Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

Animation / Comedy / Family / Horror

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 63%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 9665 9.7K

ghost short film

Plot summary

Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight, and as everyone races home Mater is left alone primed for a good old-fashioned scare.

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Top cast

Owen Wilson Photo
Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen
Paul Newman Photo
Paul Newman as Doc Hudson
Michael Wallis Photo
Michael Wallis as Sheriff
Bonnie Hunt Photo
Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
66.12 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 7 min
Seeds 12
135.66 MB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 7 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 7 / 10

Breathtaking animation quality

I have seen this short twice and both times I was bowled over by the gorgeous computer-generated animation. Clearly, Pixar is THE studio that sets the animation standard. However, I think this film has a strike against it from the outset and that is because the CARS characters aren't as endearing or timeless as many of the other Pixar creations. They lack the "cuddly factor" or depth of some of the other characters and so, at least to me, it doesn't stack well with the MONSTERS, INC., UP!, RATATOUILLE or INCREDIBLES (among others).As for the short, it's about Mater and how cowardly he is. The others make up a ghost story and Mater freaks out. It's all great fun for the kids, but adults probably won't love this film unless they are car aficionados or NASCAR fans. To me, it all seemed pretty routine--aside from the great animation.
Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 6 / 10

Gorgeously animated, but rather routine

Mater and the Gaslight is definitely not bad, but other than the animation really there is nothing special I particularly find about it. The animation is indeed gorgeous, like with all of Pixar's other work, not only beautiful in the colours but there is a sense of atmosphere too, the music fits wonderfully, the Ghostlight is creepy and the voice work especially from Paul Newman and Michael Wallis is great. However, it all feels rather routine, apart from the sight of Mater shaking and looking scared, there is never really anything that across as funny or moving, and the rather thin story holds few surprises. I also have an issue with Mater, I find him much better as a supporting character than a lead, by all means his appearance is not as problematic as it was in Cars 2, but he is rather bland here. In conclusion, worth watching for the animation but it is just lacking for me in humour, charm and heart. 6/10 Bethany Cox
Reviewed by Stompgal_87 7 / 10

Not quite as good as 'Cars,' but lovely coloured lighting and great music

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