# Comedy & family movie - mysterious castle, strange altar and stone griffins

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**Category:** Movies\
**Tags:** comedy, fantasy\
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/comedy-family-movie-mysterious-castle-strange-altar-and-stone-griffins/6993 "2024-05-22T08:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/comedy-family-movie-mysterious-castle-strange-altar-and-stone-griffins/6993/1 "2024-05-22T08:00:27Z")

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I’m looking for a comedy movie (between 1980 - 2000 max). A marriage (they aren’t too young) with their friend on vacation, perhaps some island or small sleepy town with a castle. The woman is appalled that her husband doesn’t remember their wedding anniversary, so she leaves the hotel on her own and explores the town or an island. Then, a strange guy notices her (he is an old man with long gray hair) and he offers her a walk and buys her a beautiful red dress. I remember he tells her he lives in a castle and invites her there. He gets her drunk or gives her something and carries her to some sacrificial altar, at this her husband rushes in and on some tower, he fights an evil man. Then, he brings to life the stone griffins that decorate the tower. Everything ends well and the final scene as how all three of the wife, husband and their friend sit outside the hotel and ride away on donkeys is how the film ends.

One from actors could be similar to Danny DeVito. Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![mimiko33](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/mimiko33/32/12_2.png) [@mimiko33](https://filmfind.me/u/mimiko33)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/comedy-family-movie-mysterious-castle-strange-altar-and-stone-griffins/6993/2 "2024-05-22T09:25:07Z")

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> **[A Castle for Christmas (2021) ⭐ 5.6 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13070602/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_4_act)**
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> 1h 38m | TV-G

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/comedy-family-movie-mysterious-castle-strange-altar-and-stone-griffins/6993/3 "2026-05-12T04:54:00Z")

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I found something similar, but it isn’t. Tower of Terror (1997).

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131620/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131620/)

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/comedy-family-movie-mysterious-castle-strange-altar-and-stone-griffins/6993/4 "2026-05-14T09:59:31Z")

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My female friend found this movie. It’s German comedy and it is from 2008 - it is almost impossible, but it is exactly title - **African Race - Die verrückte Jagd nach dem Marakunda** (2008). It has 189 votes only.  
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0969240/?ref\_=tturv\_ov\_bk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0969240/?ref_=tturv_ov_bk)