Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

mitzistallard This movie is like comfort food. I'll enjoy it every time it's served. Don Knotts is a favorite and so is the spooky theme of the movie. A perfect combination of spooky and funny! Lots of familiar faces add to its many charms. I'll watch it anytime it's on!

AaronCapenBanner Don Knotts stars as Luther Heggs, a typesetter for his local newspaper who dreams of being a reporter, and gets his chance when his editor(played by Dick Sergeant) assigns Luther the task of spending the night in the old Simmons mansion, where a murder-suicide occurred 20 years earlier. Luther spends an eventful night in the house, where he sees all kinds of ghostly activity, though after his story is published, and he hailed a hero, is dismayed to learn that he is being sued for slander by a Simmons heir, who wants to have the mansion torn down. During the trial, Luther leads the judge and jury to the mansion to prove his case, though events don't unfold according to plan... Amusing comedy makes effective use of Knott's patented humor, with a good cast of supporting actors. Silly and obvious of course, but great fun.

david-barrett-1 I joke with my friends that "Citizen Kane" isn't the greatest film of all time, "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" is. OK, maybe not THE greatest, but I loved it in 9th grade and I've loved it ever since (probably have seen it 10 times). As my observant godson noted, even the music is perfect for this kind of little movie. I think it's the best, by far, of Don Knotts' films. My favorite line is "And they used Bon Ami!" Out of curiosity, I've checked with a number of published guides to DVDs available for sales/rental and, to their credit, most of the authors of those books acknowledge that the film, however "minor," has humor and a good deal of charm, and that Knotts is at his best.

MARIO GAUCI The first Don Knotts vehicle I've watched is widely considered his best effort; however, I was let down by it following the internet hype back when the film surfaced on DVD (including an endorsement by Mario Bava biographer Tim Lucas on his blog). The title explains all: the star is a milquetoast who works as type setter at a small-town newspaper – of course, he really wants to be a journalist (though his inexperience leads him to report a murder solely on hearsay, only to be embarrassed when the alleged victim turns up shaken but very much alive at the Police station!) and eventually finds his great opportunity with a story about a legendary local haunted house (where a violent death and suicide had occurred twenty years earlier).Asked to spend the night there by his editor, the hero comes across secret panels in the library, organs that play by themselves (complete with bloodied keys), not to mention a portrait slashed by a dagger! Consequently, by the next day he's a celebrity – with frequent off-screen enthusiastic goadings of "Attaboy, Luther!" – which also earns him the attention of the woman he had long fancied but who, of course, is the girlfriend of his biggest persecutor, a hot-shot at the same paper; the latter's constant wheedling of Knotts causes the couple to split and, needless to say, the hero gets the girl himself by the end of it.Let me put it this way: THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN is a pleasant enough diversion (especially the last half-hour featuring the courtroom scene – the current owner of the haunted house has filed a libel suit, in which it's established that Knotts has always had a vivid imagination – and the eventual disastrous on-site verification of the haunting – since the manifestations, unbeknownst to the hero, were only the handiwork of the helpful Irish janitor at his workplace!). Still, plot and characterization are so clichéd as to render the film utterly predictable which, coupled with its own inherently unassuming nature, makes for something less than classic (at least in my book)! For what it's worth, Vic Mizzy's bouncy yet atmospheric score clearly proves an asset – with the antics of an old ladies' group keen on the paranormal, while essentially silly, being a fairly amusing touch as well. Incidentally, I should be able to get my hands on five more of Knotts' films – but the one I'll be sure to check out presently is THE SHAKIEST GUN IN THE WEST (1968), since it's a remake of the Bob Hope classic THE PALEFACE (1948)