high spirit be set in ireland where peter plunkett ( peter otoole ) be tell he have two week leave to pay the mortgage on his ancestral castle turn hotel and unfortunately the hotel isn not very popular and in an attempt to muster business peter advertise it a an authentic haunted castle complete with real ghost . peter attempt at fool his guest into think the castle be haunt fail miserably and however all be not lose a then the real ghost take over . much hilarity ensues and not . this english american co production be write and direct by neil jordan and quite frankly i think high spirit be a pretty bad film . the script be a muddled mess and there be sporadic moment of supposed comedy and there an awful romance between american tourist steve guttenberg and ghost daryl hannah and there stupid drama and it try to chuck some horror into the mix as well . none of it work and it never come together a one coherent piece and the fact that it so unfunny and childish and predictable and rather bore doesn not help my love for it . the character be clichéd and the ghost be underused and do i mention that it wasn not funny yet . so here we have a film that try to be a horror comedy but fails on both count and high spirit be not a film i look back on with any fondness . at all . director jordan have apparently go on record a say that he have no input over the editing process and what be release be substantially different to his original cut and to be honest that sound like an excuse for make such a bad film a he still direct the scene which end up on screen and it be still his script this mess come from and quite frankly how much difference could there have be . be there hour of unused footage . would any of it be any funny if there be . i imagine the studio probably tweak it a bit but maybe because jordan original cut be even bad and i just do not believe this it would have be brilliant if the studio have leave it alone rubbish . and anyway i guess we will never find out either way . i must admit the film look quite nice with good set although the special effect vary between impressive and poor . on a side note do anyone else notice the white horse guttenberg land in front of when he fall out of the tree hit by lighten ( do not ask ) . i be positive you can see the horse penis dangle between it legs and not that i specifically look out for these thing you understand . technically high spirit be fine with decent production value . look at the cast list it pretty impressive although no one cover themselves in glory and otoole be good but that it . gutteneberg try to act all emotional and oh dear . high spirit be a comedy that simply isn not funny and it story be a mess that doesn not entertain and i do not know what else to say other than i do not like it . could have be good and much good . watch ghostbusters ( 1984 ) instead to see how a proper supernatural comedy should be do .