'Ghosts That Still Walk' (1977) - James T. Flocker.
James T. Flocker's unfairly derided, entertainingly creaky creepshow is a benign, family friendly 1970s spooky-kooky fright flick that all too rarely get mentioned without pronounced sarcasm, so I'm giving it some belated, but wholly deserved B-Movie love, screw the naysayers! While the plot is looser than the evil-eyed Mummy's shroud, it has an appealing, weirdly off-center atmosphere, lending Flocker's desert-set yarn about a lad's possession by a malign medicine man some additional paranormal pep! One doesn't need ESP to divine that these genteel supernatural shenanigans are manifestly not suitable for all terror-seeking tastes. In an increasingly ageist era where one all too rarely see octogenarians portrayed as proactive protagonists, the refreshingly senior cast of 'Ghosts That Still Walk' provides a welcome tonic against the teenage hegemony of contemporary Jump-scare horror. I've always admired Anne 'Airplane' Nelson, who remains as charmingly watchable as ever, with handsome Matt Boston delivering an equally credible performance!
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