Hysterical
“It'll snap your mind.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 53, rated by 1 admin.
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A writer retreats to a haunted lighthouse and gets caught in an old romantic catastrophe. The horror-parody setup is promising, but strained banter and sluggish comic timing make the ghosts easier to tolerate than the attempted jokes.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 7/10
- Effects
- 4/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 3.5/10
“The lighthouse can guide ships away from the punchlines.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 53
Synopsis and movie facts
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who had killed herself 100 years ago and now wants to use Lansing as a vessel for her dead husband, Captain Howdy. When Howdy's ghost starts killing people, two bumbling scientists are brought in to investigate the history of the lighthouse and solve the case.
- Released
- 1982
- Directed by
- Chris Bearde
- Running time
- 90 min
Starring
- Bill Hudson as Frederic Lansing
- Mark Hudson as Dr. Paul Batton
- Brett Hudson as Fritz Batton
- Cindy Pickett as Kate
- Richard Kiel as Captain James Howdy
- Julie Newmar as Venetia
- Robert Donner as Ralph
- Murray Hamilton as The Mayor
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