Tower of Terror (film)
- Steve Guttenberg: Buzzy Crocker
- Kirsten Dunst: Anna Petterson
- Nia Peeples: Jill Perry
- Michael McShane: Chris Todd
- Amzie Strickland: Abigail Gregory
- Melora Hardin: Claire Poulet
- Alastair Duncan: Gilbert
- Lindsay Ridgeway: Sally Shine
- John Franklin: Dewey Todd
- Wendy Worthington: Emeline Partridge
- Lela Ivey: Patricia Petterson
- Richard Minchenberg: Dr. Daniels
- Marcus Smythe: Sergeon
- Don Perry: Great Grand Dad
- Michael Waltman: Reporter
In the Hereafter, are still rooms available (Original Title: Tower of Terror ) is an American horror comedy from 1997 directed by DJ MacHale, who also wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film. .
Action
At the beginning of a flashback shows the Halloween night of 1939, driving in five people with an elevator at the Hollywood Tower Hotel. A flash of lights and people disappear without a trace.
In the present, it is believed, would the ghosts of the disappeared from and appear to be at the hotel. The reporter Buzzy Crocker wants to write an article about it, which helps him to his niece Anna Petterson. Meet Abigail Gregory, an older woman who knows the history of the hotel good. She says people have disappeared as a result of a curse of the witch Emeline Partridge, who had by then lost the child star Sally Shine enough.
Crocker and Petterson meet the ghosts. They learn that Partridge was not a witch, but Gregory is a. She has the power to lift the curse. It turns out that Gregory and Shine sisters; Gregory asks Shine for forgiveness. The spirits go to heaven; Shine comes back and leaves together with Gregory - who suddenly is young - the hotel. Crocker finds a girlfriend, Jill Perry.
Reviews
Diane Selkirk wrote in Apollo Movie Guide, the film is formulaic, but he was pursuing a " good formula ". He was humorous and filled with adventures that representations are solid - just like the story told. The characters could be like.
Movie service wrote that the film was "a fantasy comedy with family touch that suffer badly from the sudden action and the mediocre performers ".
Awards
Kirsten Dunst was nominated in 1998 for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries.
Background
The film was shot in Los Angeles and Florida. It was first released in Australia on video.
The film is based, as well as The Haunted Mansion and Pirates -of -the- Caribbean saga, on a Disney theme ride, the Drop Tower Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.