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Tower of Terror

Tower of Terror

Comedy · Family · Horror · 1997

A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.

Movie details

Tower of Terror

“Hotel guests check in… But they don't check out!”

1997 Comedy · Family · Horror 1h 29m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Tower of Terror?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

D.J. MacHale

Written by

D.J. MacHale

Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Buzzy Crocker

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Anna Petterson

Nia Peeples

Nia Peeples

Jill Perry

Michael McShane

Michael McShane

Chris 'Q' Todd

Amzie Strickland

Amzie Strickland

Abigail Gregory

Melora Hardin

Melora Hardin

Claire Poulet

Alastair Duncan

Alastair Duncan

Gilbert

Court is in session

Put Tower of Terror on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.