Ghosts Of Christmas Yet To Come, Ranked By Scariness

The Muppets' take on Dickens's story shows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. This specter is tall, silent, long-limbed, and covered in an ominous shroud.

This TV adaptation starring George C. Scott keeps the final spirit classic and sinister. A mysterious figure cloaked in darkness appears. This Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come has perhaps the most dramatic entrance. Back lighting hits it, and an eerie choir announces its arrival.

This '80s version, starring Bill Murray, shows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come as an enormous skeletal figure in a tattered, hooded robe. When Scrooge stand-in Frank Cross pulls the spirit's robe aside, he sees a ribcage trapping screaming, tormented creatures inside.

Disney motion-capture adaptation ofA Christmas CarolThis version shows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come as a shadowy, shape-shifting mass. The spirit leads Scrooge on a horrifying trip through London streets. As Scrooge falls toward his grave, the spirit shows his skeletal face and piercing, glowing eyes.

This TV versionA Christmas CarolThis version starring Patrick Stewart uses the classic cloaked-figure model for the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. It adds a pair of piercing yellow eyes staring from the spirit's empty black hood.

This musical adaptation ofA Christmas CarolThis version first shows the final ghost as a billowing black robe with no features. It reveals its true skeletal form when it condemns Scrooge for his greed.

This version of the story, released asA Christmas CarolThe US version shows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come as a tall, mysterious figure in black robes. His ghostly white hand guides Scrooge on the final part of his journey.

This version of Dickens's story shows Scrooge's final visitor as a faceless, gaunt figure in dark, flowing robes. This is one of the first adaptations to present this.

This Academy Award-winning TV special used the classic model of a silent cloaked figure for the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

In one of the first film adaptations of Dickens's classic tale, the final ghost of Christmas appears as a nearly transparent specter in flowing, gauzy robes.

In thisChristmas CarolThis adaptation starring Seymour Hicks shows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come as a shadowy hand pointing Scrooge toward his grim fate.

Disney's adaptation of the Christmas tale portrays the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come as a gargantuan, cigar-smoking figure draped in brown robes. As Scrooge falls into his fiery grave, the spirit removes his hood, revealing himself as Pete.

This 1997 animated adaptation, starring Tim Curry as Scrooge's voice, shows Christmas Yet to Come as a dark, robed specter emitting a glowing purple aura.

In this 1960s cartoon adaptation, Scrooge's final visitor is a ghostly floating cloak with skeletal hands.