Review of Ghosthouse (1988) by Alex C — 07 Jan 2013

I can only recommend watching this movie with the Rifftrax commentary. Otherwise it's only watchable by fans of gory Italian movies (in English) from the 80s.

This review of Ghosthouse (1988) was written by Alex C on 07 Jan 2013.

Ghosthouse has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Kimi M (57) on 02 Jun 2011

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By Sonny P (71) on 08 Mar 2009

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By Aaron K (520) on 01 Jul 2009

Creepy effective and difficult to find. The music is freaky the little girl and the clown terrifying and in the end brilliant low budget movie…

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By Samantha R (210) on 16 Aug 2008

This film will always give me the heebie jeebies, no matter how daft it seems nowadays…

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By Orlok W (1,270) on 11 Apr 2013

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