Tuesday, January 25, 2022

High Spirits (1988)



Released November 18th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Ireland.
The story: Peter Plunkett owns, along with his elderly mother, a once-famous Irish castle that serves as an Inn.
The Inn hasn't been getting much business and is falling apart, as well as losing quite a bit of money.
When Peter tries to get a loan to keep his beloved home in his possession he is just about turned down.
If he can come up with the cash, he will be granted his ownership.
Peter concocts the plan to claim his castle is haunted, although it is, no ghosts have yet to be seen by the public.
Therefore, Peter, along with the Inn's staff get straight to work, crafting haunting ideas for their next, unsuspecting guests.
A group of American tourists has got word that the Inn is haunted and want to stay there.
There is also a husband and wife who happen to be related to the loan manager, and because of the loan request, they are sent there to investigate the haunting claims.
Just when it looks like the Inn being haunted is a pure hoax, some unplanned ghosts appear, changing everything for everyone present.
Stars Peter OToole , Liz Smith, Mary Coughlan, Donal McCann, Tom Hickey, Tony Rohr, Hilary Renyolds, Isolde Cazelet , Steve Guttenberg, Beverly DAngelo, Jennifer Tilly, Martin Ferrero, Peter Gallagher, Connie Booth, Krista Hornish, Matthew Wright, Daryl Hannah, Liam Neeson
Directed by (& story written) Neil Jordan
Rated PG13
COMEDY/FANTASY

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