lo ve ▁story ▁plot line , ▁highly ▁unusual ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁film ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁shown ▁to ▁middle ▁and ▁high ▁school ▁students , ▁Ghost ▁R ider ▁has ▁become ▁something ▁of ▁a ▁cult ▁item ▁in ▁the ▁three ▁dec ades ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁made . ▁The ▁film ▁gained ▁more ▁attention ▁with ▁its ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁" A / V ▁Ge eks " ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁Internet ▁Archive ' s ▁Mov ing ▁Pictures ▁Archive ; ▁both ▁star ▁Edmund s ▁and ▁writer - direct or ▁Un gar ▁posted ▁messages ▁on ▁the ▁board , ▁relay ing ▁their ▁experiences ▁on ▁making ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁movie ▁has ▁been ▁downloaded ▁from ▁the ▁archive ▁over ▁ 2 8 , 0 0 0 ▁times ▁as ▁of ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁( In ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁AV ▁Ge eks ▁founder ▁Sk ip ▁El she imer ▁had ▁Edmund s ▁do ▁a ▁voice - over ▁narr ation ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁a ▁bus ▁safety ▁video ▁compilation ▁he ▁cur ated ▁for ▁K ino , ▁which ▁remains ▁un re leased .) ▁ ▁Doug ▁Edmund s ▁has ▁never ▁appeared ▁in ▁another ▁film ▁( nor ▁have ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁actors , ▁including ▁co - star ▁Wend y ▁Taylor ), ▁but ▁he ▁w ound ▁up ▁in ▁show ▁business ▁anyway , ▁as ▁a ▁music ian . ▁He ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁power - pop ▁band ▁the ▁Glad hand s , ▁which ▁released ▁three ▁well - rece ived ▁albums ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁and ▁continues ▁to