| rdfs:comment | - The Canterville Ghost was an episode of The Ghost Busters.
- The Canterville Ghost is a TV special released on September 26, 1988.
- The plot is set in motion when the American Otis family moves into the old English country house Canterville Chase. They are warned that the house is haunted before they move in but are unconcerned at first. They soon accept that the ghost is real but are not frightened by it. The ghost, who had been frightening all those who stayed at Canterville Chase for three hundred years, takes the Americans' unwillingness to be scared by him as a great insult. He grows to despise them all, except for the teenage daughter Virginia, who he feels is different from the rest of her family. At the end of the story, the ghost asks for Virginia's help to lift the curse which is on him and allow him to rest in peace.
- The story begins when the Otis family, Americans who are very modern and quite materialistic, move into an old English country house called Canterville Chase. Mr. Otis is warned that the house is haunted before he moves in but he and his family are skeptical at first. The family soon come to accept that the ghost is real but they are not at all frightened by it. The ghost, who had been terrifying all those who stayed at Canterville Chase for three hundred years, is greatly insulted by the fact that he does not scare the Americans. He grows to hate the family, except for the teenage girl Virginia, who he feels is different from the others. At the end of the story, Virginia helps the ghost to finally rest in peace.
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| abstract | - The Canterville Ghost was an episode of The Ghost Busters.
- The story begins when the Otis family, Americans who are very modern and quite materialistic, move into an old English country house called Canterville Chase. Mr. Otis is warned that the house is haunted before he moves in but he and his family are skeptical at first. The family soon come to accept that the ghost is real but they are not at all frightened by it. The ghost, who had been terrifying all those who stayed at Canterville Chase for three hundred years, is greatly insulted by the fact that he does not scare the Americans. He grows to hate the family, except for the teenage girl Virginia, who he feels is different from the others. At the end of the story, Virginia helps the ghost to finally rest in peace. Movie adaptations of "The Canterville Ghost" were released in 1944, 1985, 1986 and 1996. Stage plays, musicals, operas, radio plays and comic books based on the story have also been produced.
- The plot is set in motion when the American Otis family moves into the old English country house Canterville Chase. They are warned that the house is haunted before they move in but are unconcerned at first. They soon accept that the ghost is real but are not frightened by it. The ghost, who had been frightening all those who stayed at Canterville Chase for three hundred years, takes the Americans' unwillingness to be scared by him as a great insult. He grows to despise them all, except for the teenage daughter Virginia, who he feels is different from the rest of her family. At the end of the story, the ghost asks for Virginia's help to lift the curse which is on him and allow him to rest in peace. Much of the humor in the story is derived from the clash of cultures which occurs when members of the modern and largely materialistic American Otis family find themselves facing old English traditions and a centuries old ghost. The story contains the famous line, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language." "The Canterville Ghost" has been adapted numerous times for other media, serving as the basis for stage plays, musicals, operas, animated and live-action films and television programs, radio plays and comic books.
- The Canterville Ghost is a TV special released on September 26, 1988.
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