Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- campy
- witty
- playful
- halloween comedy night
- camp movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film amiable but underwritten, with too few effective laughs despite its appealing cast and affectionate parody of old-dark-house and radio horror conventions.
What sets it apart
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Larry arrives at his childhood castle amid ghosts, eccentric relatives, and apparent plots to eliminate one another.
Larry works as a speaker in Manhattan Mystery Theater radio horror shows, while the film mocks the corny scares of golden age radio.
The castle, palace ghosts, lightning, drag performance, and eccentric relatives are framed through broad, intentionally creaky comedy.
Larry’s uncle subjects him to shock therapy in an attempt to cure his speech defect and exaggerated bursts of fear.
Films like Haunted Honeymoon, and why
The Old Dark House
shared old-dark-house parody, eccentric ensemble, and comic supernatural mystery
Young Frankenstein
shared comedy horror, haunted-house atmosphere, and broad gothic parody
The Fearless Vampire Killers
shared radio-era horror satire, screwball humor, and playful genre pastiche
Movie Details
- Director
- Gene Wilder
- Release Date
- 1986-07-25
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (177)
Cast
- Gene Wilder
- Gilda Radner
- Dom DeLuise
- Jonathan Pryce
- Eve Ferret
- Bryan Pringle
- Peter Vaughan
- Paul L. Smith
- Jim Carter
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Common questions
- What is Haunted Honeymoon about?
- A radio horror performer’s wedding plans become a chaotic haunted-castle farce when his eccentric family tries to cure his fear.
- What is Haunted Honeymoon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Haunted Honeymoon as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Haunted Honeymoon violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Haunted Honeymoon as mild.
- What did critics think of Haunted Honeymoon?
- Critics broadly found the film amiable but underwritten, with too few effective laughs despite its appealing cast and affectionate parody of old-dark-house and radio horror conventions.
- Which films are like Haunted Honeymoon?
- Films with a similar feel include The Old Dark House, Young Frankenstein, and The Fearless Vampire Killers.
- How long is Haunted Honeymoon?
- Haunted Honeymoon runs 82 minutes.
