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5.3/10
1.9 हज़ार
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अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंA modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.A modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.A modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.
- निर्देशक
- लेखक
- स्टार
- पुरस्कार
- 1 जीत और कुल 1 नामांकन
Henry Kendrick
- Weasel
- (as Henry Max Kendrick)
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My review was written in October 1988 after watching the film on New World video cassette.
The supernatural thriller "Ghost Town" is a better-than-usual fright pic from Empire Pictures, earning a theatrical release this month from TWE ahead of home video availability via New World.
Atmospheric lensing by Empire stalwart Mac Ahlberg on Tucson locations offers a pleasant relief from recent sudiobound (in Rome) product from the late fantasy outfit.
Odd variation on familiar suspense format has pretty blonde Catherine Hickland driving her Mercedes on a remote road out West when she has a flat tire and is suddenly whisked away by a phantom rider coming out of a dust cloud.
Deputy sheriff Franc Luz investigates and finds a liberal ghost town whose inhabitants are undead, condemned to remain same by a dying sheriff's curse. Luz is given the old sheriff's badge and appointed to end the curse by destroying the lead baddie Devlin (Jimmie F. Skaggs) and saving Hickland from the villains' clutches.
Convincing makeup effects by John Buechler enhance Richard Governor's tight direction, which wisely grounds the fantasy in verisimilitude. Stunt director Kane Hodder later played Jason for Buechler in the most recent "Friday the 13th" feature.
The supernatural thriller "Ghost Town" is a better-than-usual fright pic from Empire Pictures, earning a theatrical release this month from TWE ahead of home video availability via New World.
Atmospheric lensing by Empire stalwart Mac Ahlberg on Tucson locations offers a pleasant relief from recent sudiobound (in Rome) product from the late fantasy outfit.
Odd variation on familiar suspense format has pretty blonde Catherine Hickland driving her Mercedes on a remote road out West when she has a flat tire and is suddenly whisked away by a phantom rider coming out of a dust cloud.
Deputy sheriff Franc Luz investigates and finds a liberal ghost town whose inhabitants are undead, condemned to remain same by a dying sheriff's curse. Luz is given the old sheriff's badge and appointed to end the curse by destroying the lead baddie Devlin (Jimmie F. Skaggs) and saving Hickland from the villains' clutches.
Convincing makeup effects by John Buechler enhance Richard Governor's tight direction, which wisely grounds the fantasy in verisimilitude. Stunt director Kane Hodder later played Jason for Buechler in the most recent "Friday the 13th" feature.
I don't have a lot to say about this movie other than it was a damn fine little horror film. I found it to be in the style of The Evil Dead series. The main character of Langly goes from being a seeming 3rd rate heavy metal addicted stumpwater deputy into being a hero fighting evil. The difference here is that rather than an old spooky woods or a medieval keep, the he is tossed into a western ghost town. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates a little camp and a lot of fun tossed together with their living dead.
Possibly the most overlooked and under-rated horror movie of all time. An original idea, well put together, should deserve more respect than the 'getting dusty on a video store shelf' this film received. Good movie. 8/10.
Perhaps "Ghost Town" isn't one of the best horror movies of the 80's, but at least you'll have to admit the concept is refreshing, courageous, original and semi-successful. This one of the very few horror/western hybrids ever made and particularly the accomplished atmosphere is praiseworthy. "Ghost Town" maintains an unsettling and ominous ambiance throughout, and I have to confess that was certainly the last thing I expected to find in a Charles Band production. The basic plot and conceptual ideas (thought up by David Schmoeller of "Tourist Trap" and "Puppet Master") are reasonably ingenious as well, but the script is sadly very incoherent and occasionally even forgets to make the slightest bit of sense. "Ghost Town" opens with the mysterious disappearance of a young woman who literally gets sucked into a time-tornado after being deviated from the main roads and chased by an invisible horseman. The young and straight-shooting deputy Langley follows her trail and ends up in a forsaken and seemingly cursed ghost town in another era. The town's dominated by an immortal and sadistic outlaw named Devlin, and he also kidnapped the young woman (for reasons still unknown to me) and keeps the cursed villagers under a siege of terror. "Ghost Town" often feels incomplete, as if several extended parts of the screenplay were left out. Many things remain unexplained, but you strongly feel that - somewhere in the original script - there must have been perfectly reasonable answers to all questions; only the ended up on the cutting floor instead of in the film. There's the aforementioned WHY regarding the kidnapping of the girl, but also the background of Devlin's character remains too vague. Still, if you manage to overlook the few shortcomings in the script, you'll reckon that "Ghost Town" is actually scarier than most contemporary horror movies, and this even without the use of gory make-up effects or many gruesome killings. This movie has other trumps for generating suspense, like the sublime choice of locations, uncanny music and creepy characterizations. Devlin is a fascinating villain and Jimmie Skaggs did a tremendous job playing him. He looks menacing, talks nasty and just loves raising hell wherever he goes. I really enjoyed those copious times where he stood in the saloon or out in the streets, spotted the deputy and shouted out "Lawman!!" Other supportive characters are pretty cool & creepy too, like The Dealer and the blacksmith. The end sequences are a bit weaker again, but by then "Ghost Town" will already have made a lasting impression on you
and it's most likely going to be a positive one.
Late 80's western horror which has a police officer following up a missing person on a desert highway ending up way off the beaten path. While walking a corpse of a sheriff pops out of the ground telling him that he is their only hope before crumbling into dust. This sets things in motion as he figures out he's not in Kansas anymore. A time warp takes place as he is suddenly doing battle with a demon cowboy at a small town in the late 1800's.
The special effects in this one were pretty good. The demon bad guys rotting flesh was decent. At times this was boring but would compensate with some action. Nothing too heavy in this one.
The special effects in this one were pretty good. The demon bad guys rotting flesh was decent. At times this was boring but would compensate with some action. Nothing too heavy in this one.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThe final released version of the film is actually a workprint version of the film and not a complete version of the film.
- गूफ़Towards the beginning of the film, when Langley kneels down and picks up a handful of sand, you can clearly see the reflection of camera equipment in his sunglasses.
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनGerman VHS release was cut by 25 seconds in order to reduce violence. Only in 2018 the uncut version was released.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
- साउंडट्रैकI am The Hunted
Written by Paul Sabu, Neil Citron & Bryant Markovitch
Performed by Swift Kick
Published by Jungle Boy Music, BMI.
Surrounded by Italians, BMI.
Markovitch Entertainment Group, BMI.
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विवरण
बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $75,000
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $10,478
- 13 नव॰ 1988
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $75,000
- चलने की अवधि
- 1 घं 25 मि(85 min)
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.85 : 1
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