Comedy, Family, Mystery, Romance, Horror
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
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IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 1993
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2007
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IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2003
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IMDB 5 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 8.2 | Jan , 1921
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IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1996
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IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 2005
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IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1985
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IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1988
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IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2001
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