Our beloved cast of Ghosts premiered their highly anticipated new film Ghosts: The Possession of Button House on 14th October in London’s West End. The film was quick to reach number one at the UK box office and receive rave reviews in the press, with The Guardian awarding four stars for its “new levels of giddiness”.
The film features all eight fan-favourite ghosts, the return of Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, as well as new characters such as Jack Marsh, played by Scott Ellis Watson. And it was, of course, the film’s central character Jack Marsh that is hilariously possessed by disgraced MP Julian Fawcett, reprised by Simon Farnaby, rewarding fans with 1 hour 37 minutes of pure fun.
The film felt, rather joyously, like an epic episode of the BBC’s Ghosts TV series – which ran for a total of five seasons before coming to an end in 2023.
The film certainly felt like a homecoming for its dedicated audiences and was a joy from beginning to end.
Lolly Adefope, who plays Georgian-era ghost Kitty, joked that she, like fans, was “breadcrumbed” by writers and main cast members Mathew Baynton and Laurence Rickard as to whether a Ghosts film would come to fruition; Adefope told the Radio Times that it was “kind of like when you see a coin on the floor and you go to pick it up and then it’s being pulled on a string”.
But aren’t we all so grateful for Ghosts’ return – long-awaited as it may be! The film certainly felt like a homecoming for its dedicated audiences and was a joy from beginning to end.
Online accusations claiming that the Ghosts: The Possession of Button House relies on audiences having watched and enjoyed the original series may be true. The film revisits the series’ classic running jokes and plots but does so shamelessly, proud to give back to their lifelong fans.
