Generally, if your house turns out to be haunted, it’s a sign that things aren’t going to turn out well – call in Father Merrin, Yvette Fielding, the Ghostbusters, or whoever you can to sort it out. But in We Have A Ghost – the new adventure-mystery-comedy from Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon – the appearance of David Harbour’s undead Ernest isn’t a bad omen, but an opportunity to right wrongs (and get some internet kudos along the way). Because it turns out Ernest is not only a friendly ghost, but one who can’t remember why he died or why he’s stuck in the dilapidated house of teenager Kevin and his family. Cue an investigation into what happened to Ernest, while the CIA close in and viral fame rears its head. Watch the trailer here:
Well, that looks like charming fun – Landon created warm characters and witty ideas to great effect in his horror fare, which looks to translate here in a more family-friendly tale. Plus, Harbour looks like great casting as a loveable spectre (who communicated largely in grunts), with Anthony Mackie entering the frame as Frank’s dad, Tig Notaro playing the sinister agent coming in to spoil the fun, and Queen & Slim’s Jahi Winston stepping into a leading role as Kevin. Oh, and did we mention that Jennifer Coolidge is here as a super-coiffed medium? Because she is, and her unstoppable resurgence looks set to continue. Check out the poster here:
Landon wrote the screenplay himself, adapting Geoff Manaugh’s Vice-published short story – marking a very different kind of ghost story from a filmmaker whose cinematic spectres have tended to be of the Paranormal Activity persuasion. Catch the film on Netflix from 24 February.