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.
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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.
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Haunted Honeymoon is an amusing, bouncy horror comedy that has fun with not only the old-dark-house genre but also those corny but beloved scare shows of the Golden Age of Radio. - 60
Chicago Reader
Not to raise anyone’s hopes too high, but Gene Wilder has finally made a film you can watch without wanting to exit before it’s over. - 40
The New York Times
Humor and horror make an uneasy combination. - 40
Variety
Pic provokes a few chuckles along the way, but no guffaws. - 25
Chicago Tribune
The truth is that, for all his comic ability, Wilder has not turned out to be a very adept filmmaker. [28 Jul 1986, p.5C] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
An innocuous comedy chiller, HAUNTED HONEYMOON isn't very chilling and, worse yet, isn't very funny. - 25
Chicago Tribune
For years now Wilder has been trying to imitate the success of his mentor, director Mel Brooks. But he has repeatedly failed. That's why the biggest mystery in "Haunted Honeymoon" is why anyone would still give Wilder money to make a picture. - 20
Empire
Safe when it's ripping genre jokes word for word, this pallid pastiche never goes for the jugular, the heart, or any other part of the audience, for that matter. It breezes by like the tamest of ghosts, almost unnoticeable.
