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A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, Metacritic 38/100. Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 76% of the 577 1980s horror movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
New Yorker Liza Merril inherits an old hotel in Louisiana and invests her savings to reopen the place, unaware that the hotel houses the body of a dead painter murdered decades earlier, and that the location is about to become a gateway to Hell.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
691 audience votes
Key crew
- Lucio FulciDirector
- Giorgio MariuzzoScreenplay
- Dardano SacchettiScreenplay
- Lucio FulciScreenplay
- Fabio FrizziOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Catriona MacCollLiza Merril
- David WarbeckJohn McCabe
- Cinzia MonrealeEmily
- Antoine Saint-JohnSchweick
- Veronica LazărMartha
- Larry RayLarry
- Al CliverDr. Harris
- Michele MirabellaMartin Avery
- Giampaolo SaccarolaArthur
- Maria Pia MarsalaJill
- Laura De MarchiMary-Ann
- Calogero AzzarettoZombie at Hospital (uncredited)
