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Le bal des fantômes

Original title: Ghost Fever
  • 1986
  • PG
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
442
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Luis Avalos and Sherman Hemsley in Le bal des fantômes (1986)
ParodyComedyHorror

Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.

  • Director
    • Lee Madden
  • Writers
    • Oscar Brodney
    • Ron Rich
    • Richard Egan
  • Stars
    • Sherman Hemsley
    • Luis Avalos
    • Jennifer Rhodes
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.4/10
    442
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lee Madden
    • Writers
      • Oscar Brodney
      • Ron Rich
      • Richard Egan
    • Stars
      • Sherman Hemsley
      • Luis Avalos
      • Jennifer Rhodes
    • 19User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sherman Hemsley
    Sherman Hemsley
    • Buford…
    Luis Avalos
    Luis Avalos
    • Benny
    Jennifer Rhodes
    Jennifer Rhodes
    • Madame St. Esprit
    Deborah Benson
    Deborah Benson
    • Linda
    Diana Brookes
    • Lisa
    Myron Healey
    Myron Healey
    • Andrew Lee
    Joe Frazier
    Joe Frazier
    • Terrible Tucker
    Pepper Martin
    Pepper Martin
    • Sheriff Clay
    Kenneth Johnston
    • Terrible Tucker's Manager
    Roger Cudney
    Roger Cudney
    • TV Announcer
    Patrick Welch
    • Ring Announcer
    Steve Stone
    • Reporter
    Ramón Berumen
    • Referee
    George Palmiero
    • Terrible Tucker's Trainer
    Edward 'Fast Eddie' Muller
    • Little Boy in the Front-Row Seat
    • (uncredited)
    John Sabol
    • TV Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lee Madden
    • Writers
      • Oscar Brodney
      • Ron Rich
      • Richard Egan
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    1Not_Afraid_of_snakes_or_spiders

    My friend's father was a writer for this garbage!

    I was telling a friend of mine about the time my grandfather actually picked this horrible piece of crap for us to see one night at the theater. He never picked another one again! It was that bad! Anyway, my friend then told me that her father did some of the writing for this garbage. I thought she was kidding. It turns out, she was serious. She had never actually seen it, and she said that it put a quick halt to her father's writing career. I told her not to waste her time. But, if she did actually break down and watch it, she would see within the fist minute why this ended her father's days as a writer. I mean, even for the 1980's, this crap is bad beyond description. I mean, Joe Frazier as Terrible Tucker? And why in the world would two cops care one bit about a house full of ghosts? And the movie poster? A ghost with his tongue hanging out? What is that about? Nothing about this makes any sense. Well, I told my friend that this crap not only ended her father's writing career, it ended the careers of everybody involved. Or, at least none of them ever fully recovered from being in this garbage of a movie. Let's just say that I will forever ridicule my friend for revealing to me that her father was a writer for this movie! That alone should tell just how bad this is!
    shark-43

    Avalos Stuns All Audiences

    GHOST FEVER is possibly one of the greatest bad movies ever made. MADE might be too strong of a word - regurgitated and somewhat spliced together in an editing bay is maybe more apropos. Hemsley had a lot of faith in this Ghostbusters-like rip-off and it tanked big time and messy lawsuits followed btwn Hemsley and the producers. The director, Lee Madden was so aghast at the finished product he took his name off and they slapped on the infamous Alan Smithee credit. The script is credited to three hacks and the script is truly awful. Terrible. Sucky. Not one good joke. Plenty of groin and crotch humor and a truly offensive scene where they find machines in the basement of a Southern mansion that were used on slaves. One of the machines (which of course Hemsley gets trapped in) has two large hammers coming down close to the person's groin while a device is twirled into their backside (supposedly to give them rhythm!!!) Yikes. Oddly though Hemsley seems to turn over lots of the movie to his co-star Luis Avalos and Avalos gives one of the worst "comedic" performances ever captured on film. His double takes fail, his funny faces, his "fear" of the ghosts, his physical comedy - all of it fails. Yet, because the movie is jawdroppingly incompetent, it is cruelly enjoyable. You keep getting shocked by another terrible set piece. Like when a mummy appears wearing shades a bow-tie and a top hat and proceeds to BREAK DANCE. Then Hemsley and Avalos do a dance number and then when you are begging the movie to end there is a looooong boxing scene where Avalos boxes Smokin Joe Frazier (this scene goes on and on and has not one funny moment). A true cinematic nightmare. Seek it out if you DARE!!!
    sideburnsandbarley

    Hemsley and Avalos are the Laurel and Hardy of the late eighties!

