Ghost Team One

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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.

A couple of college kids set up their home with cameras as everyone in the film is interested in scoring with Fernanda (Fernanda Romero) who likes ghosts. Their home is haunted by an oriental madam. This is a low budget hand-held amateur genre. The film was designed to be a comedy, unfortunately much of the film concentrated on crudeness and forgetting to be funny such as the feces material found in the sink. With 15 minutes left in the film, things went over the top as it became a laugh out loud funny film, too late to save it from an hour of mediocrity. Might work as a cheap rental if you don't mind the crude humor. Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex?, brief flasher nudity (Sarah Chapman)

Astonishingly bad... "cinema verite" at its most-abused... ..."shaky-cam"...? No, "faky-cam"...! The one star is strictly because of the (few) pretty girls and (very) brief nudity... Someone REALLY should have "lost" this "found footage" travesty... PERMANENTLY!

This was a great surprise.... GREAT acting for the most part.... I mean really good for being a B movie...And I'm not sure if they improvised or what but it looks like they had a great time making this movie....it was hilarious at times...and a little scary too....a little...Anyway, awesome movie guys...the funniest movie I've seen in months!

Look, this movie is not going to win awards, it's not scary and it's juvenile, but it made me laugh when I was in a bad mood.

It is neither funny nor scary and the Blair Witch type of filming is very annoying... Do NOT watch this movie, it is NOT worth your time!

Not a bad flick throughout. It lacks any truly frightening moments. Which can be disappointing as there are multiple moments when the music lead up and general tension leaves you wanting a scare. The three main actors do a good job carrying the lacking script along but one other man makes the whole thing worth watching. Tony Cavalero plays the newly sober roommate that can't stand the people he lives with and is having a lot of trouble with his new drug-free life style. Most of the movie goes along with Cavalero's character being a side joke. But thankfully for the sake of the viewer, he takes on a much bigger role toward the end. His amazing performance at the climax of the film make this movie worth while. You may get a few good laughs in throughout this film but the real reason for watching will be Cavalero's final performance.

Ghost Team One (2013) - The Good, the Bad and the Cleverly Under-appreciated Synopsis: Comedy/Horror movie shot in the home camera-documentary style about two friends, their battle for the same girl and the hilarious exploits in trying to capture the haunting of their house by an Asian Madame from the turn of the century. The Good: While this film is over-the-top in its sexual tropes, there is a lot of clever humor and fun to be had here if you allow yourself to enjoy the characters. The filming concept is basically a play on the Paranormal Activity schematic... house is haunted, document it by using a video camera and by setting other cameras up around the house. This is simply the borrowed device used to capture the film in a tongue-in-cheek way, it isn't what the movie is about. I think that concept has been lost on some of the other reviewers here. If you are looking for something scary, this isn't the movie to watch. This is about the characters and the ensuing hilarity involving a ghost that is driven to manifestation by sexual activity. If you can get past that concept, you might have a good time with this one. I found the characters fresh and very funny, for the most part. Tony Cavalero steals the show as Chuck, the former drug addict who is currently in a lengthy period of sobriety and because of it, he is very unbalanced and irrational. His possession scenes at the end are hilarious (as long as you can get past the Asian stereotypes). The movie succeeds because the characters are relate-able and how they interact while thrust into a crazy situation amidst fawning over a girl is fun to watch unfold. The Bad: Some of the humor is definitely groan-worthy, I admit. The concept is built on this uber-sexualized premise of two horny guys and a prostitute ghost, so of course the language and category of jokes are going to be somewhat low-brow in nature. If you can't handle that, this is one that is best passed by... although I feel it would be a mistake to dismiss this movie on that premise alone. There are elements of the movie that don't feel that fresh either. Even from a comedy/horror standpoint, this parody of Paranormal Activity has been done a few times, so the concept is one that is starting to get old. The characters save this particular submission to the movie-watching world, but that doesn't keep it from feeling a bit stale at certain times. The Cleverly Under-appreciated: Especially on IMDb, the reviews have been pretty brutal. As of right now, the overall rating is under 5.0 and I am not sure I get that. Maybe people are expecting a straight-up scary movie here? If so, maybe you need to learn a bit more about a movie before you watch it. Or maybe the concept went right over your head? Who knows. All I know is that I thought this movie was perversely clever at times and to me, it's being a bit under-appreciated. This isn't the type of movie for everyone... and I get that, but when Scary Movie is rolling with a 6.2 rating and this has a 4.8, I'm not sure I can wrap my head around that. The characters here are far more like-able and the style and execution is much fresher than a movie full of cringe-worthy gag humor. This movie's success for me is built on character interaction and script management. Both were pretty darn good for a low-budget comedy-horror. And this relatively unknown cast made me do something Scary Movie never did.... laugh.

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.