We Have A Ghost is a 2023 American supernatural horror movie. The movie was written and directed by Christopher Landon. The movie is based on a short story titled Ernest by Geoff Manaugh. Marty Bowen and Dan Halsted are the producers of the movie.
The stars of We have a Ghost are David Harbour, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash, Faith Ford, Niles Fitch, Steve Coulter, Jennifer Coolidge, Dr. Phil McGraw, Jahi Winston, and Anthony Mackie. Legendary Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment are the production companies of the movie. We have a ghost that was released on 24 February 2023 on Netflix as its distributor.
The running time for We have a Ghost is 127 Minutes. The movie has a budget of over $75 Million. The production for We have a Ghost was announced in July 2021. Christopher Landon was announced as the writer and director for the movie.
David Harbour was always Landon’s first choice for the role of Ernest, and he told in an interview, “I knew that the role was incredibly challenging because there’s no dialog, so he just has to do so much with so little.
We had a meeting, and he told me he was terrified of doing it, which I thought was great because it shows that he was feeling vulnerable and intrigued, and excited. By the end of our meeting, I think we both felt really strongly that it was a good match.”
Principal photography for We Have A Ghost started in August 2021, and the locations chosen were Donaldsonville and New Orleans. But the filming of the movie for halted because of the landfall of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. The filming for the movie resumed in October, and only finishing scenes were left to shoot.
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Plot Details Of We Have A Ghost
The viewers are excited to know the plot details for We Have A Ghost. The last owners of the house fled, and now the Preslys are offered the house at a low price. They are suspicious of this low price, but the agent tells them that the prices have been low recently.
Kevin is the youngest among the family and discovers some noise in the attic as he discovers a ghost with his mobile phone light. He didn’t get scared but instead laughed. He returns to the attic after that to have a chat with the ghost. The ghost can’t talk and does not remember much about his past life.
Kevin gives him a name and calls him Ernest, as that is the name written on his bowling shirt. Fulton, Kevin’s elder brother, appears, and he bullies Kevin for his phone, but Ernest helps him. Fulton somehow discovers a video of Ernest and his first encounter with Kevin, and Fulton shows this video to their father.
Frank, instead of scaring, creates a youtube channel in order to make money out of this. Kevin meets Joy at school, and she refers to his house as the ‘House of Death.’
When the first video of Ernest goes live, Joy researches everything about Ernest S and tells Kevin that he lived there from 1965 to 1971. Joy suggests Kevin take Ernest to a bar belonging to his house to recover his lost memories.
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How Did We Have A Ghost Ended?
The viewers are curious to know the ending of We Have A Ghost. The movie is not your typical horror with terrifying scenes. But it is a movie with comedy in it. There enters an unexpected guest into Presley’s House. Ernest was waiting for everybody to sleep so that he could finish what he had started in the first place.
But to the viewer’s surprise, the old man chases the family with a gun. What Ernest told Kevin about Randy’s past was only half true. Randy was in great pain when his wife expired, but he never left his daughter behind.
Ernest told Kevin that he and his wife never wished for a child and instead snatched Randy’s daughter and deiced to raise her as their own daughter. Ernest killed Randy and later buried his body in the ground. But Ernest, after telling all this, planned to shoot Kevin, but Randy, as a loyal friend, saved Kevin.
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