 The official video for " Ghost " , produced by company Oh Yeah Wow and directed by Josh Thomas , parodies the 1973 horror film The Exorcist , but was also noted to spoof scenes from 1976 's Carrie by one writer . It premiered on February 4 , 2014 by Vice 's electronic music channel Thump , who advertised it as " a really good video . It 's got zombies . It 's got a funny exorcist . It 's got old people looking like they 're about to poop their Depends . People ( and things ) fly through the air . It 's neat , and it 's all set to an extremely catchy beat . " The video , which involves a priest who dances through an exorcism , was well @-@ received by publications . This included a writer for Bloody Disgusting who called it " awesome " , and another one who honored the choreography of the dancing priest as " seriously impressive " . 
