The friends Emmett, Freddy, Marie, Kevin and his reluctant girlfriend Jessie decide to spend the Halloween night in an abandoned hospital. Meanwhile, the younger Allan meets the old friend of his father Arlo Ray Baines and asks him to help to find his vanished sister Meg in the same spot. The two groups meet each other in the mental institution section on the haunted third floor.
Practical Effects
Ghost effects aged like milk but committed to the bit.
Acting
Dee Wallace elevates everything she touches, even this.
Director
Anthony C. Ferrante
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Anthony C. Ferrante later helmed the entire Sharknado franchise. The through-line of camp is visible.
Shot in Los Angeles's abandoned Linda Vista Hospital, a real location that closed after 1988 and became horror-movie catnip.
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