MYSTERY OF THE HARD LUCK HOUSE

Substitute geniality for originality and you can peg this ordinary story of the extraordinary elements which surround the Hard Luck House, the 19th century home of a Bavarian Count with a history of sudden death and surviving ghosts. Pam Frost lives in a small apartment and would love to live in a modern ranch house like her friend Marcie. With Marcie, and two boys, they explore the Hard Luck House on the edge of town, find a diary under a loose board, but shivers and quivers turn to violent protests when Pam learns that her family is going to buy it. A few simpler explanations and a fresh coat of paint make it all seem more happily habitable.... Acceptable, but you will have to rely on youthful rather than unseen spirits for most of the story interest.