Tower of Terror (film)

Tower of Terror is a 1997 madeforTV supernatural thriller directed by D. J. MacHale. It is based on the theme park attraction, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, at Disneys Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and was originally a presentation of The Wonderful World of Disney. It is also Disneys first film based on an attraction at one of its theme parks, though its also the only adaptation to be made for television rather than being made as a theatrical film.

Buzzy Crocker is a downonhisluck newspaper editor who, after being fired at the Los Angeles Banner for publishing a news story which turned out to be fake, now contributes for a supermarket tabloid along with his niece Anna. His reports attracted the attention of an old woman named Abigail Gregory, who was witness to an incident in Halloween 1939, when five hotel guests, namely singer Carolyn Crosson, her boyfriend Gilbert London notes, child actress Sally Shine, her nanny Emeline Partridge, and bellhop Dewey Todd, notes were killed in an elevator while they were on their way to a party at the Tip Top Club located at the hotel.Abigail claims that Emeline Partridge was behind the incident, sending the four passengers to their deaths out of annoyance over Sallys spoiled attitude it however backfired, trapping them as ghosts inside the hotel. She then explains that the spell can be reversed once the elevator is repaired, and items belonging to the passengers are found, repeating what the guests did on Halloween. They then enlist the help of Chris Q Todd, a car mechanic and Deweys grandson, who, despite being initially reluctant, volunteers to help his deceased grandfather and the four other guests. As Buzzy and Anna venture into the abandoned hotel, they met an actress named Claire Poulet, who asked if they needed an actress to play as Emeline in Buzzys newspaper article. Buzzy vainly tries to develop a relationship with Claire, to which the latter also expresses her feelings. Fearing an intrusion, the ghosts then attempt to ward off Buzzy and Anna. The latter pleads for her life, offering help for them to move on. ........

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