    I LOVE THIS FILM!! This movie has everything: A breakdancing ghost, Hemsley in a dual role, Luis Avalos in a hot tub with a sexy ghost. The plot is fairly simple. Avalos and Hemsley (Who swears a lot for a PG film) must investigate a mansion haunted by a ghost of a plantation owner who is also a vampire who runs a zombie factory. Made in 1987, feels like 1982, but don't let that discourage you. It gets a little slow when it turns into a boxing film, but the SHOCKING ending will have you wondering if this was ever meant for kids. Rent it. Buy it. request your local Art House theater to show it on your birthday.
    lor_

    Antiquated ethnic comedy

    My review was written in November 1987 after watching the film on Charter video cassette.

    "Ghost Fever" is an earnest but unsuccessful attempt to resurrect the 1940s style of comedy associated with Abbott & Costello. Heavy dose of strained ethnic humor was released on a regional basis last March and is now a home video item.

    Sherman Hemsley and Luis Avalosl poetry Buford and Benny, a pair of cops sent to evict two old ladies from their ante bellum mansion. The place is haunted by a spirit of Beauregard, an evil former slave owner (film's previous title was "Benny and Buford Meet the Bigoted Ghost"), who pulls practical jokes on the hapless heroes, while they dally with the beautiful blonde great-granddaughters of Beauregard. Commenting on the action are two other ghosts. Andy, played by Myron Healey, who is Beauregard's son and Jethro, Buford's ancestor (dual role for Hemsley).

    Shenanigans climax pointlessly with Benny agreeing to fight ex-champ Terrible Tucker (played by former Heavyweight champ Joe Frazier) in order to raise money to save the mansion. Predictably dumb finish has the heroes better off dead.

    Though Hemsley and Avalos are adequate farceurs, the material is lame and only interesting on a poor taste level (endless dialog referring to "spooks" and a wacky scene of Hemsley reading an illustrated Victorian-era porntome entitled "Groins of the Darker Species"). Pic was directed in Mexico in 1984 by Lee Madden, but anonymous later shooting caused him to have his name removed and fictitious Alan Smithee credited.
    Nick_Dets

    We need more bombs like this!

    Sometimes a film can be so bad, it's totally enjoyable. God bless the abstraction of a director, Alan Smithee. The real director of the film "Ghost Fever", Lee Madden was too ashamed to take credit for this disasterpiece. It is a celebration in all that is bad in movies, but when it was on rotation in 1999, I couldn't take my pre-teen eyes off of it! There was an appealing creepiness about how truly awful the movie is. I've been waiting for it to air since, but I haven't been able to experience the wonder of a film so bad I ponder how it was ever produced.

    Sherman Helmsley keeps his head up through it all. You have to respect a man that gives it all in a film he must have known was a complete mess. His comedic performance is nothing new, but he is a good guide through a tangled web of a story that becomes completely lost in horrible direction. Look for the Mummy scene. It is a genuinely disturbing image that was supposed to be played for laughs.

    My question is, why didn't this movie have a cult following? Am I the only person on Earth who loves this messy treat?

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    • Trivia
      After playing the iconic George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons", Sherman Hemsley tried his hand at the big screen in what turned out to be a huge flop. Hemsley funded most of the film's production cost, which left him nearly bankrupt.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Sherman Hemsley/Joe Garagiola/Dalton Stevens (1987)
    • Soundtracks
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      Music by George Gershwin

      Lyrics by Irving Caesar

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ghost Fever
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico
    • Production company
      • Infinite Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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