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When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)

When Good Ghouls Go Bad poster
Directed by
Patrick Read Johnson
Genre
comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager moves to a small town where a curse turns people into zombies on Halloween. He teams up with his uncle to break the spell.

spookyfunnylightheartedwhimsicalfamily-friendlycampycheerfulgoofy

What happens

When Good Ghouls Go Bad is a 2001 Fox Family television film directed by Patrick Read Johnson, commissioned for the network's 13 Nights of Halloween program block. Based upon a concept by R. L. Stine, the film's screenplay was written by Johnson and John Lau. Stine then wrote a full novelization of the film as a tie-in. It stars Christopher Lloyd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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