Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)

Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller (1986)
Director: Lynn Silver
Writers: Ralph Lucas, Sandra McLees
Country: USA Runtime: 56 min Soundtrack: Unknown
Cast: Bob Jenkins, Ralph Lucas, Laura Kay
A collection of eerie tales featuring master storytellers presenting classic and original ghost stories far too scary for television.
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Five spoken word stories, set in Tuesday Hill Boneyard and introduced by the graveyard creeper (Bob Jenkins).

The first "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy" is written and narrated by Ralph Lucas, its the tale of a woman who one night has a nightmare about being raped by rats, only her nightmare continues as she eventually gives birth to a cross breed boy she calls Billy.

The second yarn is Sandra McLees "Mr. Fox" narrated by Laura Kay, its the tale about a woman whose never had interest from men. she eventually finds someone whose interested in her Mr Fox, only he turns out to be a lady killer.

Next up is Sandra McLees narrating her own story "Buried Alive" its the tale of a woman who has a fight with her husband, when she wakes up everyone thinks shes dead, she ends up being buried alive. Only to be dug up by the towns drunk, so he can steal her jewelry, out of revenge she pretends to haunt her husband.

Bob Jenkins tells the forth story "Hunting Werewolves for Uncle Albert" a silly tall tale about a young man who was sent out to hunt a werewolf by his uncle, only he encounters various other monsters including a space monster and Frankenstein monster.

The final tale is Sheri Emonds "Reunion" told by Maria Hayden, its the tale of a female witch being reunited with her dead former husband Jack.

Shot on video yawn fest, that might be a total hoot if your extremely stoned and into amateur stage productions. Filmed spoken word rarely works, off the top of my head I can only remember BBC's Jackanory doing it justice, but that had names like Jeremy Irons and Helena Bonham Carter behind it, you can tell the actors here, who no doubt had good intentions of bringing these stories to life, have not had much experience outside of a their bedrooms mirror. It doesn't help either that the stories are unoriginal rubbish. Why it was ever released in the first place is shocking, and why I sat through it, is quite frankly, beyond me.

Themes Included: ___Spoken WordAmateur Dramatics
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 3 out of 10 Good]
[Deathcount 0]
[Gorequota 0/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]

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