Standard-issue would-be creeper about a boy vanishing from his father’s side during a Halloween parade. Dad doesn’t at first suspect that supernatural forces are at work, but we do because of the cheesy pre-abduction CGI visions we’ve shared with the kid, and then the word “ghost” is in the title. The most frightening thing in this boring haunted-house retread is watching Nicolas Cage in full desperate-dad mode dutifully recite the banal lines he’s given. This is not one of Cage’s most egregious wastes of his prodigious talents, but it’s close. Geez, Nic; Keanu could do this. (94 min)
Don Morton
Don Morton has viewed some 6,000 movies, frequently awake. A bachelor and avid cyclist, he currently divides his time between Tokyo and a high-tech 4WD super-camper somewhere in North America.You may also like

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