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RUNTIME
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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Ghost Town
2009 1h 25m EN
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6.5
SOLID
★6.5TMDB · 32
HorrorWesternScience Fiction
Synopsis
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Reb Halland, who lives in the era of Wild West, has made a deal with the devil to gain immortality alog with his gang. Preacher McCready is trying to protect the small town by placing five totems around the town in the shape of pinnacle. One day, an collector passes by the town and sees one of the totems pinned to the earth and he decides to take it. When the man takes the totem out of ground Halland and his gang arrives and start killing everyone. The film moves to the present day when a group of college students driving back home from another city after a debate contest suddenly find themselves at this town. Soon they start to be murdered one by one, and it will be up to them to find the secret of this town and destroy Halland and his gang.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Jessica Lee Rose
Chloe
Randy Wayne
Carl
Gil Gerard
Preacher McCready
Billy Drago
Reb Halland
Annabelle Wallis
Serena
Elize du Toit
Rachel
Joey Ansah
Bonesera
Cian Barry
Dale
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Todor Chapkanov
- Writers
- Andy Briggs
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 17 years ago.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Todor Chapkanov, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Claude Foisy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
MoodPlayr · trivia#04
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ERA
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Jessica Lee Rose and Randy Wayne and Gil Gerard carry the top of the cast.
MoodPlayr · trivia#05
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1421035 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Todor Chapkanov directs. Anton Bakarski behind the camera. Claude Foisy scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Directed by Todor Chapkanov, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Claude Foisy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Jessica Lee Rose and Randy Wayne and Gil Gerard carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1421035 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Anton Bakarski
- Original score
- Claude Foisy
- Production design
- Borislav Mihailovski
- Costume design
- Maria Mladenova
- Makeup / hair
- Daniela Avramova
- VFX supervisor
- Juan Carlos Vargas
- Sound
- Andrew Twite
- Runtime
- 85 min · 1h 25m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Todor Chapkanov
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Community reviews
What people are saying
- John Chard★ 4/10
The other Horsemen of the Apocalypse. After their bus mysteriously gets lost, a bunch of college kids find themselves trapped in a Wild West Ghost Town inhabited by evil spirits. Not awful by any means, as these budgeted TV productions go, it has some inventive death scenes (death by gasoline vomit a personal favourite here), Billy Drago as a venomous Cowboy spirit and some canted angles used for good atmospheric impact. Hell! The blending of maths stars and jocks, which while not original, makes for an interesting group dynamic and lets the writer (Andy Briggs) set up a decent finale as the remaining youngsters try to work out a way out of hell by using brain and brawn. Unfortunately director Todor Chapkanov seems to think that jitterycam is the way to go at every given opportunity, something which really hinders the atmosphere trying to get out. Then there is the MTV “R” US musical score/soundtrack that booms out inappropriately like proof was needed that noise does indeed annoy. While the town itself looks like some left over mock up from an American Adventure Theme Park. Filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria, it ultimately comes down to a bunch of pretty looking college kids (one of whom looks like Vin Diesel) getting killed amid angst, bullying and sexual yearnings. But like the characters in the story, the film seems stuck in a filmic purgatory, not really sure if it wants to slash, spook or yeehaw its way into our conscious. But as Syfy Channel time wasters go it just about passes muster. 4/10
Production companies
Who made it
Unified Film Organization
US
Key crew
- CastingGillian Hawser
- Camera OperatorMartin Chichov
- Sound DesignerAndrew Twite
- Art DirectionAsen Bozilov
- Costume DesignMaria Mladenova
- ProducerPhillip J. Roth
- Dialogue EditorJoshua Aaron Johnson
- CastingDanny Roth
- Production DesignBorislav Mihailovski
- First Assistant EditorTravers Morgan
- ProducerJeffery Beach
- Still PhotographerAlexandra Bachvarova Trifonova
- FoleyAlex Ullrich
- Visual Effects ProducerAleksandar Yochkolovski
- Visual Effects SupervisorJuan Carlos Vargas
- Steadicam OperatorKiril Valchanov
- Script SupervisorMila Maslarova
- Property MasterGeorgi Petrov Yakimov
- Supervising Sound EditorEric Lalicata
- First Assistant CameraMitko Bonev
- Makeup ArtistDaniela Avramova
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2009-10-24
Also known as
International titles
- Paseo por Cronicas Pueblo FantasmaSV
