Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cujo108 A newly built office building in Spain is plagued by a series of fatal accidents seemingly caused by a murderous presence. British legend Freddie Francis was the original director on this film, but problems led to 'Shock Waves' director, Ken Weiderhorn, taking over. Neither wound up taking credit.Larry Cohen regular, Michael Moriarty, stars as a company man investigating the deaths and Jenny Agutter is on hand as the building's chief architect. The once ravishing Carol Lynley has a nothing part as Agutter's assistant, and Kevin McCarthy shows up briefly. The most entertaining character is that of a paranormal investigator who Moriarty contacts midway through. Theodore Bikel livens up the dull precedings with a quirky portrayal of a man so desperate to make contact with something supernatural that he winds up talking to an air conditioner at one point.Indeed, this is a dull effort overall. With directors and a cast like that, I was expecting something much better and far less pedestrian. The story doesn't have a lot of meat to it, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have done something special with what they did have. Alas, I guess the inspiration just wasn't there this time around.The big reveal behind the haunting is as predictable as they come, and the climax feels like it would be more at home in a 'Tales from the Crypt' episode. 'Dark Tower' isn't an unwatchable mess, but it's something you could easily skip without feeling as if you missed out.

dbdumonteil The two leads are cast against type:while Jenny Agutter ("Logan's run" "Werewolf in London" )plays a mysterious go-getter woman,Michael Moriarty (whose portrayal of Erich Dorf in "Holocaust" is memorable) is the nice cop.The first part is derivative but intriguing;it's more reminiscent of Dick Maas's "L'Ascenseur"(1983) -later remade (more or less) as " down" (2001)- than of "poltergeist".But as soon we know the "reason why" ,the flick loses 90% of its appeal.There's the ghost buster and the medium played by Kevin McCarthy who was the hero of the sensational "invasion of the body snatchers" (1956).The former is particularly unbearable ,with his interminable monologues when he's talking to the ghost.

Lee Eisenberg Typical story of a building containing an evil spirit. In this case, the edifice in question is a Barcelona skyscraper representing a foreign bank. There are a few grisly deaths and slowly but surely we learn the history.I've often known Barcelona as probably the second most significant city in Spain behind Madrid: obviously it has Gaudi's designs, is the center of Catalan culture, and was the main Loyalist stronghold in the Spanish Civil War. So why is it merely the setting of a horror flick about a haunted office building? Well, whatever the deal is, I don't recommend this one (but it's not terrible). Starring Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel, Carol Lynley, Kevin McCarthy and Anne Lockhart.

andybob-3 Architect Agutter is haunted by her dead husband in a skyscraper she designed, and when people start getting knocked off mysteriously detective Moriarty comes in to investigate. Incredibly boring attempt to rip off both `Poltergeist' and `The Shining', it was so uninteresting that I couldn't make it through the whole thing in just one sitting. Nothing happens, it just keeps building up and building up to absolutely nothing and leaves you wondering why you just sat there for 91 minutes? Why did an actor like Michael Moriarty waste his time with this? 2 out of 10, completely uninteresting.