Dark Tower (1987 film)

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Dark Tower is a 1989 film directed by Freddie Francis and Ken Wiederhorn and starring Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel, Carol Lynley, Kevin McCarthy and Anne Lockhart.

Dark Tower
Directed byFreddie Francis (as Ken Barnett)
Ken Wiederhorn (as Ken Barnett)
Written byRobert J. Avrech
Ken Blackwell
Ken Wiederhorn
Produced byJohn R. Bowey
Tom Fox
Michael Masciarelli
Tom Merchant
Paco Poch
Ken Wiederhorn
David Witz
Sandy Howard
StarringMichael Moriarty
CinematographyGordon Hayman
Edited byTom Merchant
Music byRichard Einhorn
Distributed byForum Home Video (VHS)
Release date
March 29, 1989 (USA) (home video)
Running time
91 min.
CountriesUnited States
UK
Spain
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

After a window washer plunges to his death from a Barcelona high rise, several people come to investigate, including security consultant Dennis Randall (Michael Moriarty). He cannot locate a problem, but decides to investigate further when more gruesome deaths take place inside and around the office building. His investigations prove that there is a sinister force behind all the deaths, a supernatural entity, that is not about to stop.

Production

Filming took place in Barcelona, Spain. The filming took place in 1987 but the film was not released until its home video release in the U.S. on March 29, 1989. The directors were credited as Ken Barnett.

Reviews

TV Guide called the film a "dull, talky, and incoherent haunted-skyscraper suspense thriller."[1] Reviewmaster.com gave it a C-.[2] The IMDB reports that 218 users gave the movie a collective score of 4.2 out of 10 stars.[3] Buried.com reports 56 users giving it a collective score of 5.1 stars out of 10.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.tvguide.com/movies/dark-tower/127693/
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Dark Tower at IMDb[unreliable source?]
  4. ^ "Dark Tower (1987) - Horror Movies and Science Fiction Movies Database - Buried.com - Everything That Is Horror - 3308". Buried.com. Retrieved 2015-06-26.