The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
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A typesetter (Don Knotts) for a small town newspaper persues his dream of becoming a big-time reporter by spending a night in an alleged haunted house. (imdb)
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Family/Kids, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Alan Rafkin
Written By: Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell
Starring: Philip Ober, Don Knotts, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Liam Redmond, Charles Lane, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Joan Staley, Jesslyn Fax, Nydia Westman, Harry Hickox
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken belongs to 9 collections
1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 30 stars)
2. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 27 stars)
3. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
4. Haunted House (public: moderated by Moribunny - 1 star)
5. Horror comedies (your public collection - 1 star) | remove from collection
6. Welcome to the Basement (private: donkeyjelly)
7. DVD/BluRay (private: djcrawfo)
8. Netflix Canada (private: geohawk)
9. Imported Rankings - Aug 10, 2013 18:19 (your hidden collection) | remove from collection
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| Feb 10 | davidjn | 50 30% |
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| Feb 02 | OgreZed | 70 52% |
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| Jan 09 | cengaveri | 75 61% |
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kendell | 70 41% |
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zmoats | 73 43% |
| Oct 09, 2017 |  |
Timon88 | 46 44% |
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I loved this as a kid, but my memories of it bear out the veracity of some of the other comments: literally the only things I remember about this flick are the scenes in the haunted house, and I do remember that while watching it, I couldn't wait for the movie to get back there (suggesting that it did not spend nearly enough time there).
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caocao | 70 57% |
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RavynLoony | 57 51% |
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NathanBates | 80 73% |
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RYM-byrates | 66 64% |
| Jan 14, 2017 | cshadows2887 | 88 31% |
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| Jan 06, 2017 | Buff | 40 27% |
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| Dec 19, 2016 | jgollner | 60 22% |
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| Dec 18, 2016 | chester9876 | 100 76% |
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hiromiyamoto | 83 40% |
| Sep 17, 2016 | filmcricket | 53 40% |
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DougCollins | 75 27% |
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clayj41 | 68 43% |
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ChillyDilly | 60 42% |
| Dec 20, 2015 | gloryhornet | 40 1% |
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| Sep 27, 2015 | SnoopyStyle | 60 43% |
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| Jul 19, 2015 | bensonmum2 | 80 84% |
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| May 10, 2015 | jrmoviemania | 70 59% |
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| Apr 29, 2015 |  |
avgcrtckr | 52 47% |
| Apr 16, 2015 |  |
Tomhet | 5 53% |
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I'm over-rating this due to childhood nostalgia (it was a staple at my father's and used to make me laugh and scare the shit out of me at times). That organ theme inside the mansion is still creepy as hell.
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| Apr 11, 2015 | daystron7 | 44 29% |
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| Nov 27, 2014 | franpattak | 54 38% |
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| Sep 08, 2014 | thomas_d | 100 85% |
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...And they used Bon Ami!
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| Jun 26, 2014 |  |
Swinger | 70 54% |
| Dec 03, 2013 |  |
Luna6ix | 74 41% |
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most of don knotts' movies were a little on the childish side, but this one is almost too tame. you'd be better off looking elsewhere if you want to watch a knotts movie.
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| Oct 21, 2013 |  |
geoffe | 91 27% |
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Sheldrake | 50 36% |
| May 27, 2013 | mcaustic | 60 68% |
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| Feb 22, 2013 | Ronin21 | 64 18% |
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| Nov 24, 2012 | myfavchords | 68 22% |
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Din Knotts is very good and funny in this movie. Knotts plays the type of character he is known for a nervous, shy man. This movie works best in the scenes in the spooky house. However most of the movie takes place out of the haunted house and there are far too many scenes that do not really add anything to the movie.
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| Oct 24, 2012 |  |
adamj1982 | 85 85% |
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The classic Don Knotts shines in this comical "haunted house" film, which has became a yearly Halloween viewing in my home.
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| Oct 03, 2012 |  |
x-human | 68 26% |
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Unfortunately while Knotts' scared routine is excellent here there's very little actually in a haunted house. In fact his best scare act is during a public speaking event. So while we only get a few brief flirts with the macabre I enjoyed this overall.
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| Aug 12, 2012 |  |
tonydal | 75 55% |
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Rather a slight premise, but an amiable adventure all around with a good cast supporting Mr Chicken. Not sure I quite bought the wrap-up at the end (or why it took so long to come out in the open)...but this being a comedy, I guess that isn't really too crucial a consideration.
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| Jun 16, 2012 | Merv_Taylor | 88 64% |
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Funny
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| Jun 08, 2012 | moviesnmore | 95 45% |
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stuie299 | 55 14% |
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Gordon Cole | 46 27% |
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Dunstan-xxx | 59 39% |
| Feb 07, 2012 | Cinemafan89 | 85 72% |
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| Feb 06, 2012 | Cinemafan91 | 75 61% |
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mynameisdoug | 70 35% |
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p00q | 75 64% |
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Antares | 72 62% |
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| Mar 17, 2011 | superkell89 | 88 53% |
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| Sep 25, 2010 | PaulCurtis | 84 55% |
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TV+Film-Hub | 5 28% |
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jeff_v | 57 17% |
| Dec 15, 2009 | Twatsnot9 | 55 86% |
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| Aug 18, 2009 | eriond | 80 68% |
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| Aug 02, 2009 | Kalmah7 | 47 13% |
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Don Knotts is fun, and the movie is for a bit, but even at 90 minutes it's draggy at best.
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| Jul 20, 2009 | Skoit7up | 70 26% |
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| Jun 09, 2009 | oaic | 100 79% |
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| Jun 05, 2009 |  |
Riverbelle | 98 93% |
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Cheesy movie from the 60s, but all worth while because of Don Knotts
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| Apr 27, 2009 |  |
imdb | 71 71% |
| Mar 18, 2009 |  |
Garlonuss | 68 21% |
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Fairly typical fare for this era and Don Knotts plays the same character he always has: the hapless dweeb. But if you enjoy those things (as I do when the mood hits me) this is a serviceable movie to scratch your itch.
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| Jan 04, 2009 |  |
babamots | 40 17% |
| Oct 04, 2008 | brkwrn | 78 30% |
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A guilty pleasure. I'm sorry to say that I need to see this at least once every fall in preparation for Halloween.
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GateOvNanna | 71 51% |
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Travisbickle | 60 13% |
| May 06, 2008 | tmaustin89 | 76 22% |
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ZombieBuffet | 60 47% |
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supergloo | 3 10% |
| Average Percentile 44.54% from 71 Rankings |  |
