ghost town start a kate barrett ( catherine hickland ) drive along an isolated desert road and her car suddenly break down and she hear horse hoofs approach . deputy sheriff langley ( frank luz ) of riverton county be call in to investigate kate disappearance after her father report her missing . he find her broken down car and drive off look for her and unfortunately his car break down too and he have to walk . langley end up at at a deserted rundown ghost town and much to his shock langley soon discover that it be quite literally a ghost town a it populate by the ghost of it former resident and be run by the evil devlin ( jimmie f. skaggs ) who have kidnap kate for reason never explain and it up to langley to rescue her and end the town curse . the one and only directorial effort of richard governor this odd film do not really do much for me and i do not like it all that much . the script by duke sandefur try to mix the horror and western genre which it doesn not do to any great effect . have you ever wonder why there aren not more horror western hybrid film out there . well and neither have i but if i be to ask myself such a question i would find all the answer in ghost town because it not very good . the two genre just do not mix that well . there be plenty of clichés and on the western side of thing there the innocent townsfolk who be to scar to stand up to a gang of thug who be terrorise them and the shoot out in the main street and saloon bar with swing door and prostitute upstairs and horror wise there plenty of cobweb and some ghost and an ancient curse and talk corps and a few violent kill . i be just very underwhelmed by it and i suppose there nothing terribly wrong with it other than it just dull and the two genre do not sit together that well . there be a few hole in the plot too and why do devlin kidnap kate . i know she resemble his previous girlfriend but how do he know that and what be he go to do with her anyway . we never know why this ghost town be full of ghost either and i mean what keep them there and what cause them to come back a ghost . then there the bit at the end where devlin after be shot say he can not be kill only for langley to kill him a few second later and i mean why do not the bullet work in the first place . director governor do alright and there a nice horror film atmosphere with some well lit cobweb strewn set and the standard hollywood western town be represent here with a central street with wooden building line either side of it . i wouldn not say it scary because it isn not and there not much tension either and the film drag in place despite be only just over 80 odd minute in length . forget about any gore and there a few bloody gunshot wound and an after the fact shot of two people with their throat slit and someone be impale with a metal pole and that it . i would have imagine the budget be pretty small here and it reasonably well make and be competent if nothing else . credit where credit due the period costume and set be pretty good actually . the acting be alright but no one go to win any award . ghost town be a strange film and i be not really sure who it mean to appeal to and it certainly do not appeal to me . anyone look for a western will be annoy with the dumb horror element while anyone look for a horror film will be bore by the western element . it something a bit different but that doesn not mean it any good and worth a watch if your desperate but do not bust a gut to see it .