Shirley Frimpong-Manso said the plan from the start was to give ghost stories a lighter face. She loves the genre, she explained, but prefers to bend it away from fear and suspense, much like she did with her earlier film “A Sting in the Tale.”
That twist, she says, comes with a heavy dose of comedy. After years of directing and producing, she believes this is the purest comedy her team has made, and she is confident enough to put her name behind it. She admits she is prepared to hit her chest and call it their funniest yet.
Audiences should also expect a good deal of irony, with the meaning behind the title revealed as the story unfolds. Beyond the entertainment value, she says the film carries a nostalgic streak, revisiting old Ghanaian beliefs about ghosts and taking viewers back to how things were in the old days.
She was quick to push back on the idea that making people laugh is easy. Getting an audience to laugh takes serious effort, she said, and it is no small thing.
The producer praised the cast for buying into the humour from day one, naming Joselyn Dumas, Anita Erskine, George Quaye, Mawuli Gavor, David Dontoh and Omari Dwamena. According to her, everyone agreed straight away that the script was good fun.
