I'm not really a scary movie guy, but hey, Halloween is coming up. My choice to celebrate: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Nobody does timid with a thin veneer of bravado better than Don Knotts. Watching his struggles to fit in is painful sometimes, but always hilarious.
Saw this 1965 film when I was a kid and still remembered some of the key lines. The Ladies Occult Psychic Society reacting to Knotts' "vibrations" with "Taro, Caro, Solomon!" A neighbor lady exclaiming that there were still bloodstains on the pipe organ's keyboard "and they used Bon Ami!" Don Knotts showing off his mailorder karate moves to a love interest and asserting that "my whole body is a weapon." What a hoot!
I'm biased of course, but still think youngsters might enjoy this one. Just the right mix of semi-scary and funny. For us Boomers, it's chock full of actors you'll remember from 60's TV and memories of simpler times. Recommended.
Saw this 1965 film when I was a kid and still remembered some of the key lines. The Ladies Occult Psychic Society reacting to Knotts' "vibrations" with "Taro, Caro, Solomon!" A neighbor lady exclaiming that there were still bloodstains on the pipe organ's keyboard "and they used Bon Ami!" Don Knotts showing off his mailorder karate moves to a love interest and asserting that "my whole body is a weapon." What a hoot!
I'm biased of course, but still think youngsters might enjoy this one. Just the right mix of semi-scary and funny. For us Boomers, it's chock full of actors you'll remember from 60's TV and memories of simpler times. Recommended.