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1988·99 min·Released

High Spirits

“He's an American. She's a ghost. Vacation romances are always a hassle.”

Fantasy
Comedy
Horror

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

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High Spirits Official Trailer #1 - Peter O'Toole Movie (1988) HD

Cast & Crew

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Peter Plunkett

Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah

Mary Plunkett

Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Jack Crawford

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Sharon Brogan Crawford

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly

Miranda

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Martin Brogan

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Brother Tony

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero

Malcolm

Donal McCann

Donal McCann

Eamon

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs. Plunkett

Mary Coughlan

Mary Coughlan

Katie

Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

Sampson

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Wuchak

Written on 7/1/2022

**_Over-the-top horror comedy set in a ghostly castle_** The owner of a dilapidated castle in Ireland (Peter O'Toole) is about to lose it to foreclosure and so turns it into “the most haunted castle in Europe” in order to attract tourists. When the first group of travelers is bused-in to spend the night it turns out that the ancient citadel is actually haunted. The rest of the cast includes the likes of Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Liam Neeson, Daryl Hannah and Peter Gallagher. "High Spirits" (1988) is an outrageous horror comedy in the mold of "The Fearless Vampire Killers" (1967), "The Vampire Happening" (1971), “Young Frankenstein” (1974), “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark” (1988) and “Elvira's Haunted Hills” (2001). It ranks with the best of these even though it failed at the box office. Director Neil Jordan said that the movie released is very different from the one he shot, pointing out that he was excluded from the editing process of the final cut. Beverly D'Angelo and Jennifer Tilly are of course highlights on the feminine front, but more shoulda/coulda been done with them (not talkin’ about nudity or raunch). Still, enough was done with them. The film runs 1 hour, 38 minutes, and was shot at Dromore Castle, County Limerick, Ireland. I’m sure a lot of it was also filmed in the studio. GRADE: B

kevin2019

Written on 2/24/2024

"High Spirits" was a part of the exciting and ever growing renaissance that was taking place within the Irish film industry. And rightly so. It brings some unique and quirky Irish humour brilliantly to life on the silver screen for a much wider audience to wholeheartedly indulge in and thoroughly enjoy. It was amongst an expanding number of productions being produced back then which reached a much higher level of success than in previous times. And why shouldn't it have been so? After all, the Irish had the talent both in front of the camera and behind it to be able to work in any given genre of film and when the results turn out to be of this calibre where the infectious comedic enthusiasm of the cast never wanes and there are some wonderfully wacky set piece sequences loaded with humour which the audience can relish then Irish cinema deserves all the hard earned plaudits and success accorded to it.

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High Spirits 1988 TV trailer

High Spirits 1988 TV trailer

High Spirits Official Trailer #1 - Peter O'Toole Movie (1988) HD

High Spirits Official Trailer #1 - Peter O'Toole Movie (1988) HD