Hysterical (1983 film)

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| name = Hysterical

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| director = Chris Bearde

| producer = William J. Immerman
Gene Levy

| writer = Chris Bearde
Bill Hudson
Brett Hudson
Mark Hudson
Trace Johnston

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| starring = (See article)

| music = Bob Alcivar
Robert O. Ragland

| cinematography = Thomas Del Ruth

| editing = Stanley Frazen

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| distributor = Embassy Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1983|7|30}}

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| country = USA

| language = English

| budget = $6 million{{cite news|title=The New Star Producers: The New 'Star' Producers|author=Chase, Donald|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Mar 14, 1982|via=ProQuest|page=K1}}

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Hysterical is an American comedy film directed by Chris Bearde. Released on July 30, 1983, by Embassy Pictures, it is a spoof of the horror film genre. The film stars the Hudson Brothers.

In the film, a writer seeks inspiration at a haunted lighthouse in Oregon. He is used in a scheme by two ghosts, and two paranormal investigators subsequently arrive to study the past of the lighthouse.

Plot

Frederic "Casper" Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he is staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who had killed herself 100 years ago and now wants to use Lansing as a vessel for her dead lover, Captain Howdy. When Howdy's ghost starts killing people, two bumbling scientists are brought in to investigate the history of the lighthouse and solve the case.