11-year-old Max spends his time practising magic tricks. He doesn't have many friends, but that's about to change. He meets two ghosts who claim they used to live in his house. He makes a deal to help them if they help him become a popular magician.

Film Trivia

• R.L. Stine is the author of the extremely successful Goosebumps series of books for children.
• Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus' younger sisters appear in this movie. Ali Lohan plays Traci and Noah Lindsey Cyrus plays a trick or treater.
• This marks the feature film debut for director Richard Correll. He has previously directed episodes of the hit kids television show Hannah Montana and wrote episodes of the sitcom Happy Days.

If you like R.L.Stine's: Mostly Ghostly, try these:

• Coraline
• Monster House
• Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins
• The Haunted Mansion