Ghost Town (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Richard McCarthy (as Richard Governor) |
| Produced by | J. Larry Carroll |
| Written by | Duke Sandefur |
| Story by | David Schmoeller |
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Franc Luz Catherine Hickland Jimmie F. Skaggs Bruce Glover |
| Music by | Harvey Cohen |
| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited by | King Wilder |
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| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $75,000 |
Ghost Town is a 1988 American horror film directed by Australian director 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.
Kate (Catherine Hickland) is driving alone down a highway in Riverton, Arizona after having left her fiancé at the altar. While driving, she hears the noise of horses galloping outside her car, but sees no one. After pulling onto the side of the road, she is whisked away in a dust cloud and disappears.
Sheriff Langley (Franc Luz) is dispatched to Kate's abandoned car, found later that day. While pulled over, a man on a horse rides by and shoots at him. Langley exits the car, and a stray bullet hits the car's gas tank, causing the vehicle to explode. Langley wanders by foot, stumbling upon a ghost town off the main road. After falling asleep in an empty building, he awakens the next day to various apparitions that appear to be linked to the town's past. He meets a barmaid, Grace (Penelope Windust) and a blind gambling dealer (Bruce Glover), as well as a blacksmith and his daughter, Etta.
Meanwhile, Kate is being held captive by Devlin (Jimmie Skaggs), a zombie-like outlaw who has control over the town through a pact he made with Satan. Devlin terrorizes the souls of the town's residents, and kills both the blacksmith and Etta after they confide in Langley. Upon discovering his gun to be ineffective, Langley is given an old revolver by Grace, and finds that he is able to kill Devlin's henchmen with gold bullets.
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