{"id":230673,"date":"2025-10-21T19:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230673\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T19:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:49:08","slug":"when-good-ghouls-go-bad-documentary-explores-made-for-tv-gateway-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230673\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;When Good Ghouls Go Bad&#8217; Documentary Explores Made-for-TV Gateway Horror Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Good Ghouls Go Bad, the 2001 made-for-TV gateway horror movie starring Christopher Lloyd, is the subject of a new documentary titled When Good Ghouls Go Missing.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Dylan R. Nix explores the out-of-print film\u2019s legacy in the 75-minute retrospective, streaming for free below.<\/p>\n<p>It features interviews with co-writer John Lau and actors Tom Amandes, Brittany Byrnes, Joseph Clements, Craig Marriott, and Alan Flower alongside never-before-seen photos from the production.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a concept by Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine, When Good Ghouls Go Bad premiered as part of Fox Family\u2019s 13 Nights of Halloween programming in October 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, when 12-year-old Danny Walker moves to his father\u2019s hometown in Minnesota, he finds that the town doesn\u2019t celebrate Halloween and things aren\u2019t quite what they appear to be.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is\u00a0perhaps most notably due to the fact that lead actor Joe Pichler went missing at the age of 18 under mysterious circumstances in 2006. 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