The House of Lost Souls backdrop
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THE HOUSE OF LOST SOULS

La casa delle anime erranti

1989 IT HMDB
January 1, 1989

A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...

Directors

Umberto Lenzi

Cast

Joseph Alan Johnson, Stefania Orsola Garello, Matteo Gazzolo, Laurentina Guidotti, Gianluigi Fogacci, Hal Yamanouchi, Licia Colò, Costantino Meloni, Charles Borromel, Dino Jaksic
Horror televisione film

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

A small group of friends is forced, by bad weather, to stop at an old hotel abandoned since the day it was the scene of terrible murders. Even the unsuspecting young people are destined for a bad end, as the building is haunted by bloodthirsty spirits that wander without peace from the night they were slaughtered. Lenzi's unreleased work, produced by Reteitalia but never aired, recently available on tape. After five minutes of the film, it's clear why it was never broadcast: predictable plot, amateur acting, and unintentionally ridiculous sequences. According to Lenzi, it was supposed to be the Italian answer to "Shining", but at best, it can be a parody.