The outcast boy Danny (Joe Pichler) has just moved from Chicago to Walker Falls with his divorced father James Walker (Tom Amandes) that intends to reopen the chocolate factory that belonged to his father "Uncle" Fred Walker (Christopher Lloyd). James has called German investors to visit his town on the Halloween Day to show his Spooktacular plans and have resources to the factory. Danny hates the town since he is bullied at school by Ryan (Craig Marriott) and his minion Leo (Daniel Karrall). He has a crush on the girl Dayna (Brittany Byrnes), who is the daughter of the school nurse Taylor Morgan (Imelda Corcoran) since treat him well. Near to Halloween, Sheriff Ed Frady (Alan Flower) destroy the Halloween decoration at the Walker's garden. While going to school, Danny meets Ryan and Leo and they lock themselves inside the cemetery. Ryan discloses that people from Walker Falls do not celebrate Halloween because of a curse. Twenty years ago, the outcast student and artist of fine arts Curtis Danko (Brendan McCarthy) is participating of a competition and does not show his statue that stays covered during the day and he works at school during the night. One the Halloween night, Ryan's father Mike Kankel (Joe Clements), who is presently the coach and is running for major, sees Danko working at school. On the next morning, he finds the kiln turned on and Danko's skeleton and ashes inside, and a message telling that if the town celebrates any Halloween again, he would come back and destroy the residents. Mike have also stayed blind for three days after seeing his statue that is covered with a shroud and locked inside a crypt in the cemetery. Ryan wants to remove the statue from the crypt to receive money from the population, threatening them to remove the shroud. But on the next day, Uncle Fred dies when a mysterious pile of pumpkins fall on him at the park. However, magic happens and Uncle Fred returns like a zombie, and Curtis Danko and other dead also return looking for Danko's missing statue.
"When Good Ghouls Go Bad" is a funny and highly entertaining film with the story of a Halloween curse in a small town. The plot is a sort of Tim Burton's dark story associated to the former entertainment from Disney, when was a studio for family and children. This film is recommended for family and audiences that like innocent story with a good moral in the end. Christopher Lloyd is the only well-known name in the cast, with his usual and amusing role of a "crazy" guy. In Brazil, this movie has not been released on VHS, DVD or Blu-Ray. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Maldição do Halloween" ("The Halloween Curse")
"When Good Ghouls Go Bad" is a funny and highly entertaining film with the story of a Halloween curse in a small town. The plot is a sort of Tim Burton's dark story associated to the former entertainment from Disney, when was a studio for family and children. This film is recommended for family and audiences that like innocent story with a good moral in the end. Christopher Lloyd is the only well-known name in the cast, with his usual and amusing role of a "crazy" guy. In Brazil, this movie has not been released on VHS, DVD or Blu-Ray. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Maldição do Halloween" ("The Halloween Curse")