the haunting of seacliff inn be set on the picturesque californian coast and start with susan ( ally sheedy ) and mark enright ( william r. moses ) look to buy some property with the idea of convert it into a seaside inn when susan spot a beautiful old house sit on a cliff overlook a beach . the house be own by lorraine adler ( maxine stuart ) who say that she doesn not want to sell but susan have set her heart on it and decide to go back the following day to try and change her mind . susan discovers lorraine body and accord to sheriff tomizack ( shannon cochran ) she accidentally slip and hit her head result in her death . susan and mark buy the house of lorraine daughter caroline ( jay w. macintosh ) and begin the building work require to turn the house into an inn ready for pay customer . however strange thing start to happen like an electrical incident in which a workman be injure and a menacing dog keep turn up and the gas and water be mysteriously leave on and that old haunt house standby door open on theyre own and spooky stuff eh . susan sens something be happen and a she begin to research the house history she find it have a somewhat dark past that need to be lay to rest once and for all . co write and direct by walter klenhard i think the haunting of seacliff inn be a reasonable ghost story but be just a bit too dull for my taste . the script by klenhard and tom walla be far too pedestrian for my liking and nothing significant happens for long stretch and in fact when i think about it nothing particularly significant happens during the film entire 90 plus minute duration . it all rather predictable and plodding and uninspiring stuff throughout . there no real threat to anyone and nothing that dangerous or sinister happens and no one be kill apart from lorraine and a a whole it more of a family ghost film . the character be serviceable but not that likable and the break down of mark and susan marriage be both predictable and awkwardly handle . the character of sara ( lucinda weist ) the ghost be almost surplus to requirement and do nothing terribly important . the house dark past be far from excite and the film end rather limply . on a positive note it tell a reasonable story competently enough if you like slow burn film such a this . director klenhard film the nice californian coast line with aplomb and the house itself make for a nice location but otherwise the film be bland and flat and utterly forgettable so it come a no surprise that the haunting of seacliff inn be make for tv . forget about any scary ghost and any violence or anything you might be look for in a horror film because this be one extremely tame film . technically the film be fine but wholly unadventurous and there nothing particularly wrong with it but nothing particularly good about it either . average stuff from start to finish . the acting be ok but no one go to win any award for it . the haunting of seacliff inn isn not the type of film that really appeal to me a i find it far too slow and contain far too much melodramatics and not enough horror or scare . i be sure there be people out there who may get something out of this film but it not for me i be afraid so a a consequence i can not in good heart recommend it .