Ghost is all so aesthetically pleasing to look at. From the bands iconic logo, to the innovative album covers, the set design on its tours, the T-shirts, tankards, hoodies, baseball caps, keychains, necklesses and chokers etc etc.

Tobias forge has delivered the full package with so many appealing and interesting aspects to keep Ghost fan's devoted unto death if needs be!

Rite here, Rite now, takes the Ghost phenomenon and transfers it to the big screen for the first time ever and the switch is so effortless, you find yourself questioning as to why Ghost and its 'lore' left it so long to do.

It is essentially a two and three quarter hour Ghost concert filmed over two nights in California in October 2023.

Of course there is plenty of Ghost concert footage out there on YouTube (other video sharing platforms are available!!) but it tends to be shaky, low quality sound and filmed from too far a distance.

This movie takes you right to the centre of the action, with stunning camera work, superb sound, and eye watering close ups. It really does feel you are at the gig yourself.

Between the songs, the Ghost story is moved on further with current singer Papa Emeritus IV (formally Cardinal Copia) struggling to come to terms with the future and his own time with the band potentially running out.

Luckily his mother 'Sister Imperator' and his deceased ghost father 'Papa Nihil' are on hand to give him advice and the benefit of his experience on how to move on when and if the time comes, as in the fictitious backstory, Papa Nihil was front man of the band back in 1969.

It's this level of craziness and hokum that makes this a must-see for any and all Ghost fans.

I'm not going to lie, this film is not 'newbie' friendly. If you are not a fan of Ghost or their music, there is very little for you here, and if you are coming in cold and are unaware of Ghost's fictitious 'lore', backstory and unique dark humour then your head is going to spin and you may struggle to connect all the dots. I do not for one minute believe this film is going to win over a new army of fans.

But for existing fans, this is everything they have come to expect from Tobias Forge and his multi talented genius brain.

Top moment- I especially liked the Scooby Doo-esque animation during ' Mary on a Cross' It suited the song well.

Worst moment - nothing to do with the film itself..but i had to share an auditorium with a bunch of miserable blue nose zombies. Nobody sang, raised their devil horns or head banged at all.. apart from me and my wife who more than compensated for the others. I think valuable gig attending atmos was lost because of it.

Do not expect more than a good show. There is almost nothing else, no story nor actual interesting behind the scenes clips. Just the mediocre youtube clips mixed in - with one hellofa show.

In the end there is a reveal - except it isnt, just a tease. St least they could have given us movie goers our moneys worth by showing us more!

I have to say I left disappointed, I would rather go see them live than watch 2.5h of an entite set.

Ps: make sure the cinema you go to has good sound or you will suffer like I did: very poor audio experience ruined the entire movie (sergel salong 2, stockholm - boo!)

I was honestly underwhelmed.

I was really looking forward to big budget lore movie but this was primarily focused on 1 show in la , there was small amounts of actual story lore and it barely adds anything, it was disappointing.

There was also just some really random out of place bits? Like the boxing bit.im a fan of the skooby doo esq part though.

The sound quality was also off, you can hear it especially when they play he is.yeah.

I really wanted to enjoy it but I wish I hadnt paid money for it.it could have been put on their youtube.it had worse quality than their normal videos to be fair.

If you're a Ghost fan, I would highly recommend seeing this if you can I've been a Ghost fan for well over a year at this point, and when I heard of a film being released, I was excited, of course, but I didn't expect it to be *that good*. But holy crap was it good. Fantastic, even.

Visually, it looked fantastic. The image was clear and bright, and you can tell it was definitely filmed in 4k. And the audio quality was totally unexpected. You could hear everything do clearly! Every instrument could be heard through every song, and you could hear every single background vocal, which I truly hadn't realized how important they were to each song. (Swiss, I could hear youuu 😍😍).

Last night, after getting home, I genuinely couldn't stop thinking about this film. The "If You Have Ghosts" performance was so unexpected, but absolutely beautiful and a great tonal change to the rest of the film. The ghouletts costumes were gorgeous and I loved the little orchestra rendition of the song. It's one of my favorites and I was pleasantly surprised when they played it. The "Mary on a Cross" animation was, once again, unexpected, but a pleasant surprise and probably my favorite part. It was well done, for what it was trying to be, and it actually gave me a new perspective on "Mary on a Cross".

Also Father Imperator and Copia possibly has a twin 😦

As a newer fan I was expecting this 2 hour & 30 minutes movie to go in depth of their background like who they are and what their story is and all the background. If you're expecting that, then this is not it. It is simply just a recording of a concert with a few snippets of behind the scenes that added to the "lore". I was very disappointed with the "Mary On A Cross" performance as well, not what I was hoping for nor expecting. Also, if you are sensitive to loud noises and/or bright flashing lights I would advise against this movie. There were a lot of references to past events that any new fan wouldn't understand. Also, as a side note, it is more satanic than I had initially thought. I knew prior to the movie that Ghost had leaned more towards the satanic side but this was definitely extreme and shed a whole new light on how I view and think of them, purely because of my morals not because of the band themself. I would watch it again if it just happened to be on, however, I would not actively seek it out.