The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes9%
Metacritic29/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
177 audience votes
Key crew
- Gene WilderDirector
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
- Gene WilderWriter
- Terence MarshWriter
Cast
- Gene WilderLarry Abbot
- Gilda RadnerVickie Pearl
- Dom DeLuiseAunt Kate Abbot
- Jonathan PryceCharles Abbot
- Eve FerretSylvia
- Bryan PringlePfister
- Peter VaughanUncle Francis Abbot Sr.
- Paul L. SmithDr. Paul Abbot
- Jim CarterMontego
- Roger Ashton-GriffithsCousin Francis Jr.
- Ann WayRachel
- Sally OsborneMrs. Abbot