Ghost Fever Reviews

From the silent era through the 1940s, black characters, playing on racial stereotypes, dotted screen comedies as buffoons. While GHOST FEVER upgrades its black protagonist's social status and pays some sort of homage to racial equality, the film is merely a reworking of the old stereotypes for modern audiences. The story deals with the ghost of Beauregard Lee (Pepper Martin), who haunts his old Southern plantation. Since the estate is in the way of a planned freeway, a local sheriff (also played by Martin) assigns two detectives to evict the current residents. The lawful duo (Sherman Hemsley and Luis Avalos) head out to the mansion, where their worst fears come true as an invisible ghost begins playing havoc. Even if it didn't rely on racism to carry the humor, GHOST FEVER would still be an undeniably bad film. There's little logic within the fantasy elements, and most of the action is poorly staged, with a choppy continuity. GHOST FEVER is a fantasy all right, and one that should shame anyone associated with the project.