title: High Spirits (film)
text: High Spirits is a 1988 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson and Peter O'Toole. It is an Irish, British and American co-production.
  
  Set in a remote Irish castle called Dromore Castle, County Limerick, High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with thematic leanings towards Ireland's rich folklore regarding ghosts and spirits, where the castle starts to come to life with the help of such denizens.
  
  Plot 
  Cash-strapped Peter Plunkett has converted his ancestral home, the dilapidated Castle Plunkett, into a bed and breakfast. Owing money to an Irish-American businessman named Brogan, Plunkett attempts to turn the castle into "the most haunted castle in Europe" for the tourist trade. Inspired by his mother's stories about the castle being haunted, he and his wacky Irish staff set about creating ghostly costumes and effects for their first group of American guests.
  
  Initially annoyed by the inept "hauntings", the American guests soon discover that Castle Plunkett's real ghosts have taken umbrage at being cheaply exploited and have staged a full-scale paranormal event.
  
  Two ghosts, Mary Plunkett and Martin Brogan, become romantically entangled with two of the American guests. This romantic twist becomes the main focus of the plot.
  
  Cast
  
  Reception 
  The film received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 27% rating based on 15 reviews.
  
  Home media
  Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray Disc in 2015. It was packaged as a double feature with Vampire's Kiss on February 13, 2015.
  The film was released on Blu Ray from Final Cut on August 24, 2020 in the UK.
  
  See also 
   List of ghost films
  
  References
  
  External links 
   
   
   
  
  1988 films
  1980s fantasy comedy films
  1980s ghost films
  American fantasy comedy films
  American haunted house films
  British ghost films
  1980s English-language films
  English-language Irish films
  Films scored by George Fenton
  Films directed by Neil Jordan
  Films set in castles
  Films set in Ireland
  British fantasy comedy films
  Irish fantasy comedy films
  Palace Pictures films
  TriStar Pictures films
  1988 comedy films
  1980s American films
  1980s British films
  English-language fantasy comedy films