Haunted Honeymoon [UK IMPORT] - DVD movie

Gene Wilder's Haunted Honeymoon attempts to re-create the charm of those horror spoofs from the 1940s like Hope and Crosby's My Favourite Brunette. Larry and Vickie play radio stars who decide to spend their honeymoon in the spooky old manse where Larry grew up with his Aunt Kate . The setup is a good one and the mostly British supporting cast, including Brazil's Jonathan Pryce, are certainly game. Unfortunately, Wilder elicits more chills--and groans--than chuckles . In the end, the results come closer to the George Lucas-penned dud Radioland Murders than to Mel Brooks's brilliant Young Frankenstein . If the Wizard of Oz-type ending doesn't completely redeem it, Haunted Honeymoon is...