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Spook Sport

The eerie setting of a midnight graveyard comes alive with the presence of 12 spooks and two ghosts, their movements choreographed to the haunting rhythm of the music against the backdrop of a dark and ominous night.

In this eerie and enchanting movie, the graveyard comes alive at midnight. The principal characters, including spooks, ghosts, bats, and bells, dance to the rhythm of the music under the dark night sky. As the clock strikes, the spooks and ghosts appear, moving in harmony with the xylophone of bones and the tolling bell. The mist rises, and the spooks swirl, their blue and yellow colors standing out against the blackness. As the sky lightens to a soft blue, the ghosts' dance slows, and the bones begin to play snare drums. The spooks peek out of their square graves, their scary faces appearing in the flickering light. The frenetic movement reaches its peak, but just as it seems to be reaching its climax, a rooster crows, and the characters return to the earth as the sun rises, banishing the darkness.

Info about Spook Sport

Studio(s): Creative Film Society, ONF | NFB

Originally Released: United States, Jan 01, 1940

Production Country: United States

Genres:Animation, Horror, Short