GHOSTS THAT STILL WALK 1977 (YOU TUBE)

I hadn't seen this since I owned a VHS copy many years ago.

This is a very bizarre and low budget film about a young boy named Mark (Matthew Boston) who is possessed by the spirit of a long dead Indian, and boy does this cause problems.

The spirit is intent on killing everyone who is in Mark's life. His mother is the one who discovered the mummy of the Indian and she has suffered a nervous breakdown, so Mark lives with his grandparents.

The story, or most of it anyway is told in flashbacks. First up we see that Mark's grandparents have bought a new RV and are going on vacation. This sets up the most remembered part of the movie.

The RV suddenly gets a life of it's own and speeds down the highway while the driver, Mark's grandfather (Jerry Jensen) tries to slow it down. It finally stops in the middle of the desert and both grandfather, Harold and his wife Alice are shaken up.

Stranded in the desert, Harold says he can fix the trouble and so while they eat lunch Alice (Ann Nelson) sees something odd in the distance moving towards them. It turns out to be huge rocks rolling on their own and coming fast. Harold gets the RV repaired and they find themselves trying to get away from rolling and flying boulders!!

This scene alone is worth the price of admission, and when I saw this on KCPX TV I never forgot it. Later we see another flashback that shows us what happened to Mark's mother, Ruth (Caroline Howe). Mark sees her talking to the dead mummy and is shocked to see her actually communicating with it.

One night she goes into Mark's room and sees that his body has been replaced with the shriveled mummy and it cause her to loose her sanity. This is the point that the spirit has taken Mark over.

Mark, his grandmother and his Doctor take a trip to the desert in the hopes of getting the spirit to leave Mark's body.

Director James T. Flocker was involved with some of the most obscure cinema ever. He wrote "Teenagers Battle The Thing", "Alien Encounters" and the really bizarre "Curse Of Bigfoot" which took the movie "Teenagers Battle The Things" and wrapped 30 minutes of new footage around it.

Sadly, this movie has never been released on anything but the VHS from Interglobal, which was very grainey. However, I discovered it on YouTube and the print there is very good considering.

This ultra bizarre movie is really in need of a Blu-ray release. Hopefully that will happen soon. Anyway, if you haven't seen this film I really recommend you check it out.