Sunday, October 17, 2010

Ghosts of Goldfield (2007)

On the way to the Goldfield Hotel to film paranormal activity, a group of college kids take a short cut and their car dies. The kids decide to walk to the ghost town and oddly enough there is an open bar there. Only tourists go to the ghost town, but for some reason the bar remains open at night, which makes no sense considering it's in the middle of nowhere and there's only one guy drinking.

Rowdy Roddy Piper is the bartender. Since there is no cell phone reception (the new cliche in horror movies), the kids convince him to let them spend the night in the hotel. The hotel is free from dust, the furniture and curtains are clean, and there is electricity.

The group is hoping to capture footage of a servant girl who was tortured and killed in the hotel. Rumor has it she haunts the place looking for her baby.

There are flashbacks to show the story of the servant girl and her murder. Her true love is Roddy Piper wearing big fake sideburns. Julie, the girl who set up the trip, looks just like the other olde tyme servant girl who betrayed the girl who was killed. Uh oh, this doesn't bode well for Julie or her friends. Nor does it bode well for anyone who watches it. You'll be able to guess what's going to happen at the end, but you won't care.

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