Saturday, January 8, 2011
Review – Death of a Ghost Hunter
Rare indeed is the movie so thoroughly spoiled by its own coda. Usually such end-of-picture tack-ons merely result in a little extra unnecessary running time. But this time a fairly spooky tale gets over-explained to death. My affection for ghost chasers expired back when I outgrew Scooby Doo, so this picture didn't exactly start out on my good side. But the strange, illogical nature of the haunting slowly won me over. The picture also has a level of writing and direction uncommon for low budget productions. But then dang it all they have to spend the last 20 minutes providing a thoroughly repulsive explanation for the whole thing. See if desperate
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