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Nightmare on the 13th Floor

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Nightmare on the 13th Floor
GenreHorror
Thriller
Mystery
Written byJ.D. Feigelson
Dan DiStefano
Directed byWalter Grauman
StarringMichele Greene
James Brolin
Louise Fletcher
Alan Fudge
John Karlen
Theme music composerJay Gruska
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerWalter Grauman
ProducersF.A. Miller (associate producer)
Jeffrey M. Hayes (supervising producer)
CinematographyTom Richmond
EditorSidney Katz
Running time90 minutes
Production companiesG.C. Group
Paramount Television
Wilshire Court Productions
Original release
NetworkUSA Network
ReleaseOctober 31, 1990 (1990-10-31)

Nightmare on the 13th Floor is a 1990 American made-for-television thriller film which was originally shown on the USA Network on Halloween 1990. It stars Michele Greene as the travel writer Elaine Kalisher, James Brolin as Dr. Alan Lanier and Louise Fletcher as Letti Gordon.

Plot

The Wessex Hotel in Los Angeles is a Victorian hotel, built in 1898 at a height of 16 floors, including a 13th floor. Early in its history, serial killer Avery Block brought his friends to the 13th floor of the Wessex where he proceeded to kill them with a fire ax hoping to achieve immortality by the taking of others' lives. Due to the murders, the 13th floor was sealed off in October 1901 and a frieze was erected around the building covering the floor. Ninety years later, Traveler's Review magazine sends Elaine Kalisher to write a travel article.

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