Casper the ghost was just about the only ghoulish creature we weren't scared of when we were kids.And the moment he fulfilled his one last wish, temporarily turning into a real-life boy once more ...

That cringey line is repeated at the end of the film when Casper briefly gets to be a real boy (played by future horror icon Devon Sawa). Though Kat is thrilled by his corporeal appearance, and ...

When Casper made his animated debut in the 1945 Famous Studios short “The Friendly Ghost,” he finally got a name, but no mention was made of his origins.The short references his “brothers ...