Ghost Town (2009)

A bus full of college students stumble across an abandoned western town and realize it is haunted by the ghosts of outlaws who brutally killed the residents and now kill visitors every 13 years on Friday the 13th to become stronger.

Director:

Todor Chapkanov

Writer:

Andy Briggs

Stars:

Jessica Rose, Randy Wayne, Gil Gerard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jessica Rose	...	Chloe
Randy Wayne	...	Carl
Gil Gerard	...	Preacher McCready
Billy Drago	...	Reb Halland
Cian Barry	...	Dale
Joey Ansah	...	Bonesera
Annabelle Wallis	...	Serena
Elize du Toit	...	Rachel
Vlado Mihailov	...	Goodman (as Vlado Mihaylov)
Alexander Nikolov	...	Josh
Nikolai Nikolov	...	Harvey
Erbi Ago	...	Stuart
Chris Thompson	...	Bill
Todd Jensen	...	Jackson
Nick Harvey	...	Mayor

Storyline

Reb Halland, who lived in the era of Wild West, has made a deal with the devil to gain immortality along with his gang. Preacher McCready is trying to protect the small town by placing five totems around it in the shape of the pentacle. One day, a collector passes by the town and sees one of the totems pinned to the earth, and he decides to take it. When the man takes the totem out of ground, Halland and his gang arrives and starts killing everyone, then commit ritual suicide. The film moves to the present day when a group of college students, who are driving back home from another city after a debate contest, suddenly find themselves at this town. Soon, they start to be murdered one by one, and it will be up to them to find the secret of the town and destroy Halland and his gang.

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Plot Keywords:

suffocation | noose | hanging | gang of outlaws | coffin | 

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cidade Fantasma

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Randy Waynes character Carl is called Rain Man in the movie. It is a reference to Dustin Hoffmans autistic character in the movie Rain Man.

User Reviews

At least it actually had some ghosts in it

The opening set-up isn't bad. An Old West town in 1866 is invaded by some ruthless gunslingers, who just happen to be cultists. An out gunned sheriff, and a minister stand in their way, winding up with bullet holes in their chests along with everybody else in town. The dying Christian minister, who (ready?) practices Wickan beliefs (hey, I didn't write this thing) leaves a message in blood on a window. Finally, the cultists shoot themselves.

Then the film disintegrates. Modern day: noisy teens arguing. On a bus. You'll know exactly the order of deaths from how stupid they each act in this scene. The ghosts make the bus and everybody's cell phones stop working. How come ghosts from the 19th Century always seem to understand modern technology? Soon, the old smooching couple in a hayloft getting attacked routine becomes the first cliché. There's a lot of jabbering about pentagrams, Friday 13th, and other stuff, but not much point to why it's all happening. The only reasons I could see for the ghosts' wanting to blast everybody would be either: 1) the teens were transparent one dimensional characters that were simply annoying, and/or 2) most of the cast sorely needed acting lessons. Whatever their reason was, these ghosts kill creatively; one guy even meets his end spitting up motor oil.

There's enough weirdness in this to make it an OK watch. But don't expect a whole lot from it.