Ghost Town

Ghost Town (1988)

The good. The bad. The Satanic.

Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed by a lawman.

Date of release
1988-05-26
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (60)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Horror, Western, Crime
Director
Richard Governor

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Arizona

Ghost Town is a 1988 American horror Western film directed by Richard McCarthy 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.

Production

The script was written by Duke Sandefur, based on a story by David Schmoeller. The film was executive-produced by horror producer Charles Band.

Ghost Town was shot on location in late September and October 1987 at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona. In a retrospective interview, actor Franc Luz recounted his time on the set of the film, stating that he had done his own stunts. On director Richard Governor [McCarthy], Luz said: "Richard Governor seemed like a crazy, high energy, highly sexed, charismatic guy with a strong Australian accent...

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