Ghost Team One

This review and rating are in defense of this film. I was thoroughly entertained throughout, which is a whole lot more than I can say for most of the garbage I watch. It wasn't too long, never takes itself too seriously, has a couple decent scares that should make some "horror" movies ashamed of themselves, and made me laugh OUT LOUD, which a lot of "comedies" can't do. Please, just keep an open mind and enjoy this for what it is: pure entertainment.

I was lured in by the movie cover/poster and with the enticement of this being a comedy with a supernatural twist. However, I had not heard about the movie prior to finding it and picking it up. But still, a horror comedy with a ghostly element, what is there not to like?

Right, well I must start off by saying that "Ghost Team One" is as such not an overly bad movie. It just didn't turn out to be what I had expected. Sure, there are some good moments and some good enough laughs to be found here and there. But the movie as a whole just didn't turn out to be all that impressive or interesting.

What worked in favor of the movie was the characters and the acting talents recruited to portray these characters. Sure, the characters were generic to the core, but there was just still something lovable and funny about them. I will say that it was Carlos Santos who carried most of the movie singlehandedly.

The story in "Ghost Team One" was probably what killed the enjoyment for me, because it didn't turn out to be a rather interesting or captivating storyline. So writers Andrew Knauer and Arthur Pielli hardly gave directors Ben Peyser and Scott Rutherford all that much to work with. And that also transcended onto the acting talents, because they had little to work with in terms of a fulfilling script.

"Ghost Team One" is hardly an effects movie, and makes use of very few effects actually. But then again, it is not the type of movie that has to rely on special effects.

Now, there were the occasional hilarious scene here and there, but they were not enough to levitate the movie out of the mediocre fast lane.

I managed to sit through the entire movie, although I was pressed at times in terms of focusing on the movie and concentrating on the movie. Once you have seen "Ghost Team One" the first time, chances are slim to none that you will return to watch it again.

Ghost Team one is filmed in the documentary format but thankfully not another generic brain dead found footage feature.

90% comedy 10% horror it tells the story of two room mates who appear to have a haunting in their flat. Bringing in their new mysterious Latino friend they set about installing cameras to see whats really going on.

The movie is silly, with obnoxious characters, childish dialogue and not much in the way of content. It makes up for this with a degree of charm originality and unexpected laughs.

Motivated by sexual desire this ghost brings lots of very puerile humor to the table. Sex, erections, boobs and spectral copulation make up the most of the comedy themes, yet somehow this works better than you'd expect.

If you can get past just how annoying one of the leads is then you might find yourself having some fun here despite it being plain silly and with a rather cringe inducingly daft finale.

You can do worse, but don't expect much in the realms of horror.

The Good:

Some laughs to be had

The Bad:

Some really obnoxious characters

Dodgy ending

I was lured by the IMDb User Rating 5.0/10 from 834 Users. If you have the brain of an amoeba, you may like this movie and find it funny or entertaining. There is a chance and probably this is the profile of the users that voted and granted this high User Rating.

"Ghost Team One" does not worth neither the power to keep on the TV, the Blu-Ray player and the home theater. And is too noisy and brainless, so it is good neither for sleeping nor too see.

If you have the DVD, the photographic cover is cool, but will make you recall this movie so you can throw it in the garbage and use the case in another DVD. Maybe this is the only utility for this movie on DVD. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): "Equipe Caça Fantasmas" ("Ghostbusters Team")

This movie plays out as a bad parody of nothing in particular and definitely only reaches YouTube circa 2013 quality. It's not really funny and is kind of offensive in parts.

The main problem is that it's 100% a comedy and all the jokes centre around sex being something that's really funny. Like if the idea of having sex with a ghost makes you laugh out loud then you will love it, otherwise this film will get old real fast.

Overall the humour is basic and childish, with the action and pacing being all over the place. There is no real horror element and the dialogue isn't really funny or engaging. It is a way to pass the time or if you are a big fan of the Scary Movie franchise then maybe this will be your cup of tea, otherwise give it a pass.