Ghost Fever (1987) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Two police officers become entangled with plantation ghosts, a cursed vampire, and an afterlife tied to the threatened house.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Foreclosure Mission

Buford and Benny arrive to serve an eviction notice at an historic plantation. Andrew Lee and Jethro decide to resist the foreclosure, creating an immediate conflict between the officers and the ghosts.

Key Events

• Eviction Notice Assignment — The two police officers are sent to serve an eviction notice on an historic plantation. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Greendale County
• Ghosts Resist Foreclosure — Andrew Lee and Jethro decide to prevent their old home from being foreclosed upon. Characters: Andrew Lee, Buford / Jethro Location: Historic plantation
• Mansion Exploration — The officers explore the mansion while investigating the property. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Plantation mansion
• Hidden Laboratory Found — Buford discovers a laboratory once used to experiment upon and torture plantation slaves. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Hidden laboratory

Secrets Beneath the Mansion

The officers explore the mansion and discover a hidden laboratory connected to experiments and torture. Aggressive supernatural events begin, although Lee and Jethro insistently are not responsible.

Key Events

• Aggressive Hauntings Begin — Aggressive supernatural events begin, confusing Lee and Jethro because they are not responsible. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Plantation mansion
• Residents Discovered — The officers find Linda and Lisa, the home's two residents. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa Location: Plantation house
• Grandfather Suspected — The sisters say they believe their racist dead grandfather is the aggressive ghost. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa Location: Plantation house
• Medium Arrives — The sisters introduce Madame St. Esprit, a spiritual medium called to hold a séance. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa, Madame St. Esprit Location: Plantation house

The Séance Unleashed

Linda and Lisa explain their suspicion about their dead grandfather and introduce Madame St. Esprit. The séance produces a violent attack involving lightning-like spirit energy, deepening the mystery.

Key Events

• Séance Spirit Attack — The séance triggers a supernatural attack involving lightning-like spirit energy. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa, Madame St. Esprit Location: Plantation house
• Nighttime Ghostly Mischief — More ghostly mischief occurs during the evening and into the night. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Plantation grounds
• Curse Reconstructed — Jethro realizes that enslaved people placed a voodoo curse upon their master. Characters: Andrew Lee, Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Plantation

Curse and Vampire Rising

Jethro reconstructs the history of a voodoo curse that transformed the plantation master into an immortal vampire. The vampire appears, zombies emerge, and the officers face a direct supernatural threat.

Key Events

• Vampire Origin Revealed — The curse transformed the plantation master into an immortal vampire. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Plantation grounds
• Vampire Emerges — The vampire appears, and the officers begin encountering zombies around the plantation. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Plantation grounds
• Zombie Encounters — The officers face zombies while trying to survive the supernatural threat. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Plantation grounds
• Vampire Destroyed — Benny kills the vampire by driving a stake through its heart. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny Location: Plantation grounds

A Haunted Afterlife

Benny destroys the vampire and later wins a boxing match with supernatural assistance, using the prize money to save the plantation. The officers then die in a crash and return as ghosts to join Linda and Lisa.

Key Events

• Sisters Reveal Death — Linda and Lisa reveal that they have been dead for many years and are tied to the house. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa Location: Plantation house
• Boxing Match Begins — Benny enters a boxing match with the plantation's financial rescue depending on the prize. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Boxing venue
• Prize Saves Plantation — With help from Lee and Jethro, Benny wins and uses the prize money to stop foreclosure. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Boxing venue
• Fatal Rural Crash — Lee and Jethro cause a car crash that kills the officers as they drive at night. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Andrew Lee Location: Rural road
• Ghosts Return Home — The ghosts of Buford and Benny return to the plantation to spend the afterlife with Linda and Lisa. Characters: Buford / Jethro, Benny, Linda, Lisa, Andrew Lee Location: Plantation

Story Breakdown

• Foreclosure Assignment — The officers arrive to enforce the plantation's eviction while its ghosts resist losing their old home.
  • Police Mission — Buford and Benny are sent to serve an eviction notice.
  • Ghostly Resistance — Andrew Lee and Jethro decide to prevent foreclosure.
• Mansion Investigation — The officers search the plantation and uncover evidence of its violent hidden history.
  • Hidden Laboratory — Buford discovers the former laboratory used for experiments and torture.
  • Uncontrolled Hauntings — Dangerous supernatural events begin, confusing the resident ghosts.
• Residents And Suspicions — Linda and Lisa provide information about the house and identify a possible source of the attacks.
  • Sisters Found — The officers meet the plantation's two resident sisters.
  • Dead Grandfather — The sisters suspect their racist dead grandfather is the aggressive ghost.
• Séance Escalation — A medium is brought in, but the attempt to communicate with spirits becomes a supernatural attack.
  • Medium Invited — Madame St. Esprit is called to conduct a séance.
  • Spirit Energy — The séance unleashes lightning-like supernatural energy.
• Curse And Vampire — The plantation's past is connected to a voodoo curse and an immortal vampire.
  • Voodoo Curse — Jethro realizes that enslaved people cursed their former master.
  • Zombie Threat — The vampire appears and zombies begin attacking around the plantation.
• Vampire Defeated — Benny confronts the supernatural threat and destroys the vampire using a stake.
  • Final Confrontation — The officers encounter the vampire amid the zombie attacks.
  • Heart Staking — Benny kills the vampire by staking it through the heart.
• Saving The Plantation — The supernatural mystery gives way to a practical struggle to prevent foreclosure.
  • Dead Sisters — Linda and Lisa reveal that they have been dead for many years.
  • Boxing Prize — Benny wins a boxing match with help from Lee and Jethro.
  • Foreclosure Prevented — The prize money is used to keep the plantation from foreclosure.
• Afterlife Return — The story ends with death transforming the officers' relationship to the plantation and its ghosts.
  • Rural Crash — Lee and Jethro cause the officers to die in a nighttime car crash.
  • Ghostly Reunion — Buford and Benny return as ghosts to spend the afterlife with Linda and Lisa.

Directed by

Lee Madden, Alan Smithee

Key Cast

• Sherman Hemsley — Buford / Jethro
• Luis Ávalos — Benny
• Jennifer Rhodes — Madame St. Esprit
• Deborah Benson — Linda
• Diana Brookes — Lisa