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Ghost Town (1988)

Ghost Town poster
Directed by
Richard McCarthy, Mac Ahlberg
Genre
action film, horror film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sheriff searches for a missing woman and stumbles into a ghost town where the dead residents are still around. He has to figure out how to survive among them.

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What happens

Ghost Town is a 1988 American horror Western film directed by Richard McCarthy (under the pseudonym Richard Governor) and starring Franc Luz and Catherine Hickland. Based on a story by David Schmoeller, it follows a sheriff who finds himself amongst the dead residents of a ghost town while searching for a missing woman. The film was one of the last to be released by producer Charles Band's production company Empire Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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