knightcrawler-1 It is a pretty good ghost story for the 80's, it's not filled up with bad CGI either. The dialog could have been better, some scene's make you cringe a little because they feel awkward. Michael Moriarty is not a great actor. He always seems like he's has difficulty communicating. The phone scene in the beginning of the film is painful. Bad Directing maybe? Jenny Agutter looks lovely and her performance is fine most of the time. The quality of the film seems low budget at times and acceptable at others. I watched it on TV late at night so it was edited. I'd like to see the unedited version. The ending is fun and also predictable. It does bring up questions about whether there is justice in the afterlife.

Paul Celano (chelano) OK this movie was not that good at all. First off the cast was pretty bad. Only two actors saved the film a little and that was Theodore Bikel and Kevin McCarthy; but they didn't have big parts. The whole movie was based around Jenny Agutter and I swear she was just in there to show off her body and that is it. There is a scene when she is running and some of the buttons on her shirt come undone so you can see a little more. But there was no point to it. Not to mention they loved using a fuzzy blur lens when filming her. The whole film, there is something killing people and they never show it till the end. So when people are attacked, they are attacked by something invisible and it is annoying. The story is pretty bad too because they tell you what is happening, but not really why which makes it confusing. I also like how the film is called Dark Tower, yet it is not a tower.

Vomitron_G During the first 10 minutes or so, I thought this was going to be a movie about Jenny Agutter stroking her hair. Boy, does she stroke her hair a lot during those first ten minutes. But no, Ms. Agutter plays a successful architect who designed a skyscraper. Unfortunately, the building is haunted. So we have a supernatural horror-thriller that's far from horrific or thrilling. The only death scene worth mentioning, happens at the beginning of the movie: a window cleaner falls down 29 floors and crushes a pedestrian to death. What we get afterwards, is a messy script turned into a clumsily put together movie. The inimitable Michael Moriarty plays a clairvoyant detective who's trying to unravel the mystery. There's really not much going on in this movie. Some people die in freak accidents and Ms. Agutter seems to be the centre of things. In the end we find out why - pretty easy to guess - during a ridiculous ghostly climax. "Dark Tower" had some potential, but the film is just too uneventful and the plot too lazy. I imagine if you're a fan of Moriarty or Agutter, you might give this one a watch. And even then you might be disappointed, as both their performances are quite underwhelming. I also expected more from people like Freddie Francis (director, "The Creeping Flesh", 1973 & "The Doctor And The Devils", 1985) and Kevin Wiederhorn (writer/director, "Shock Waves", 1977 & "Return Of The Living Dead Part 2", 1988). Bizar that their combined efforts didn't turn "Dark Tower" into a better movie.

udar55 Dennis Randall (Michael Moriarty), a security agent with slight psychic ability, is assigned to cover a strange series of accidents in a high rise in Barcelona. All of the mishaps seem to happen around Carolyn Page (Jenny Agutter), the building's architect. Sensing he needs to bring in the big guns, Randall recruits paranormal investigator Max Gold (Theodore Bikel) and psychic Sergie (Kevin McCarthy) to battle the vengeful spirit with the building.Skyscrapers provide great settings and were all the rage for horror films in the 80s (THE LIFT, DEMONS 2, POLTERGEIST III), but this one is the lesser of the bunch. The film had a troubled production history as it was started by Freddie Francis but he left and it was finished by Ken Wiederhorn. The final directing credit goes to one Ken Barnett. The biggest problem with the film is that it drags you from point A to B at a snail's pace, long after you have figured out the mystery. If the film is worth seeing for anything, it is the performance by Moriarty (whose name is misspelled as "Moriarity" in the opening credits). He is clearly plastered in this and often looks like he is about to crack a smile with his loud delivery. In addition to this, Moriarty also starred in A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT, IT'S ALIVE III and THE HANOI HILTON all in the same year. Now that is impressive.