{"id":68815,"date":"2019-02-06T15:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=68815"},"modified":"2019-02-06T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:52:35","slug":"creepy-comedy-ghost-light-will-open-the-oxford-film-fest-at-the-ford-center-thursday-february-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/creepy-comedy-ghost-light-will-open-the-oxford-film-fest-at-the-ford-center-thursday-february-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Creepy Comedy &#8220;Ghost Light&#8221; Will Open the Oxford Film Fest at The Ford Center Thursday, February 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The film will play at 7:15 pm at The Gertrude Ford Center; a Q&amp;A will follow.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ghost Light\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is a supernatural comedy with a horrifying twist directed by <strong>John Stimpson\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>The\u00a0Legend\u00a0of\u00a0Lucy\u00a0Keyes,\u00a0A\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Kiss<\/em>) and conceived and written by John Stimpson and <strong>Geoffrey Taylor<\/strong>. The film stars <strong>Carol Kane<\/strong> (<em>The\u00a0Princess\u00a0Bride,\u00a0Addams\u00a0Family\u00a0Values<\/em>)<em>,\u00a0<\/em><strong>Cary Elwes<\/strong> (<em>Saw, The Princess Bride<\/em>), and <strong>Danielle Campbell<\/strong> (<em>The\u00a0Originals<\/em>)<span style=\"background-color: rgb(232, 234, 235);\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carol-Still-2.jpeg?resize=512%2C215\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68817\"\/><figcaption>Carol Kane<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ghost Light <\/em>is a haunted comedy about the absurd\u2014but very seriously regarded\u2014superstitions of the theatre, specifically those surrouinding <strong>Shakespeare<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>Macbeth<\/strong><\/em>. When a disgruntles and arrogant understudy tempts fate by uttering the forbidden name of the &#8220;Scottish King&#8221; on stage, the sorcery of the Bard&#8217;s witches overwhelms the production leading to chaos, misfortune, and death. All&#8217;s well that end well . . . but not for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Group-Still-3.jpeg?resize=512%2C215\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68818\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film will play at 7:15 pm at The Gertrude Ford Center; a Q&amp;A will follow. 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