Ma vs The Ghost
The Ghost has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.8/10 for Ma). The Ghost is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 39m. Ma is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ma
The Ghost| Ma | The Ghost | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tate Taylor | John Farrelly |
| Main cast | Gianni Paolo, Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis | Anthony Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, Livvy Hill, Tom Stafford |
Synopsis
Ma
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
The Ghost
Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within.