Casper
A Spirited Beginning was billed as the prequel to the 1995 family film
Casper, based on the classic Harvey
cartoon character "Casper the Friendly
Ghost," is a
direct-to-video entry is aimed at younger kids (though some of the scenes
may be inappropriate for really young children). The story begins as Casper,
who is new to the ghostly plane, rides a death train towards Ghost Central
Station where he is to attend a camp to train him to scare people. Instead,
he irritates another passenger and is tossed off the train. The bewildered
little spirit lands in Deedstown where he becomes friends with 10-year-old
Chris Carson, a troubled boy whose mother is gone and whose work-obsessed
father ignores him. Chris sees that Casper is troubled too and so decides
to show him how to be a real ghost by taking him to Applegate Manor, the
town's haunted house, and introducing him to the riotous Ghostly Trio.
~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast Players: Steve
Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael
McKean
