House of the Long Shadows (1983)

An author retreats to an abandoned Manor to write a gothic novel in twenty-four hours and win a bet, but things don’t go to plan and he becomes a player in a comical horror story that had begun before he even got there.
The author's self-confidence is only slightly arrogant, so he’s still a sympathetic character. But, really, it’s the four old guys that viewers will be tuning in for. Their years of experience mean they don’t disappoint, but the feeling that so much more could've been achieved with the setting is ever-present. Plus, there was already six films based on Derr Biggers' Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) novel in existence, did we really need a seventh?

2½ intentions out of 5