The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Directed by

George Marshall

Genre

zombie comedy, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman inherits an abandoned house and plantation in Cuba. She goes there with a Manhattan radio broadcaster who is her new love interest. They encounter a supposed zombie and go treasure hunting in the house.

lightheartedspookycomicfast-pacedplayfulatmosphericquirkymysterious

What happens

The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film version of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. Along with the Abbott and Costello films Hold That Ghost and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Hope and Goddard's own The Cat and the Canary, it is cited as a prime example of the classic Hollywood horror-comedy. The film is primarily set in an abandoned house in Cuba. A woman has just inherited the house and the associated plantation, and she arrives to inspect her property. Accompanying her is her new love interest, a radio broadcaster from Manhattan. The duo encounters a supposed zombie, and take part in treasure hunting in the abandoned house. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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