Boo! story
Ditzy porn star Sheena Sepulveda and her sleazy husband Tony move into a house they discover is haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners, the kind- hearted Nelson and Evelyn Chumsky, who reluctantly try to scare their rude guests away. Directed by: Joe Dante. Story by: Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel.
11 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ghost | choice | The story centers around a married couple of ill-repute being reluctantly driven out of their new home by the good-natured ghosts of its previous owners. |
| haunted house | choice | The story centers around a married couple of ill-repute being reluctantly driven out of their new home by the good-natured ghosts of its previous owners. |
| human characters in contrast | major | The prudish Chumskys were juxtaposed with the pornographer Sepulvedas. [prudish character vs. sleazy character] |
| human vs. human | major | Driving the plot was posthumous Chumskys' desire to rid themselves of the uncouth and uncultured couple Sheena and Tony. |
| husband and wife | major | Tony and Sheena Sepulveda made the mistake of moving into a haunted house. The ghosts of Nelson and Evelyn Chumsky were living happily in the attic of the house that they had occupied in life - that is until the ditzy porn star Sheena and her sleazy husband, Tony, moved in. Richard and Barbara Tucker were raising their two young children in a happily haunted house. |
| old-age love | major | The elderly Nelson and Evelyn Chumsky kept the spark alive in their marriage, even after their deaths. They lived happily together as ghosts in the attic of the home that they'd once occupied in life. |
| prudishness | major | The Chumskys were a quaint old couple who were quite taken aback when porn start and her husband moved into the home they inhabited. |
| sex work | major | Sheena was a porn star. Posters for several of the XXX features that she'd starred in were pinned up in her and Tony's bedroom. |
| fear | minor | In one scene, the Chumskys scared the bejesus out of Sheena by dressing up as zombies and interrupting her bout of late night love-making with Tony. |
| master and pet | minor | Tony sicced his doberman on the Chumskys. |