Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
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DVD cover
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| Directed by | Rich Correll |
| Produced by | Yvonne M. Bernard Steve Stabler Arthur I. Cohen P. Jayakumar |
| Screenplay by |
Pat Proft Rich Correll |
| Story by | Jana Godshall |
| Based on |
Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? by R. L. Stine |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Peter Neff |
| Cinematography | Barry Wilson |
| Edited by | Ryan Correll |
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Production
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Toonz Entertainment, Ltd.
Lookout Entertainment Commotion Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios Family Productions |
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Release date
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September 30, 2008 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$3.6 million |
Mostly Ghostly (also known as Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?) is a 2008 horror comedy fantasy film directed by Rich Correll. The film is based of the first book, Who Let the Ghosts Out? by R. L. Stine and the first installment of the Mostly Ghostly film series. It was released on September 30, 2008 on DVD, and was broadcast on Disney Channel on October 31, 2008.
Max Doyle (Sterling Beaumon) is an 11-year-old whose love of performing magic disappoints his father (David DeLuise) and draws ridicule from his older brother, Colin (Adam Hicks). While doing laundry in the basement, Max hears voices. While investigating the source of the sound, he sees a hand come out of the wall. A hidden tunnel behind the wall happens to harbor the evil Phears (Brian Stepanek) and his cadre of ghosts. Phears is intent on freeing himself and his minions from the world of ghosts to inhabit the physical world but will be able to do so only on Halloween.
Later, Max finds the ghosts of two children, Nicky (Luke Benward) and Tara Roland (Madison Pettis), have suddenly come to occupy his room. They explain that they need his help in learning who they are, how they came to be ghosts, and what has happened to their parents. Although they cannot be seen by anyone but Max, they are able to interact with objects in the physical world. This allows them to frighten a boy who has been bullying Max at school. Shortly thereafter, Tara and Nicky learn it was Phears who killed their parents and now holds the ghosts of their parents captive. During rehearsal of Max's magic show, Tara is captured by Phears.
Max tells Nicky about it and suggests Nicky throw him into the basement tunnel to find her. The same way (most) people don't see ghosts, ghosts cannot see Max. He retrieves a box from Tara that contains a ring to defeat the evil ghosts, but Phears prevents her from escaping with him. Traci (Ali Lohan), a girl Max has been crushing on, becomes his assistant for his magic show. They perform with the help of Nicky moving objects around, making it appear as if it was Max moving them with his magic. On Halloween, Phears finally breaks the tunnel wall and crashes the show.
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