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Hollywood-Monster
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Hollywood-Monster (working title - released as Ghost Chase in the United States) is a 1987 horror comedy film directed by Roland Emmerich, about a film crew working in a haunted mansion. Emmerich's third film, it starred Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Paul Gleason, Chuck Mitchell, and Tim McDaniel. A co-production between West Germany and the United States, the film was released theatrically in Germany on June 25, 1987.
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5.2In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old house that will resolve a family scandal.
Cast
- Jason Lively as Warren McCloud
- Tim McDaniel as Fred
- Jill Whitlow as Laurie
- Leonard Lansink as Karl
- Paul Gleason as Stan Gordon
- Ian MacNaughton as Frederick McCloud
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Screenwriter
- Roland Emmerich
- Cast member
- Julian Curry
- Cinematographer
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Narrative location
- United States
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 504111
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- publication date
- 1993-03-13
- title
- Hollywood-Monster
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hollywood-Monster (working title - released as Ghost Chase in the United States) is a 1987 horror comedy film directed by Roland Emmerich, about a film crew working in a haunted mansion. Emmerich's third film, it starred Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Paul Gleason, Chuck Mitchell, and Tim McDaniel. A co-production between West Germany and the United States, the film was released theatrically in Germany on June 25, 1987.
==Plot== Two cousins, Fred and Warren, live together in Hollywood. Fred, an aspiring horror-movie director with developed skills in SFX and animatronics, desperately tries to shoot his first movie in their house, but Warren, who plays the main male protagonist, keeps on flirting with Laurie, the main actress. When she can't stand it anymore, the project is over, and the bills are piling up.
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