Amazon.co.uk Review
In Casper's Haunted Christmas, a direct-to-video animated film, the haunted world of spooks meets the happy spirit of Christmas--a faulty premise to begin with. The plot gets even more absurd when Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, declares that Casper's "scare quota" is way down. To avoid serious repercussions, Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day, or he will be banished to the dark side. Talk about a merry holiday tale! To force the fear factor, Kibosh catapults Casper and the Ghostly Trio to Chrismassachusetts, where they must find an unsuspecting victim to scare. Kindhearted Casper doesn't have the nerve to scare anyone, so the Ghostly Trio secretly hires Casper's loo k-alike cousin, Spooky, to do the job. There's no doubt the wide-eyed little ghost is endearing, but his heyday may have ended with his series in Harvey Comics. There are some redeeming moments of humour, such as when Spooky mistakenly calls himself "Casper, the Frenzied Ghost", and country singer Randy Travis does his best to add his musical charms to the score, but overall, Scrooge would be more welcome under the mistletoe than these bunch of ghouls. Teens may discover a few laughs (if the video can keep their attention), but mildly scary scenes, thematic elements and irreverent language suggest parental guidance for the younger set. (Ages 5 and older.) --Lynn Gibson, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Avoid like death........2004-01-13
And now Saban have decided to (abysmally) computer animate their rubbish. I weep for the original '95 movie, as none of these badly acted, cheaply made sequels have cone CLOSE to doing it justice, or even keep facts intact from the original. A thetrical big-budget release following the original big-screener (the 1996 movie TV series was very well done and thoughroughly enjoyable - we want that released in it's entirety on videos! The Bumper Specials aren't enough!) could have worked, but now these are being land-before-timed. Coming out in force and each one getting worse and worse...So sad.
Good but not in the "toy story" league.......2000-12-16
well my primary reason to get this dvd was to look at the computer generated version of the casper story as i'm a 3d animator and films using computer's are scarce at the moment... Anyway the story is okay, the picture quality is good but they seem to have cut the time on animating the characters a little with not great walk cycles but over all i found it a fun little film. The acting of the voices is good if a little forced in a typical cel cartoon fashion...and the end credit out takes are a copy from toy story 2 but nice...
This should be a good present for the kids over xmas.
Customer Reviews:
something for the kids.......2004-11-20
this was bought as a stocking filler the kids love both films no matter what time of year it is a must have for young children at xmas time
Amazon.co.uk Review
In Casper's Haunted Christmas, a direct-to-video animated film, the haunted world of spooks meets the happy spirit of Christmas--a faulty premise to begin with. The plot gets even more absurd when Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, declares that Casper's "scare quota" is way down. To avoid serious repercussions, Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day, or he will be banished to the dark side. Talk about a merry holiday tale! To force the fear factor, Kibosh catapults Casper and the Ghostly Trio to Chrismassachusetts, where they must find an unsuspecting victim to scare. Kindhearted Casper doesn't have the nerve to scare anyone, so the Ghostly Trio secretly hires Casper's loo k-alike cousin, Spooky, to do the job. There's no doubt the wide-eyed little ghost is endearing, but his heyday may have ended with his series in Harvey Comics. There are some redeeming moments of humour, such as when Spooky mistakenly calls himself "Casper, the Frenzied Ghost", and country singer Randy Travis does his best to add his musical charms to the score, but overall, Scrooge would be more welcome under the mistletoe than these bunch of ghouls. Teens may discover a few laughs (if the video can keep their attention), but mildly scary scenes, thematic elements and irreverent language suggest parental guidance for the younger set. (Ages 5 and older.) --Lynn Gibson, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Avoid like death........2004-01-13
And now Saban have decided to (abysmally) computer animate their rubbish. I weep for the original '95 movie, as none of these badly acted, cheaply made sequels have cone CLOSE to doing it justice, or even keep facts intact from the original. A thetrical big-budget release following the original big-screener (the 1996 movie TV series was very well done and thoughroughly enjoyable - we want that released in it's entirety on videos! The Bumper Specials aren't enough!) could have worked, but now these are being land-before-timed. Coming out in force and each one getting worse and worse...So sad.
Good but not in the "toy story" league.......2000-12-16
well my primary reason to get this dvd was to look at the computer generated version of the casper story as i'm a 3d animator and films using computer's are scarce at the moment... Anyway the story is okay, the picture quality is good but they seem to have cut the time on animating the characters a little with not great walk cycles but over all i found it a fun little film. The acting of the voices is good if a little forced in a typical cel cartoon fashion...and the end credit out takes are a copy from toy story 2 but nice...
This should be a good present for the kids over xmas.
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