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The Changeling
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302180015
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302180015
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: December 13, 1993
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1980
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Editorial Review:
When a recent widower (the wonderfully overemphatic George C. Scott ) moves into an antique Washington mansion, his realization that he may not be the only resident leads him toward a deadly secret that refuses to remain buried....The best haunted-house film since the legendary Haunting, this potent, classy combination of the mystery and horror genres eschews explicit gore and dumb shocks in exchange for a subtle creepiness that occasionally builds to a terrifying peak (watch out for that seance scene!). The result is a satisfyingly intelligent horror film with an intriguing dash of Watergate-era paranoia. Director Peter Medak went on to direct the considerably more gratuitous and somewhat less effective Romeo Is Bleeding and The Krays. --Andrew Wright
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A compassionate film
This is a remarkably warm film. It's not a horror story by any means and the ghost part, intriguing as it is, takes back seat to a tale of a man in profound grief and how he deals with supernatural events. George C. Scott is superb and the music is absolutely perfect for the vehical it serves. This movie, with its sensitivity and sheer creativity, actually gets better with each viewing.
Rating:  - A ghost story for the ages
After losing his family in a horrible accident in Upstate New York, John, still grieving for his wife and child, relocates to Washington State where he moves into an old, historical mansion. Thinking it would be a nice, secluded place to compose his music, he soon learns that he is not alone in the house when a loud, residual-like banging sound resounds at the same time every day (which is later explained). Curious, he goes about exploring and discovers a locked, hidden door. Eventually getting it ... Read More
Rating: - Probhably the Best Ghost Story of All Time
I remember going to see this with my Dad in the theaters when it came out. It scared my younger brother so bad, he slept with my mom and dad for a week straight. It was one of those rare films that has a profound effect. Great story and acting by George C. Scott as well as the rest of the cast. Very creepy with no gore. Has some terrifying moments. Love owning it.
Rating: - The Changeling is genuinely frightening
Never even heard of this movie until I read about it here on Amazon, and I'm glad I checked it out. George C. Scott plays a music composer who has lost his wife and daughter in a freak accident which we witness in the film's opening scene. He accepts a job as a music professor and rents an enourmous, yet long deserted mansion during his tenure. Soon after inhabiting the house, strange things gradually start happening such as doors slamming shut, water running on its own, even rythmic pounding noises ... Read More
Rating:  - Spooky
This movie is a classic haunted house story. It has all the makings of a real ghost story. Worth seeing!
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