Ghost in the Graveyard-- My take on the movie with spoilers!

PLOT SUMMARY: When Sally returns to town following the death of her friend during a game of GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD, she can't imagine why everyone in town is keen on protecting her. 

Every time I see kids in movies playing in the woods, that too after the sun has gone down, I wonder where their parents are.

Do the parents know that their kids are playing hide and seek in the graveyard where sometimes fresh graves are dug and left out open for them to fall in?

GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD Movie Plot 

In Ghost in the Graveyard, the parents simply don’t care what their daughters are up to. Considering what we learn later in the movie, at least Sally’s father should have been more attentive.

Because guess what happens when a group of little girls play in the Graveyard?

Very aptly, they are playing Ghost in the Graveyard, a game somewhat like hide and seek but played in the Graveyard.

So of course, there are weird, lanky people lurking in the shadows because it’s a creepy Graveyard. And of course, a mishap occurs causing the death of Martha, one of the friends.

Years later, Sally returns to town, much to the curiosity of her high school classmates who wonder where she had gone. Some suspect she was in an asylum, others think she must have been pregnant and that is why she was gone for nine months.

Sally’s father seems even more protective of her but allows her to be a kid and have fun with her new boyfriend. Now Sally’s nemesis Zoe also has a crush on the guy but makes an effort to befriend Sally.

Meanwhile, another group of kids, this time boys, are playing in the graveyard. One of them is given a dare to ride through and sure enough, he encounters the ghost of Martha.

He stumbled and falls off his bike. The next instant he is killed. The police later find his remains near a tomb and suspect something fishy. Sally is there to pay her respects to Martha and the police decide it is better to keep an eye on her.

Not because she’s a suspect, but because she’s in danger?

Why? Why Sally, who has a baby at home? The girl who keeps mumbling “whatever” and “this is insane” to seem like a teenager?

But the laughable portrayal of a protective father comes from the actor who plays Sally’s father. He might as well say “It’s showtime” as he cocks his gun. Or the way he overacts through the whole scene where he has to explain to his son why they need to protect Sally.

GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD Ending Explained with Spoilers

Coming back to why Sally is so important to the point Zoe’s mother wants a lock of her hair, well, she’s actually a descendant of the Virgin Mary. The witches are hell-bent on killing her because somehow that will start the apocalypse. According to her father, the witches’ have the hand of the devil on their shoulders.

Sally must be protected at all costs. However, her new friend Zoe gets jealous of her affection for her crush and attacks her.

Sally lands in the hospital not soon after and the town officials do a terrible job protecting her because in the next instant she leaps out the window and heads off to save her father.

Yes, the father who makes a big deal about protecting her and stuff, but who gets captured by the witches within two seconds of reaching the graveyard.

It’s up to Sally to save the day and the world, and that she barely accomplishes. The cop, her father’s friend, arrives just in time to kill the witches.

Sally is attacked by Zoe who is possessed by something evil. Martha appears, distracting Zoe, and Sally finds an opportunity to stab her.

In the end, Sally narrates how she is waiting to understand her destiny.

The movie had an interesting twist but the subpar acting dampens the spirit of the movie.

A lot of questions are left unexplained, mostly about the baby and the relation to Sally. Or why was Martha suddenly helping Sally when she was wrongfully killed. Apparently, Martha was killed in Sally’s place, still, she understands Sally and tries to protect her.

And the boy who died, was Martha behind his death or the witches?

The movie is an okay one-time watch.

Scare scale: 2.5/5

Watch options: Amazon Prime Video