Horror

The Mesmerist

Name: The Mesmerist
Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Genre: Horror
Released: 2002-03-11
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 4.7
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Jason Carter, Howard Hesseman, Jo Champa

March 11, 2002

1h 35m

TMDB4.7· 3

Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on tormenting the living. When a medical experiment leaves the grouch hovering between life and death (and able to describe the world beyond), things get tricky for his daughter (Jessica Capshaw) and her beau (Neil Patrick Harris, of "Doogie Howser, M.D." fame), who can't get their hands on his estate.