Spook Chasers (1957) / Z-View
Spook Chasers (1957)
Director: George Blair
Screenplay: Elwood Ullman
Stars: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements and Darlene Fields.
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s put the East Side Kids in a haunted house with some crooks!”
Tagline: IT’S A SCREAM!..as they g-g-go ghost-haunting…and they haven’t a g-g-ghost of a chance!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
The Bowery Boys find themselves in another creepy, old house haunted house with a mad scientist crooks! Wha- what?
When Mike buys a rural house sight-unseen, the boys go up with him to get it cleaned up. In the process they discover hidden cash and learn it was a gang of crook’s hideout. Instead of laying low, they go into town and pay off the mortgage. Word gets out and that night things start getting spooky with ghosts, monsters, crooks and mobsters all running wild!
If you feel you’ve seen this one before, it’s the same basic plot with minor tweaks that made The Bowery Boys famous.
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