Ghostkeeper

This article is about the 1981 horror film. For the band of the same name, see Ghostkeeper (band).

Ghostkeeper
Original poster artwork
Directed byJames Makichuk
Written by
  • James Makichuk
  • Doug MacLeod
Produced byHoward J. Cole
Starring
CinematographyJohn Holbrook
Edited byStan Cole
Music byPaul Zaza
Production
company
Badland Pictures
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • March 3, 1982 (1982-03-03)[1]
Running time
87 minutes[2]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
BudgetCA$650,000–1 million[a]

Ghostkeeper is a 1981 Canadian supernatural slasher film directed by James Makichuk, and starring Riva Spier, Georgie Collins, and Murray Ord. Its plot centers on a trio of snowmobilers in the Canadian Rockies who become stranded at an abandoned hotel where the elderly female innkeeper is hiding an evil entity within the building. The film is inspired by the Windigo legend of North America.[5]

Filmed in Banff, Alberta under a tax shelter in December 1980, the film had an unstable financial situation and the filmmakers nearly halted the production mid-way through due to depletion of its budget. The film was given a minuscule theatrical run in Canada and the United States and is consequently little-known among horror film fans, but has attained a cult following over the years.[6][7]

The independent cult label Code Red Releasing later acquired the film, and released on DVD for the first time in April 2012. In August 2017, they reissued the film on Blu-ray featuring a new 2K scan of the original film elements.

  1. ^ a b McCracken, Rosemary (March 4, 1982). "City fans face wait to view homegrown horror film". Calgary Herald. p. B17 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Vatnsdal 2004, p. 240.
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  5. ^ Coffel, Chris (December 30, 2016). "6 Horror Films to Help You Ring in The New Year". Film School Rejects. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Ghostkeeper Review". MJ Simpson: Cult Movies and the People Who Make Them. 2006. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
  7. ^ Lengeman, Bill (June 2006). "The Wendigo (essay)". The Internet Review of Science Fiction. Retrieved March 25, 2010.


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