The Horror at 37,000 Feet is not worthy of more than a 6 star rating, yet it falls in that film category of it's so bad its good!
The all-star cast, the mid 1970's clothes and the luxury airplane set all make for a fantastic set-up. And then, the plot is just down right crazy! Packed in the plane is a medieval chapel built on a druid ritual site that is being shipped to America to become a bar in a rich white man's house! Well, the ghost aren't too happy at being airlifted to America, and the passengers aren't too happy when the haunting begins. For such an all-star cast, it is hysterical to watch how much bad acting is in this film. All the characters are angry about something or another and just keep snapping at each other. And most of them are drinking non-stop, especially Bill Shatner. It all just adds to the nuttiness of this film.
It's stunning to consider this movie came out in 1973, so after the book and movie Airport as well as the novel The Exorcist. Yet, the film pre-dates Stephen King AND Airplane! The Movie.
The fear factor is minimal but that is more than offset by the rest of this movie which, for a 73 minute made for TV movie, packs a lot in.
The all-star cast, the mid 1970's clothes and the luxury airplane set all make for a fantastic set-up. And then, the plot is just down right crazy! Packed in the plane is a medieval chapel built on a druid ritual site that is being shipped to America to become a bar in a rich white man's house! Well, the ghost aren't too happy at being airlifted to America, and the passengers aren't too happy when the haunting begins. For such an all-star cast, it is hysterical to watch how much bad acting is in this film. All the characters are angry about something or another and just keep snapping at each other. And most of them are drinking non-stop, especially Bill Shatner. It all just adds to the nuttiness of this film.
It's stunning to consider this movie came out in 1973, so after the book and movie Airport as well as the novel The Exorcist. Yet, the film pre-dates Stephen King AND Airplane! The Movie.
The fear factor is minimal but that is more than offset by the rest of this movie which, for a 73 minute made for TV movie, packs a lot in.