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TEENAGE GHOST PUNK is a pretty dreadful indie comedy about a family moving into a new home only to discover that the place is haunted by the titular spirit, who soon befriends the family's teenage daughter. Think of a lowbrow, dumbo copy of TRULY MADLY DEEPLY and you'll be on the right track with this one.

Given this film's non-existent budget, there are no special effects here or any kind. There's also no horror; it feels more like an average episode of HOME AND AWAY. The ghost scenes are infuriatingly twee and kiddie-centric, and although the shooting style isn't bad and the acting of the girl playing the teenage daughter is okay, it's very much a time waster with little in the way of real incident.

Directed and written by Mike Cramer, who also plays Detective Pete McGarry in the movie, Teenage Ghost Punk is about what happens when Carol (Adria Dawn) divorces her husband and takes her kids Amanda (Grace Madigan) and Adam (Noah Kitsos) from the life they've known to a new house and school.

As if fitting in at school wasn't hard enough, the family starts finding evidence that their new home is haunted. They hire Medium Madame Lidnar (Lynda Shadrake) and a team of paranormal experts, all of whom find nothing. It's Amanda that finally meets the punk rock band - the Raging Specters - led by Brian (Jack Cramer).

Getting over the guy she left back at home, who is now dating her best friend, means that Amanda is perhaps ready for new love. Who knew it would be with a dead punk rocker? Should her mother and teachers be worried about her? Or is this a healthy relationship?

You can say that this isn't really punk rock and that it's all kind of silly, but it's a teen movie about ghosts and love. You know, maybe that means it can just be fun. This is fun. I won't be cynical. I mean, a guitarist could be hit with lightning on the roof and haunt a house waiting for the right lady to come into his life. Or whatever a ghost has.

Actually, this really gets in an interesting idea that Brian dated Amanda's mom when he was alive and now, he can only see her on Halloween as a party is thrown in the house. I know this is a low budget family friendly movie, but I ended up enjoying it way more than I thought that I would.