Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)
#3881
Viewing Date: 3-21-2012
Posting Date: 3-30-2012
Directed by James Forsher
Featuring John Carradine, William Peter Blatty, Arthur Conan Doyle
Country: USA
What it is: Paranormal documentary
John Carradine takes us on a journey of real-life hauntings that have something to do with the movie industry.
In terms of its exploration of the paranormal, this movie isn't really much different from most of the others out there; I doubt it will change anybody's mind about anything. However, for fans of fantastic cinema, this may be one of the more interesting ones out there, if for no other reason that the events discussed all have some connection with movies, TV and/or Hollywood, and the movie uses a lot of movie footage to pad things out. Still, even if you enjoy the footage, you'll realize that padding is just what it is; much of it seems to be there to distract you from realizing that the movie is pretty threadbare. You'll see clips from THE EXORCIST, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, and THE ENTITY, plus any number of short clips from other films. There's very little here I haven't encountered before.
