Character Relationship Map: Ghost Fever

Characters

• Buford / Jethro (played by Sherman Hemsley) — protagonist

  This combined listing covers Buford, a Greendale County police officer sent with Benny to serve an eviction notice, and Jethro, a ghost who once lived as a slave on the plantation. Buford investigates...

• Benny (played by Luis Ávalos) — supporting

  Benny is a Greendale County police officer sent with Buford to serve an eviction notice at the plantation. He investigates its supernatural activity, helps confront the vampire, and wins a boxing matc...

• Madame St. Esprit (played by Jennifer Rhodes) — supporting

  Madame St. Esprit is a spiritual medium whom Linda and Lisa introduce to Buford and Benny after explaining their belief that their dead grandfather is responsible for the aggressive haunting. She has...

• Andrew Lee (played by Myron Healey) — supporting

  Andrew Lee is a ghost and former owner of the plantation. He joins Jethro in trying to prevent their old home from being foreclosed upon, but he and Jethro are confused when dangerous supernatural eve...

• Linda (played by Deborah Benson) — supporting

  Linda is one of two sisters living in the plantation house with Lisa. She and her sister tell Buford and Benny that they believe their racist dead grandfather is behind the dangerous haunting, and int...

• Lisa (played by Diana Brookes) — supporting

  Lisa is one of two sisters living in the plantation house with Linda. She and her sister explain to Buford and Benny that they suspect their racist dead grandfather is causing the aggressive supernatu...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Madame St. Esprit → Lisa (Professional Séance Client) — Their connection is based on the séance arranged for the plantation.

  Lisa participates in introducing Madame St. Esprit, who has been called upon to conduct a séance at the house.

• Madame St. Esprit → Linda (Professional Séance Client) — Madame is brought in to investigate the supernatural disturbance affecting the residents.

  Linda and Lisa introduce the officers to Madame St. Esprit, a spiritual medium called to hold a séance.

• Linda → Lisa (Family Sisters) — They share the plantation and jointly explain its supernatural history.

  The residents are explicitly described as two sisters named Linda and Lisa.

• Buford / Jethro → Benny (Professional Police Partners) — They work together as the film's investigating police team.

  Buford and Benny are identified as Greendale County police officers who are sent together to serve an eviction notice.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Andrew Lee → Madame St. Esprit (Conflict Séance Adversaries) — Lee is connected to the supernatural forces present during the séance, though the dangerous attack is not attributed to him.

  The séance arranged at the plantation leads to a supernatural attack, while Lee is one of the plantation's resident ghosts.

• Madame St. Esprit → Buford / Jethro (Narrative Supernatural Witnesses) — Madame's séance directly exposes the officers to the plantation's supernatural danger.

  The officers meet Madame St. Esprit, and the séance leads to a supernatural attack involving lightning-like spirit energy.

• Lisa → Buford / Jethro (Social Hosts) — Lisa helps connect the officers with the plantation's supernatural investigation.

  Lisa is one of the residents who introduces the officers to Madame St. Esprit for a séance.

• Linda → Buford / Jethro (Social Hosts) — Linda interacts with the officers as a resident and source of information.

  Linda and Lisa are found by the officers inside the home and explain their belief that their dead grandfather is the aggressive ghost.

• Andrew Lee → Benny (Alliance Unstable Ally) — Lee supports Benny's immediate goal before becoming responsible for his final fate.

  Andrew Lee helps Benny win the boxing match, but Lee later participates with Jethro in the car crash that kills the officers.

• Andrew Lee → Buford / Jethro (Conflict Opponents) — Their initial goals place them on opposite sides of the foreclosure conflict.

  Andrew Lee and Jethro attempt to prevent the plantation from being foreclosed upon, while the officers arrive to serve an eviction notice.

Story Analysis

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

Plot Progression

1. 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 ghost...
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 thre...
5. 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...