Spuk Unterm Riesenrad (4 Stars)

It's time to go to the cinema with Oliver again. I'm hoping that he'll become as much of a film fan as I am. Maybe he can even write a blog one day. But that's too much to hope.

This is a German film based on a television series that was shown on East German television in 1979. The title means "Haunting beneath the big wheel". It sounds better in German. Honest.

Three girls, Tammi, Umbo and Keks, are united when their grandfather dies. He was the owner of a fairground in a unnamed German village. (It was filmed in the beautiful town Bernburg). In a freak storm three of the figures from the ghost train come to life. At first only Tammi sees them, but eventually all three girls become acquainted with them. The ghosts don't like the idea that the fairground, their home, will be sold, so they go on a rampage, casting spells and creating chaos in the village. They do wicked things like stealing the policemen's clothes.

It's a sight too terrible for human eyes.

Don't look, Tammi!

I found the film mildly amusing. At first I wanted to give it a lower rating, but I think it deserves four stars. The film was a hit with the audience, reasonably large considering it was the film's second week. Oliver liked it. That's all that matters.