''Hollywood-Monster'' (working title - released as ''Ghost Chase'' in the
United States
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) is a 1987
horror comedy
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film
directed
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* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
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* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
by
Roland Emmerich
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, about a
film crew
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working in a
haunted
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* ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005
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* ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
mansion
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.
[Haase, Christin]
''When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985-2005''
Camden House, Rochester, NY (2007) p. 107. Emmerich's third film,
[Fischer, Dennis]
''Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998''
McFarland (2000), pp.170-171. it starred
Jason Lively
Ronald Jason Lively (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for ''European Vacation'' (1985), ''Night of the Creeps'' (1986), and ''Ghost Chase'' (1987).
Early life
Ronald Jason Lively was born on March 12, 1968 in Carroll ...
,
Jill Whitlow
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,
Paul Gleason
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,
Chuck Mitchell
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Career
Mitc ...
, and Tim McDaniel.
[Ghost Chase entry in New York Times film database]
Retrieved 28 August 2014.
A co-production between
West Germany
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and the
United States
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, the film was released theatrically in
Germany
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on June 25, 1987. It would eventually be released on
video cassette
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in the United States on February 7, 1990, by M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment. In 2001, the film was released on
DVD
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by
Image Entertainment
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.
Plot
Two cousins, Fred and Warren, live together in Hollywood. Fred, an aspiring horror-movie director with developed skills in SFX and animatronics, desperately tries to shoot his first movie in their house, but Warren, who plays the main male protagonist, keeps on flirting with Laurie, the main actress. When she can't stand it anymore, the project is over, and the bills are pilling up.
Out of the blue, Warren is called out to the reading of his grandfather's will and testament. The boys end up with an old clock, inhabited with the spirit of Louis, Warren's grandfather's deformed butler. The benevolent spirit, having appeared to Fred in the night, as well as showing him a flashback of the day he and Warren's grandfather Karl died, which Karl poisoned himself, and sealing himself in the basement with all his money to prevent his family from getting any, and unfortunately the butler dies falling down stairs. The dream inspires Fred in making a new script for which he builds an animatronic version of the butler, whose spirit inhabits.
The butler and the boys will help each other as they face a new problem: the son of Warren's grandfather's partner who managed to swindle Warren's family out of their property, Producer Stan Gordon, who wants the grandfather's heritage to be kept secret, and try to get Fred's new movie made. It will all end in a race against the clock in an old house basement, and a fight against a demented ghost armor, as the movie pays homage to the late 50-to-70's Sci Fi B movies.
Cast
*
Jason Lively
Ronald Jason Lively (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for ''European Vacation'' (1985), ''Night of the Creeps'' (1986), and ''Ghost Chase'' (1987).
Early life
Ronald Jason Lively was born on March 12, 1968 in Carroll ...
as Warren McCloud
*Tim McDaniel as Fred
*
Jill Whitlow
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as Laurie Sanders
*
Leonard Lansink
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Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1956 births
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German male film actors
German male telev ...
as Karl
*
Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as ''All My Children'' and films such as ''The Breakfast Club'', ''Trading Places'', and ''Die ...
as Stan Gordon
*
Ian MacNaughton
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MacNaughton was director and producer for all but four of the f ...
as Frederick McCloud
*
Chuck Mitchell
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Mitchell (November 28, 1927 – June 22, 1992) was an American actor, singer and entertainer. He is known for his role as "Porky" in the 1981 movie ''Porky's'' and its 1985 sequel ''Porky's Revenge!''.
Career
Mitc ...
as Mr. Rosenbaum
*
Julian Curry
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Early life
The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster ...
as Lawyer
*Cynthia Frost as Secretary
*Andreas Kovac-Zemen as Pawn Shop Owner
*Toby Kaye as Laurie's Girlfriend
*
Larry Pennell
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as Bum
*
Ernie Lively
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Life and career
Lively was b ...
as Production Manager
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