Vibes (1988)
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan territory where they discover an ancient mystical secret, and each other.
- Ken Kwapis
- Anne Rapp
- Alan B. Curtiss
- Tom Seidman
- Babaloo Mandel
- Babaloo Mandel
- Lowell Ganz
- Lowell Ganz
- Deborah Blum
Rating: 5.7/10 by 71 users
Alternative Title:
Vibes, Boas Vibrações - BR
Enquête en tête - CA
El misterio de la pirámide de oro - ES
Pyramidin salaisuus - FI
Mathitevomenoi profites - GR
Ta mystika tis hrysis pyramidas - GR
Rezdülések - HU
Il segreto della piramide d'oro - IT
Vibes: The Secret of the Golden Pyramids - PH
Em Busca dos Misteriosos Poderes do Universo - PT
Pyramidens hemlighet - SE
Titresimler - TR
Вайбс - RU
초능력 탐험대 - KR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 39 minutes
Budget: $1,884,000
Revenue: $1,883,811
Plot Keyword: psychokinesis, psychic power, incan empire
**_Fun Indiana Jones knock-off with Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum_** In Manhattan, a man and woman with impressive paranormal abilities (Lauper & Goldblum) are hoodwinked by a questionable man (Peter Falk) into going to the Ecuadorian mountains to find a lost city and great treasure. Julian Sands is also on hand. "Vibes" (1988) is cut from the same cloth as “Raiders of the Last Ark,” “King Solomon’s Mines” and “Firewalker,” mixed with a little "Ghostbusters," but it’s the least of these due to too many stabs at humor falling flat, not to mention it needed a tighter script and better special effects. No wonder it flopped at the box office. Still, it's a fun 80’s flick full of high misadventure with great Andes locations. It was Cyndi’s movie debut. Dan Aykroyd was originally slated for Goldblum’s role, but he opted out after meeting the “unusual” musician. Lauper said in her autobiography that she and Jeff didn’t get along during shooting. Nevertheless, you can tell some of the cast had a good time, like Falk. It just needed better writing. The film runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in Riverside, which is a 45-minute drive east of Los Angeles, and Ecuador (Cuenca and Azogues), along with the exteriors of 32 Washington Place, Manhattan, used as the Department of Paranormal Studies. GRADE: C+
