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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 16430
Released: August 28, 2001 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
What do you get when you combine three of Hollywood's most hysterical talents with a creaky old castle and a werewolf legend? An "amiable, kinky blend of high jinks and horror" (The Hollywood Reporter) that'll leave you howling with laughter! Starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner and Dom DeLuise, this "ingenious, amusing horror comedy [will] put a smile on your faceand keep it there" (Los Angeles Times)! At the mansion of his Great Aunt Kate (DeLuise), Larry Abbot (Wilder) is undergoing a psychological procedure designed to rid him of his irrational phobias by frightening them right out of him! But the jolts and frights may turn out to be the least of his problems when Great Kate names him her sole heir. Suddenly, the entire family seems a little too vigorous in participating with his "scare-apy,"leading Larry to believe that one of his jealous kin may be murderous and that another may be werewolverous!
Description of Haunted Honeymoon:
Gene Wilder's Haunted Honeymoon attempts to re-create the charm of those horror spoofs from the 1940s like Hope and Crosby's My Favorite Brunette. Larry (Wilder) and Vickie (wife Gilda Radner) play radio stars who decide to spend their honeymoon in the spooky old manse where Larry grew up with his Aunt Kate (Dom DeLuise in drag). 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 (the dialogue is particularly ghastly). In the end, the results come closer to the George Lucas-penned dud Radioland Murders than to Mel Brooks's brilliant Young Frankenstein (featuring Wilder as the good doctor himself). If the Wizard of Oz-type ending doesn't completely redeem it, Haunted Honeymoon is still entertaining enough and seems positively sophisticated compared to the spoofs of more recent vintage (now that's a scary thought!). --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Haunted Honeymoon Reviews:
Blows Young Frankenstein Away!!! 
2009-12-13 - i usually trust amazon reviews..but in this case i think this movie is not properly reviewed..the story is much more complex than Young Frankenstein..it is Much Much Funnier!!..it is also actually Scary..whereas Young Frankenstein is not..to this day my brother who is 25 years old says that the idea of werewolves still scares him because of this movie..the set is just as Spectacular as Young Frankenstein..the old mansion is so creepy and sets a perfect halloween mood..the story takes place in the thirties or forties when radio was popular..Gene and Gilda are radio stars who plan to wed at the mansion..unfortunately..Gene's character has a few phobias to overcome in order to marry his bride..there are an array of characters in this movie..all of them having quirky personalities..Dom Delouise plays Aunt Kate..which is More than Hilarious!! this movie is suitable for all ages of children..myself and my siblings started watching it since i can ever remember..although..like my brother..perhaps some children who watch this movie..will never outgrow their fear of werewolves...i can live without Young Frankenstein.. but i would Hate to have to give up this Amazing movie!!!
Haunted Honeymoon 
2009-11-11 - Great movie. If you like Gene Wilder and Dom Deluise you will like this movie. Classic comedy ghost story from the '80's, campy, funny, good family movie.
Widower than what? 
2009-09-26 - Going home to see your family is daunting enough, but in a Draculean castle with a werewolf, a dead transvestite, and a new will that makes you a walking target?
That's the basic plot behind "Haunted Honeymoon," an amusing and vaguely Mel Brooksian comedy movie about a man with a crumbling mind, a new fiancee, and a really abnormal family. The plot is pretty much a mess -- full of holes and dangling plot threads -- but the brilliant comic actors and hilarious scripting ("Oh, it's so COMPLICATED!") magically keep it from collapsing.
Larry Abbot (Gene Wilder) and Vickie Pearle (Gilda Radner) are actors in the hit show Manhattan Mystery Theater, and newly engaged. Unfortunately Larry's engagement has sparked off a psychological meltdown, and his uncle Dr. Paul Abbot decides there is only one way to cure him: scare him more. So he sends off Larry and Vickie to the old gothic estate where Larry grew up, to stay with his family.
Well, they're not quite the Addams Family. Actually, they're way worse -- most of them are broke, one is a transvestite, one is a creepy magician, and one is a creepier lawyer. One may also be a werewolf. The only decent one seems to be kindly, filthy-rich Aunt Kate (Dom Deluise).
And dear ol' Aunt Kate has left all her money to Larry (unless he expires before she does, in which case everyone else will get a share). And soon some very bizarre happenings are cropping up around the old mansion -- including a murdered werewolf, a cobra, and a dead body that pops up in Larry's bed. Is Larry going insane, or is a member of his family trying to make him that way... for filthy lucre?
I get the feeling that "Haunted Honeymoon" was made up on the fly -- it's basically a disintegrating mass of subplots that are introduced and then left to flap in the breeze. Sylvia, Monty's vaguely vampiric, glowy-eyed hypnosis, the dog's hatred of Susan, and other seemingly important plot elements turn out to be red herrings... and I'm not sure what's going on with the guy in the werewolf suit.
So basically the actual plot has more holes than a ripped-up sieve. Fortunately everything OTHER than the plot works. The presence of so many brilliant comic actors keeps it from completely falling apart -- there's plenty of funny dialogue ("Whoever you are, may God strike you DEAD! Now let's have coffee and dessert in the music room...") and humorous comic scenarios (the scene in which Larry sexily cuddles a dead body, mistaking it for Vicki). And it's one of my life's goals to greet a group of people with the line, "I know that one of you is a werewolf."
And those actors do a brilliant job -- though this was the last movie Gilda Radner ever did (and she looks painfully emaciated), she and Wilder are both hilarious and have plenty of loving chemistry. Dom Deluise has plenty of fun as the eccentric, dramatic and rotund Aunt Kate, and has plenty of great lines as well ("... and when the police dragged him out of the ladies' room at Saks Fifth Avenue, THAT was fun too!").
Admittedly not all the actors are great -- Jo Ross, Jim Carter and Eve Ferret give merely adequate performances. But there are some great lesser performances from Jonathan Pryce, Ann Way, and especially Bryan Pringle as a butler with a dual personality... or an evil twin ("I just found Cousin Francis in my bed!" "Was he wearing a dress?" "Yes, he was!" "Just ask him to leave, sir. Tell him you have a headache").
"Haunted Honeymoon" lacks something vital -- a plot that doesn't totally unravel. If it weren't filled with awe-inspiringly good comic actors and dialogue, it would be a disaster. As it is, it's an amusing fluff piece.
Haunted Honeymoon A Hoot!
2009-06-08 - I had seen Haunted Honeymoon many years ago when it first came out. I have always been a Dom DeLuise,Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder fan. This movie brought them all together in one FUN movie. Sometimes, an escape from reality is a good thing and Dom DeLouise in drag throughout most of the movie is just that. (He actually looked like a teacher I had in elementary school) Don't expect a deep message, there isn't one in this movie. It's just fun to watch.
Funny, that's all one can say!
2009-04-22 - Enjoyed it immensely. Very ingenious and compelling. The acting was spot on and I loved the line, "You drunken sot!" That little old lady and her drunken husband, as supporting cast, was hilarious.
Scaring Gene Wilder to death in order to cure his fear, can there be a funnier set up for a movie? Anything with Gene Wilder is worth watching, and this movie is no different.
This is a definite recommend.
