Overview: Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack (MacLeod Andrews, They Look Like People, Doctor Sleep) quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves - this house is haunted.

The ghost in question is Muriel (Natalie Walker), herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common ... pulse notwithstanding.

Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, they must fight for their newfound affection as pressure mounts for them each to fulfil their 'cross-purposes'.

Blu-ray Verdict: From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion - as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of Beetlejuice and A Matter of Life and Death - 'A Ghost Waits' has shocked and surprised audiences around the world, and now makes its home video debut stacked with insightful bonus features that take you inside the process of creating this phantasmagorical monochrome marvel.

Artistically shot in black and white, a fully nailing a left-field Horror character introduction by Jack entering the house in order to do repairs as a blue collar worker, the writers take Jack's handyman skills as a opening to the quirky office politics of ghosting, with Muriel's glowing romance with Jack, under risk of fading out from newbie ghost Rosie being sent out to spook Jack from the house.

Having not even made a short film before, debut director/editor Stovall displays an impeccable subtle touch, closely working with cinematographer Michael C. Potter to cover the haunted house in icy monochrome, bringing a striking Silent Movie star quality to Muriel (played by a alluring Natalie Walker) thanks to emphasizing the delicate placement of white lights, rather than the traditional long shadows usually in a haunted house.

Gradually revealing that the real thing haunting Muriel and Jack (played with a rugged, dead-pan charm by MacLeod Andrews) are them each being in a marginal existence, Stovall conjures up lo-fi indie vibes to the final montage, turning what could be presented as tragedy, into heart-warming romanticism, as Jack waits for the ghost.

In closing, the acting here from the cast is fully top notch and the chemistry between the two leads is most definitely organic. Indeed, it goes without saying that the script is very smart, even funny in parts and made this cynic grow a heart like the Grinch!

Some may call it a Dark Comedy, but it is oh-so much more than that, as I hope you yourselves will also discover. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original uncompressed stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Audio commentary by writer/director Adam Stovall
Audio commentary by Adam Stovall and MacLeod Andrews
Audio commentary by the cast and crew
Humanity and the Afterlife in 'A Ghost Waits', a new video essay by Isabel Custodio exploring the film's themes and cinematic forebears
Eight interviews with cast and crew moderated by critic and programmer tt stern-enzi
Interview and post-film Q&A with Adam Stovall moderated by Alan Jones at Frightfest Glasgow 2020
Outtakes
Easter eggs
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde and original artwork by Julie Hill
+ FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann