Customer Reviews

Ghost Club [VHS]

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My family and I did not enjoy the movie The Ghost Club. My children thought the acting on the part of the kids in the movie was not only poor, but very unconvincing. The children didn't seem natural and they seemed to act as though they felt what they were doing was silly. At times my younger son (9) would say, 'Now it's starting to get interesting' only to have it continue down the same boring trail. My daughter (11) enjoys scarey movies and books similar to the books by R. L. Stine; she was quite disappointed with this movie. I felt our time could have been better spent doing something else.

Having seen this film, I was impressed with the child actors and the overall story. For an adult, it's an obvious plotline but I found myself sucked into the story and rooting for the kids against the evil villain.

Overall, obviously a low budget production, but with a talented cast and an well-brought-to-life script, this film will be great for kids and the parents who sit through the film with them.

For a low budget movie, it really was quite good. We had a few good laughs over inconsistencies and inexperienced actors and the plot was predictable in a classic way. Wholesome family entertainment.

The best part about this movie is the fun our family had making fun of the poor acting. This is worse than any after school special, worse than any kid show on Nick. It's as well-acted as a poorly-acted school play. And who wants to watch that if your kids aren't in it (I suspect the positive reviews were well-meaning relatives of the kid actors. It's the only explanation I can think of.)? Pass on this one---unless you put it in the category of so bad it's funny or if kids want to torture their parents by making them watch.

Although this was an OK movie, I think many viewers may have been mislead by the movie name or the artwork. This is not a movie about Ghostbusters and it doesn't feature the haunted house scenario with bats flying around as shown on the cover. It is actually more of a family film about a woman who is about to lose her restaurant to developers and four kids who are trying to stop "the bad guys." Even though the movie was enjoyable on a certain level, it was also fairly predictable, with few things to keep us in suspense. The acting was subpar, but the four kids did seem to work well together. This is obviously a low budget film, but if you're looking for something the whole family can watch together, this movie is fine. Just don't expect a Hallmark Hall of Fame production. The film did feature good location shooting--it was filmed entirely on location in Chester, South Carolina. So, I cautiously recommend this film; just don't let the name and cover picture fool you.

this movie was great for adults and children alike. it is somewhat suspensful and at the same time cute and although kinda predictable in some places it was still a classic. even though the actors while mostly children had little acting expierience the was very good all the same. we had a good laugh a few times especially at the "ghost catcher 5000" its one of the oddest looking things i've ever seen. but all in all it was a good movie for the whole family