

High Spirits
He's an American. She's a ghost. Vacation romances are always a hassle.
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.
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5.8/10
258 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $8.5M
- Language
- English
- halloween
- romcom
- spirit
- campy
- lighthearted
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Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1318 Nov 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical159 Dec 1988
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Apr 1989
FranceFR
- Theatrical18 Jan 1989
- PhysicalDVD5 Sept 2006
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Apr 1989
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG18 Nov 1988
SlovakiaSK
- TV12TV Markíza12 Nov 1996
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High Spirits was released on 18 November 1988.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
7/1/2022
**_Over-the-top horror comedy set in a ghostly castle_** The owner of a dilapidated castle in Ireland (Peter O'Toole) is about to lose it to foreclosure and so turns it into “the most haunted castle in Europe” in order to attract tourists. When the first group of travelers is bused-in to spend the night it turns out that the ancient citadel is actually haunted. The rest of the cast includes the likes of Steve Gutt…
- K10/10
kevin2019
2/24/2024
"High Spirits" was a part of the exciting and ever growing renaissance that was taking place within the Irish film industry. And rightly so. It brings some unique and quirky Irish humour brilliantly to life on the silver screen for a much wider audience to wholeheartedly indulge in and thoroughly enjoy. It was amongst an expanding number of productions being produced back then which reached a much higher level of suc…
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