It felt like an episode of Scooby Doo at times.
At the end I half expected them to pull off the horseman's mask and say "Why it's Kolchak the guy who runs the old general store!" and have him reply "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for you snooping kids!"
The one girl, Liz even looked a little like Velma lol.
If you expect the unexpected doesn't the unexpected then become the expected?