Rifftrax: Ghosthouse

One of my favorite RiffTrax. I think I have about 80% of this one memorized. Whatever you spend on it, it's worth it. Don't hesitate. Just do it.

Rifftrax in general is a great buy with guaranteed laughs, and Ghosthouse is no exception. The movie was a certified stinker with bad acting, bad special effects and locations that look like they were just done in someone's house. The idea behind why the house is haunted is actually kind of interesting, but done so poorly it's hard to appreciate. This is just the sort of movie that Rifftrax excels at working with. The jokes were as good as always, and made for a good night's entertainment for my family.

I had to pause it while I was eating so I didn't spit food out on my screen. The "riffs" are A++. Why else would you watch it? Either this is your type of humor or not. I don't know why anyone would try to enjoy the original movies--they're beyond garbage. Hence, this series of films? Oh yeahhhh. :)

"Ghosthouse" falls into that category of less-than-good bad movie wherein the producers and everyone involved with it KNOWS it is going to be bad, and couldn't care less; they're just trying to knock it out under budget and get paid. Of course, the pleasure derived from viewing such an inept and ill-conceived bad movie is a personal matter; maybe you especially enjoy these types of train wrecks, but personally, I find them a bit insufferable.For me, the premium so-bad-it's-good movie is the kind where the film crew give it everything they've got and honestly think it has value (e.g. "Timechasers," "Manos: The Hands of Fate," "The Room," etc.). "Ghosthouse," however, seems more like it was made on a wager ("I bet you can't make a horror movie with just a creepy house, a clown doll, and some girl dressed in white!") What this turkey REALLY needs is a reprise of that memorable scene from MST3K's "Cave Dwellers" where, at the close of the experiment, Tom Servo goes through all the continuity goofs and other visual faux pas of the movie, and intones "They just didn't care."If you've read this far, you're probably a bad movie aficionado, and I'm sure you can relate to what I'm saying, so I'm not even going to pass judgement on the riffs because I know my objectivity is tainted. To sum up, your enjoyment of "Ghosthouse" is dependent upon whether you enjoy pain or not. Go in peace, brothers and sisters, and choose wisely.

I'll be candid: "Ghosthouse isn't one of my favorite Rifftrax episodes. It isn't that the riffs aren't good; they are in fact very good, it's just that the underlying material is largely boring. There's also a good deal of (generally unrealistic) gore, making the entire mood of the film markedly darker than any MST3K or any episode of Rifftrax I have seen.The film centers around a house with a ghostly clown infestation, and a ham radio operator and his European girlfriend who pines for nothing more than a great bowl of chili. The chili procuring scene is a highlight and must have thrilled the Rifftrax crew with the writing possibilities that flowed from it. At the center of the hubbub is the ghost of a little girl, an evil clown doll (actually a bit creepy, but mostly just ridiculous,) and an astonishing plotpoint involving the relative popularity of Kim Basinger and Kelly LeBrock. This is a controversy of high drama and isn't ever satisfactorily resolved, unless, of course you never cared in the first place, like me.This is a huge slice of late 1980s cheese, and if you want to see some good riffing over a truly annoying movie (the musical score alone makes this film indefensible,) "Ghosthouse" is a good choice for you. Go get yourself some chili and settle in for a wild ride. I'll take mine with extra beans. And cheese.

Since the end of MST3K the guys at rifftrax have expanded there field of movies. Some however, are very dark and creepy, some are excessively violent and some have strong language and some have all of these things. If you can tolerate a fair amount of gore then you might find ghosthouse funny but be warned YOU NEED A STRONG STOMACH!

I love Ghosthouse--it's my favorite terrible horror movie. It has everything you could possible want in a bad scary movie: dreadful special effects (including real maggots), an evil clown doll, and of course, that classic movie character Jim Dalen. This is one of my all time favorite Rifftrax.

what do you want ?chicken finger happy meal { same }Funny shows with out the riffs even better with them A+ Rifftrax

Worth it for the song about driving alone. A truly strange film made brilliant by Rifftrax.