The Changeling (1980)

7.4	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Peter Medak

Starring (View all)

George C. Scott

John Russell

Trish Van Devere

Claire Norman

Melvyn Douglas

Senator Joe Carmichael

Joanna Russell

Captain DeWitt

Dr. Pemberton

Mrs. Norman

Leah Harmon

Written by (View all)

Russell Hunter

(story)

William Gray

(screenplay)

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My kind of horror

3 years, 9 months ago at Aug 2 16:55

Hourglass Women

The movie is more scary for what you don't see and what is implied. Much scarier than slash flicks where you expect a regular stream of blood and guts.

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2 years, 8 months ago at Aug 29 7:05

dappa1975

Great story well acted and unwraps at a decent pace. Spooky throughout really enjoyed it for an older horror.

One of the all-time great haunted house films

2 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 23 8:27

PvtCaboose91

"That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people."

The Changeling is pure class, a rare type of haunted house movie which is genuinely effective and frightening. Directed by Peter Medak, it's a horror movie short on jump scares and violence, but it succeeds because it's deftly made and insanely atmospheric. A superb mix of horror and myster... read more

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A man whose family is killed in a road accident retires to a lonely mansion and begins to experience supernatural occurrences linked to the house's mysterious past and its previous owners.

Release date : 28 March 1980
UPC: 026359063022

Horror (13), Haunted House (9), Ghosts (6), Politician (5), Murder (5), Composer (5), Car Accident (5), Flashback (5), Thriller (5), 1980s (4), 1980 (4), Seattle (4), Ghost (4), Mystery (4), Suspense (4), Wheelchair (3), Ghost Story (3), Supernatural (2), Death Of Child (2), Death (2)

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One of the all-time great haunted house films

“"That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people."

The Changeling is pure class, a rare type of haunted house movie which is genuinely effective and frightening. Directed by Peter Medak, it's a horror movie short on jump scares and violence, but it succeeds because it's deftly made and insanely atmospheric. A superb mix of horror and mystery, the film builds slowly and steadily, relying on tension and character development rather than lazy scares or gore. Due to this, mainstream horror fans may not be willing to give The Changeling a shot, but any genre connoisseur worth their salt needs to check out Medak's horror master class, as it's hands down one of the all-time great haunted house flicks.

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