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Shivering Spooks

1926 · 20 min Comedy
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

The kids are playing baseball when a man dressed in Middle-Eastern clothing comes out and tells them to be quiet. They join Mary, Farina, and Scooter in the gang's hide-out while Mary is reading ghost stories. While on the other side of the wall, the Arab-looking man is cheating people out of their money by staging a fake séance using state-of-the-art special effects. The cave entrance for the gang's hide-out collapses, so they light candles and dig into the wall, entering into the house. The "suckers" find out they are being cheated and run to get the cops to book the guys. The guys find out that the kids are in the house, and one dresses up in a ghost costume and chases the kids throughout the house.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1926
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy
Director Robert F. McGowan
Runtime 20 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (2 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Director Robert F. McGowan constructs a classic farce, relying on the contrast between childhood innocence and adult deceit. He explores this through the clever division of space—a dark hideout and a deceptive house—where the two worlds inevitably collide.

What lingers after the frantic chase through creaking rooms is the pure, chaotic joy of a childhood scare. The film builds its humor on simple physical comedy and the universal fear of things that go bump in the night. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Robert F. McGowan

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Best enjoyed as a light, evening comedy that parodies spooky séance tropes with silent-era charm.

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