"Ghouls just want to have fun..."

1985

1h 34m

5.9(59 votes)

Comedy

Horror

TV Movie

Romance

Overview

Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jonelle Allen

Lucinda Cavender

Shari Belafonte

Melissa Cavender

LeVar Burton

Vinnie Davis

Peter DeLuise

Mitch Crandall

Jonna Lee

Sandy Matthews

Kevin McCarthy

Judge Crandall

Lee Montgomery

Phil Grenville

Cindy Morgan

Vicky Jensen

Dedee Pfeiffer

Mary Masterson

Dick Van Patten

Martin Grenville

Creative team

Directed by: Jack Bender
Written by: William Bleich
Produced by: Ervin Zavada
Jill Mullikin-Bates

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