ectoplasmic

• “His more recent emergence as a hard-knuckled genre specialist, in tandem with the rigorously buff Mr. Mortensen, may have dispensed with the ectoplasmic jollies so dear to his base.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Histories and Mysteries

• “There is not one single ethereal, ectoplasmic ghost on the whole tribe.”

  The Huffington Post: Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty

• “Mr. Jackson has, in the past, done remarkable work with the uneasy departed, from the flesh-eating zombies of “Dead Alive” (1992) to the ectoplasmic pranksters of “The Frighteners” (1996) to, perhaps most memorably, the army of irritable spirits who come to the aid of Aragorn and Gandalf in the climactic battle of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003).”

  IN THE WORLD OF MOVIES: NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 1ST | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews

• “The intergalactic-ectoplasmic smackdown ends Tuesday.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Colorado Flying-Saucer Believers Have Ghost Hunters in Their Sights

• “I want to loathe Blair, but I am forever mindful of the fact that ... in the real world, in the long run, as opposed to the rarefied ectoplasmic, legalistic fantasy-land of the peaceniks we must endure babbling about us ... in that real world, in the long run, that invasion may have saved my neck and the society I live in.”

  Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...

• “He's an ectoplasmic mist that once was a psychic medium, but now he's got no body and has to live in a bubble-headed suit.”

  ...um, Hellboy? Witches? Conan?

• “We get to meet body-swapping Celestials, cannibal witches with forked tongues, techno-wizards with "heavy astral clones," and even a pornomancer who can turn himself into a bear (when he's not busy having raunchy ectoplasmic sex).”

  Blood Engines

• “Larry took out the ectoplasmic injector and basted the bait.”

  Simon & Schuster: Blood Lite II: Overbite

• “Seen through the diaphanous walls of this ghost church, visitors themselves appear ghost-like, ectoplasmic, haunting the same space as the past.”

  Spatial High Jinks

• “A rogue planet counterpart, ectoplasmic sex rituals with the Carnacki institute, and a Journey To the Centre Of the Earth for Liz and Abe.”

  Superhero Prose Fiction: Hellboy - 10 Oddest Jobs

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