The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
Genre	Drama Horror Mystery
Written by	Walter Klenhard Tom Walla
Directed by	Walter Klenhard
Starring	Ally Sheedy William R. Moses Lucinda Weist Tom McCleister Maxine Stuart
Music by	Shirley Walker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Michael Scott
Producer	Timothy Marx
Production locations	Mendocino, California Camarillo, California
Cinematography	Rohn Schmidt
Editor	M. Scott Smith
Running time	94 minutes
Production companies	Timothy Marx Productions MCA Television Entertainment
Distributor	USA Network
Release
Original network	USA Network
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22)

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn is a 1994 American made-for-television mystery film starring Ally Sheedy and William R. Moses. It was written by Walter Klenhard and Tom Walla and directed by Klenhard. The film originally aired on USA Network on September 22, 1994.

Plot[]

A couple starts to live in strange and scary situations when they move to an old house in a seaside town.

Cast[]

• Ally Sheedy as Susan Enright
• William R. Moses as Mark Enright
• Lucinda Weist as Sara Warner
• Tom McCleister as John
• Maxine Stuart as Lorraine Adler
• Shannon Cochran as Sheriff Tomizack
• Louise Fletcher as Dorothy O'Hara
• Jay W. MacIntosh as Caroline
• James Horan as Jeremiah Hastings

Reception[]

TV Guide gave it two out of four stars, stating: "Although not terribly scary, THE HAUNTING OF SEACLIFF INN unfolds in an effectively moody, slow-paced fashion. Much too chatty, it does offer logical explanations for the so-called "supernatural" events, and also cleverly insinuates the legend of Jeremiah and Olivia into the Enrights' own troubled marital history."^[1] Tony Scott from Variety magazine wrote: "Sheedy plays her role with striking confidence, and Moses, who had a longtime run as Perry Mason’s associate Ken Malansky, gives his role a becoming sincerity. Maxine Stuart charmingly plays the former owner of the house, and Fletcher gives the story some surprising substance. The Mendocino house itself is a gem, and production designer Anthony Tremblay tries parlaying it into something frightening. Tech credits are good but the story’s not there. A ghost story’s disappointing if the blood runs thin, not cold."^[2]

References[]

External[]

• The Haunting of Seacliff Inn at IMDb
• The Haunting of Seacliff Inn at Rotten Tomatoes