Private Movies 15: Ghost Bangers Review

Distributor: Private Edition Details: Standard DVD Movie Specs: Genres: Feature Film, Foreign Run Time: 89 minutes Rated: XXX Release Year: 2005 Director: Andrea Di Angelo Written by: Andrea Di Angelo Cast: Claudia Ferrari, Tera Bond, Silvy Letterman (as Sylvia Taylor), Alexa Weix (as Linda Shane), Horst Baron, Kevin King (as Kevin Solo), Lauro Giotto, Ricardo Bell Release Specs: Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (dubbed), French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (dubbed), German Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (dubbed), Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (dubbed), Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (dubbed) Subtitles: Portuguese, Greek, Dutch Video: Widescreen, 1.85:1 (anamorphic) Video Format: NTSC Format: DVD Regional Code (for DVD/Blu-ray): 0 (All) Number of discs: 1

Ghost Bangers held potential for being a fun adult ghost story. However, as tends to be the case on more and more of the recent Private feature films, there is no real plot to the film. Which is unfortunate since Private has the resources and ability to make a far better film than this. The plotted portions, which are small, only exist to connect the sex scenes together. There is no attempt to really tell a story nor really conclude one.

As the plot goes, in 1732, the Baron (Ricardo Bell), catches his wife (Claudio Ferrari) cheating on him with a count (Lauro de Giotto). The Baron kills both of them and then commits suicide. Cut to 272 years later when Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton (Kevin King and Sylvie Taylor) are looking to buy the castle. While they get a feel for the place, the ghosts of the Baron, the Baroness and the count visit.

The lack of a plot is a shame, especially since Private has found beautiful locations and has great sets for this film. Private have also gone through the lengths of collecting excellent costumes for the film. All of this adds up to nothing in a feature film without the feature portion. The film has the standard Private glossy beautiful look but is fully lacking substance on most levels.

As is usual with Private, the cast here looks great. The women are beautiful and the men look good. I don't think I've ever heard anyone complain about the looks of Private cast members. The sex scenes are lacking though. They suffer from poor editing with no transitions to the acts. You'll watch one sex act and, following an edit, you'll be watching another sex act.

All in all, what could have been a good movie ultimately becomes a slightly below average entry from Private.

The DVD release for the movie is rather standard from Private at the time. Ghost Bangers is presented in the anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The picture is clear and beautiful, which was rather standard for Private at the time the DVD was released. The movie is presented with a collection of audio tracks, English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. All of the audio tracks are Dolby Digital Stereo tracks and all of the audio tracks are dubbed. Private also included subtitles in Dutch, Portuguese, and Greek. The audio is decent except for an echo throughout.

Private has included a few extras on the DVD. There is a ten minute making of Ghost Bangers piece, which is the usual Private fluff. There is a production notes text write-up on the movie. There are also still pictures from the movie. All of which were the standard Private extras for the period.

Ghost Bangers fails as a feature film, due to the lack of plot and dialog but has decent sex scenes with a nice looking cast. The DVD release is rather standard from Private.

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