“Before there was the drop, there was the curse.”

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🏨 Room Service for the Soul

There’s something about ghost stories set in hotels that always gets me. Maybe it’s the idea that grief checks in and refuses to leave, or maybe it’s because lobbies have that false sense of calm before the elevator dings and the real descent begins. Tower of Terror is peak ‘90s weird—half Disney, half existential crisis, all heart.

On the surface, it’s a campy ghost mystery. Underneath? It’s a story about people who can’t move on until someone cares enough to see them. And honestly—same.

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⚡ A Beautiful Mess with a Lightning Strike

Plot-wise, this movie is unhinged. Why does a journalist and his niece have unrestricted access to a haunted hotel crime scene? Why does everyone just accept a lightning bolt as an acceptable backstory? It’s chaos wrapped in nostalgia.

But that’s what makes it perfect: it mirrors the emotional illogic of trauma. Healing rarely follows the right script. Sometimes it’s just you, wandering the ruins of your past, trying to piece together what really happened that night.

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🪞 What Still Haunts You

As a mom, I find myself resonating more with the ghosts than the living characters. The ones stuck between worlds, just wanting closure. Watching this now, I realize we all have an “elevator” moment—some emotional free-fall that forced us to confront who we were before the drop.

The lesson isn’t about exorcising the past; it’s about offering it peace.