About Ghost Signal

Ghost Signal is a free, channel-surfing TV guide for forgotten horror, cult movies and television. Instead of searching, you tune in: pick a channel, see what's on, press play.

We don't host any video

Ghost Signal stores no films, no episodes and no video files. Every video is streamed directly from the Internet Archive (archive.org) to your browser. What we make is the guide: we choose which items from the Archive's public collections go on which channel and when, and we link every programme back to its Archive page.

Who owns what

All films, programmes, titles, artwork and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Their appearance here doesn't imply that Ghost Signal owns them, is licensed to distribute them, or is endorsed by or affiliated with their creators, rights holders or the Internet Archive. Items are drawn from archive.org uploads; many are listed there as public domain or without a stated licence, and we have not independently verified the copyright status of any of them.

Film information

Release years and short descriptions come from TMDB where a title could be matched automatically, so some may be missing or wrong. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Live chat

Every programme has its own chat, under the Chat tab beside the player. Anyone can read it. When you post for the first time you're given a made-up name, like "Pale Wraith 67": there's nothing to sign up for, and nobody picks their own name. When the programme ends, the guide moves on to a fresh chat for the next one.

Before a message appears, an automatic filter on our server checks it. It stops links, handles, phone numbers and other contact details, slurs, repeated messages, and anyone posting more than once every few seconds. Messages are limited to 200 characters. Swearing and gore talk are fine; it's a horror channel. The filter can't catch everything, so use the report button on any message that crosses the line. We review reports and remove messages and people.

Takedowns

If you own rights in something that appears in the guide and want it removed, email (enable JavaScript to see the address) with the title and its archive.org link. We'll remove it from the guide promptly. Because the video lives on archive.org, you can also ask the Internet Archive to remove it, which removes the underlying file.

No warranty

The guide is provided "as is". Schedules and descriptions are generated from archive.org metadata, so channel placement and content ratings are automatic: nobody has watched everything, and some items may be mislabelled, poor quality, unavailable or unsuitable for younger viewers. Streams depend on archive.org, and we're not responsible for their availability or content. Use of the site is at your own risk.

Privacy

Ghost Signal has no accounts. Video requests go from your browser to archive.org, which handles them under its own terms and privacy policy.

The chat runs on Stream, which stores the messages and your made-up chat name, and sees your IP address while the chat is open, under its own privacy policy. The page only connects to Stream once you open the Chat tab. If you post, your browser keeps your chat name in its local storage so you stay the same person next time; clearing your site data gives you a new one. Messages can be deleted by us at any time.

We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which tells us which pages are visited and how fast they load. It sets no cookies, doesn't fingerprint your browser and doesn't keep your IP address, and visitors in the EU aren't counted at all.

There are no ad trackers, no ads and no AI on the site, chat filter included. The only cookie remembers that you confirmed you're 18 or over.