Comedy ·Mystery ·Thriller · United States of America · 1992 · 1h 27m

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Director

Cast

David Hewlett as Deadpan Sherilyn Fenn as Bridget DeSoto Whip Hubley as Chester DeSoto David Johansen as Auggie Kenneth Tobey as Captain Holiday Paul Bartel as The Manager

Crew

Jamie Thompson — Director of Photography Jim Bedford — Editor Alien Castle — Original Music Composer Doug Walter — Original Music Composer Alien Castle — Writer Donald P. Borchers — Producer

Synopsis

Right after Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, in 1955, a toy salesman in town for a convention brings his wife with him so they can both go to Disneyland. They stay at a rundown place called the Sunset Motel nearby. Soon the wife is having an affair with a man staying at the motel. The husband hires a psychotic criminal to spy on them, the wife and her lover plan to murder the husband, and the voyeuristic motel manager is spying on everybody.

Mood & Themes

sex in a motel

Key Collaborators

Alien Castle Director Jamie Thompson Director of Photography Jim Bedford Editor Alien Castle Original Music Composer Doug Walter Original Music Composer Alien Castle Writer Donald P. Borchers Producer Betty Pecha Madden Costume Design

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