18. Samara, The Ring. Is there any ghost in the world scarier than Samara? The answer is no. She's here not as an example of actual ghost hotness, but more as the low bar for how bad it can really get. You know, climbing out of a well and through your TV to kill you bad.
17. A guy who ghosts. Second only to your worst TV-destroying nightmare Samara, the guy who ghosts is a real-life specter you have no doubt encountered many times. You're hanging out and everything is going fine, and then suddenly he disappears into the ether like your money during an Anthropologie clearance sale. Even the Bloody Baron would probably make a better boyfriend.
16. Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol. Though The Muppet Christmas Carol would have you believe there were two Marleys (picture of them used anyway because Statler and Waldorf are the best), there was really only one in the original Dickens. But he still managed to be a pretty big asshole all by himself, and he didn't even have a catchy song to justify his exploitation of the poor.
15. Slimer, Ghostbusters. With a name like Slimer, you know he's got to be a terrible kisser. Also, he's made entirely of ectoplasm. That can't possibly do anything good for the fabric on your couch.
14. King of the Dead, The Lord of the Rings. You can tell he was a looker in life, but that beard has got to go.
13. Boo, Mario. Boos are cute, but damn if they aren't the most annoying video game specters since the Pac-Man ghosts. I just know the neon-sign ones on the Rainbow Road level of Mario Kart are coming for me specifically.
12. Nearly Headless Nick, Harry Potter. Sure he's friendly and well-dressed, but he clearly has a problem with holding a grudge. How many times is he going to bring up this thing about not being allowed to join the Headless Hunt before he finally drops it? You're not actually headless, Nick. Just let it go.
11. Casper, before he turned into Devon Sawa. He's totally adorable and an excellent friend! But still clearly a cartoon ghost. You can't take that to the movies without attracting a few strange looks, you know?
10. Carl Bruner, Ghost. He doesn't become a ghost until the very end, but Tony Goldwyn (aka Scandal's Fitz) is so handsome that he gets to be on this list anyway. He's super-disloyal and an embezzler though, so he'll have to stay down here between a kiddie ghost and a cat.
9. Thackery Binx, Hocus Pocus. I've never been much of a cat person, but even I'll make an exception for Thackery Binx, the most loyal, life-saving colonial-human-turned-feline-turned-ghost the world has ever seen. He also looks good with a ponytail.
8. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense. Spoiler alert! But really, if it's taken you 15 years to figure out what happens at the end of The Sixth Sense, you deserve to have someone tell you that he was dead the whole time.
7. Casper, after he turned into Devon Sawa. If you were anywhere near puberty in 1995, you already know.
6. Christian Shephard, LOST. You can lead me around a terrifying, time-jumping, smoke monster-filled island anytime.
5. Alaric Saltzman, The Vampire Diaries. OK, so Alaric was only technically a ghost for a hot second, but even so, he really holds his own looks-wise on a show populated with hot vampires like Damon, Stefan, and Klaus (not to mention hot werewolves like Tyler). He's smart, he's caring, and he's probably really good at bar trivia — what's not to love?
4. Denny Duquette Jr., Grey's Anatomy. So what if it was a little weird when Izzie had sex with the ghost of her dead fiancé? Even as an apparition, his perfect scruffiness cannot be denied.
3. Tate Langdon, American Horror Story. Evan Peters is consistently a hotness MVP on AHS, but he only ever had the honor of being a ghost on season one. Tate is a little (OK, a lot) needy, yes, but he can't help it. He just doesn't want to be lonely in the afterlife!
2. Adam Maitland, Beetlejuice. Before Alec Baldwin was a disgruntled hater of the paparazzi, he was the hot, bespectacled ghost husband in Beetlejuice, and it was glorious. In addition to being a total babe, Adam is terrible at being scary, so he's as near to perfect as a ghost boyfriend can get.
1. Sam Wheat, Ghost. He's even hot during the infamous pottery-making scene, which is a feat. If a man can look good while gently gliding your hands over wet clay you're forming into a misshapen vase, he's a keeper.
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