IT’S A G-G-G-Ghost! Wait, it’s OK, he’s friendly…shame about those uncles though. This time on Rank Rotten our Halloween Spooktacular concludes with 1995’s Casper; a cosy, fun, friendly ghost feature which for all its flaws has a lot of heart. Casper is a character who is synonymous with Halloween, so much so his live action feature length debut is based during the season. It’s also the movie's 30th Anniversary this year and so it felt right to celebrate it…feel old yet?
Synopsis: Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When Dr James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. As Casper and Kat grow close, their budding relationship is complicated by relatives, both living and dead.
We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. There’s also a surprising amount of egg chat and we’ll also talk about how awesome it would be to have a spatula hand as well as how the Back-streets-back, AL-RIGHT!
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Links:
Refinery29 Article, Anne Cohen, Casper Was An Instant Classic – But Does It Still Hold Up 20 Years Later?: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2019/08/241754/casper-movie-review-dark-ghost-story-christina-ricci
YouTube links to Casper cartoons we watched the morning of recording:
There's Good Boos Tonight (1948) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB2cJDq9rOY&t=176s
Fright from Wrong (1956), this is the Ghostly Trio’s debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5S3MKQvMiw
A collection of other Casper episodes, including a Halloween Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjuoMTJqFU
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