Ghost Town (1999)

Ghost city is a 1999 independent horror film. It stars John Patrick White as Mike, Taylor Locke as Arnie, Lauren Summers as Cindy, Jim Metzler as Dad, and Belinda Montgomery as Mom. The producers are Charles Band, Harlan Freedman, Kirk Edward Hansen, Donald Kushner, Christopher Landry, Peter Locke, Vlad Paunescu, and Dana Scanlan. The director is Jeff Burr.

Three brothers go in search of their parents, who disappeared near a mysterious town known as Long Hand. Eventually, they get there, but they quickly discover that Long Hand is no ordinary city in the desert.

The feature of the film that I found most fascinating was the idea that the city itself was a living thing. Everything in the city, the buildings, the roads and the people, were part of that being. So when the newcomers arrived, they had to pledge their soul to Long Hand in order to be a part of it. Otherwise, they would be destroyed, like a strange virus.

The idea of ​​this being considered a horror movie is pretty ridiculous. Yes, the movie has its intense and somewhat terrifying moments. But overall, I think this would be a movie that could be seen on Nickelodeon. (Yes, it was the green slime that made me think of Nickelodeon.)

Speaking of Nickelodeon, I’m curious why they didn’t pick this movie. This whole movie would have been a perfect episode of Are you afraid of the dark? which was once a show on that network. It could have been the You are afraid of the dark full feature film. It’s a shame Nick never looked for that. Like I said before, it even has its trademark green slime. If I didn’t know any better, I would have assumed Nickelodeon had something to do with Ghost city.

Wrap, Ghost city it’s a “not so scary” horror movie that I think the whole family would love.