High Spirits (1988)

High Spirits: Directed by Neil Jordan. With Peter O’Toole, Donal McCann, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith. 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.

“What the hell, its quirky, and yeah OK not always highly acted, but I utterly love this movie, it is hilarious, and Peter Ou0026#39;Toole is magical, truly a must for sitting down and watching on a cold wet evening. Set in Ireland, it does prove to be a little on the stereotypical side towards the Irish but again, who cares, Whiting Bisque etc. Some of the effects are a little on the dodgy side, but with Peter Ou0026#39;Toole acting as brilliantly as ever they seem unimportant. I saw this movie when I was 10 or so and always loved it, remember the scenes with the nuns gave me a few nightmares as a child. Funny to rewatch and see how silly things seem now in adulthood.”