Guy With Writers' Block Tricked into Going to House in Storm in '80s film

by Turnondafun
(Los Angeles, California, USA)

Does anyone remember the name of a TV movie from the '80s about a guy that's a writer but hasn't had any good ideas for a new book. His car breaks down in a storm and he goes to a big house for help. While he's there a series of people are killed off and he meets a hot lady he starts to like.

It turns out it was all a stunt to give him a story to write about. It ends with him at work meeting a new employee that just so happens to look just like the lady he liked from the house but she says it's not her.

Thanks.

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Jul 05, 2011
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*gasp*
by: MystMoonstruck

I really made a wild, wild guess with this and almost didn't suggest it. I'm glad that I did! I haven't seen it since it played cable in the mid-Eighties, so my memories were very hazy.

I'm happy that I could help!

Jul 05, 2011
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That's it!
by: Anonymous

Wow, thanks! I just watched it and jumped to the end, which is what I remember most, and it's the one I remember. I sure didn't remember it having all these people in it though. I guess maybe I caught it on the Creature Feature when I was little. Thanks again!

Jul 04, 2011
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The only one that comes to mind...
by: MystMoonstruck

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

IMDb review: The plot is old humbug, another revitalization of Earl Derr Bigger's old standard "Seven Keys to Baldpate", which had been filmed a number of times before. A jaded novelist (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) accepts a bet from his impish publisher (Richard Todd), which involves him spending 24 hours in an old Welsh mansion and writing a Bronte-like gothic story. As the stormy night progresses, various dodgy characters turn up who are all members of the benighted Grisbane family, gathered on this night to release a horrible secret in the attic. Before long, various unwary visitors~as well as the Grisbanes themselves~begin to be murdered in grisly ways by a mysterious psychopath. Many twists and turns later, the narrative works its way toward a lighthearted conclusion.

There had long been plans to unite the four horror superstars in one film, but scheduling conflicts had made it impossible. Finally, the opportunity arrived with this project, and all are well served by their roles here. Each is allowed to indulge in his particular acting persona. Vincent Price is flamboyant and theatrical; Christopher Lee, imperious and sinister; Peter Cushing, genteel and sympathetic; John Carradine, sonorous and stentorian.

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