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1988 Certificate 12
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Peter O'Toole stars as the drunken owner of the Castle Hotel which he desperately needs to sell to pay off his endless bills. To attract buyers, he advertises the property as the most ghost-ridden hotel in the Emerald Isle... Unfortunately, when prospective buyers arrive, he press-gangs his loyal staff to form a makeshift bunch .. Read more

Starring Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenburg, Beverly D'Angelo
Director Neil Jordan
Genres Action/Adventure

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High Spirits

Peter O'Toole stars as the drunken owner of the Castle Hotel which he desperately needs to sell to pay off his endless bills. To attract buyers, he advertises the property as the most ghost-ridden hotel in the Emerald Isle... Unfortunately, when prospective buyers arrive, he press-gangs his loyal staff to form a makeshift bunch of fake phantoms. The buyers soon get wise to the ruse however, and all seems lost until a real bunch of ghosts turns up...

Starring Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenburg, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Gallagher, Liam Neeson
Director Neil Jordan
Studio OPTIMUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 12 Jan 2009
Production year: 1988
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    A ghost-busting cross between Fawlty Towers and Blithe Spirit, Neil Jordan's boil-in-the-bag Beetle Juice goes for Ealing whimsy and easy laughs and, incredibly, manages both in spite of such a slender plot. Peter O'Toole hits the right note of craziness as a “haunted” castle owner whose staff of fake spectres battle real poltergeists during the American tourist season, with suitably madcap results. However, too many desperate characters veer off into so many disparate subplots that complete Carry On Screaming-style satisfaction is never achieved.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Written and directed by the man who gave you Angel, Company of Wolves and Mona Lisa, this dreadful movie carries on the... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Good Laugh

    This film is a gem. Peter O'Toole plays Peter Plunkett, the owner of Plunkett Castle in Ireland. They are about to receive a visit from a group of American tourists and must convince them that the castle is haunted or tourism will drop off and they will be forced to sell. The trouble is, they are lying (or so they think!!) and do their best to bluff their way through. O'Toole is brilliant as usual, good performances also by Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenburg and Liam Neeson.

      • Phil from Newcastle
      • Posted 07 Oct 2005 15:55

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  • Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    High Spirits

    Classic film that's finally been released on DVD :) Absolutely brilliant acting and script, well worth watching!

      • choccork from Sandbach
      • Posted 01 Mar 2009 08:03

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