HallowScream - Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Hey guys, Chuck here. And, after the modest success of Casper , Universal and Amblin were keen to produce a sequel. However, that wouldn't end up happening, as The Harvey Entertainment Company would cut a deal with 20th Century Fox and Saban Entertainment to produce a pair of direct-to-video prequels. The first of these would be Casper: A Spirited Beginning , released in 1997. Directed by Sean McNamara, this movie stars Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Michael McKean, Debi Mazar, Rodney Dangerfield, Shannon Chandler, and Richard Moll, with the voice talents of Jeremy Foley, James Ward, Jess Harnell, Bill Farmer, Pauly Shore, and James Earl Jones. The movie opens with Casper being one of five ghosts on board a spectral train heading to Ghost Central Station, where new ghosts are trained in the ways of being a ghost. Unfortunately, the confused Casper bothers one of the other passengers, who tosses him out of the window. The train goes on to Gho