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Professor David Ash (Aidan Quinn) is skeptical of the supernatural, yet he is invited by elderly Nanny Tess Webb (Anna Massey) to investigate paranormal goings-on at her country estate. When Ash arrives, he meets her three adult children (Kate Beckinsale among them, who becomes his future love interest) and the family doctor (John Gielgud), all of whom deny anything is going on and claim that Nanny Tess is merely hallucinating. Yet after spending some time there, the professor begins experiencing unexplainable visions that only Nanny Tess, and often only he, sees. Furthermore the ghost of his sister, who died as a child in a drowning accident, begins to roam the estate. Is he imagining it and going mad? Or is the house truly haunted? Adapted by Tim Prager from the James Herbert novel, Lewis Gilbert's highly memorable film is a brilliant haunted-house tale with chilling scenes and an exceptional plot twist. --Bryan Reesman
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By Latindancer
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A movie that will keep you off your seat and hold you in suspense from beginning to end. A stellar cast and beautiful scenery complement the artistry of this paranormal drama.
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I thought this was a really good nail biter of a haunted house story, no blood and guts for the fans of that genre though.
By H. N. Dohe
Format:DVD
I really enjoyed this movie. It was an interesting ghost story with a few unforseen twists. Quinn plays a professor who likes to debunk supernatural phenomena as all just 'smoke and mirrors'. He's asked to come visit a stately manor house and check out three siblings'old housekeeper-nanny's complaint that the house is haunted. At first it looks like the nanny's imagining things, but after a day or two, Quinn begins to wonder if maybe the old woman isn't on to something evil. He begins to doubt his own thoughts regarding the supernatural. And worse- if there are evil ghosts at the old house, what do they want with him? There is some subtle clever dialogue in this movie that slipped right by some Imaginative Cinema Society friends of mine-and who were delighted when I pointed them out. See if you can catch them, too!
My only complaint is that it could've been tightened up a little, and come in with a shorter running time.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not haunted enough
Aidan Quinn, with his unearthly pale eyes and great handsomeness, would seem perfectly cast as a university professor exploring a case of a ghost haunting in a great English... Read more
Published on April 13 2004 by Jay Dickson
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a MUST HAVE for your spook collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a excellent movie.
The acting is all top notch. The scenery is beautiful and the story line is a little different then your average ghost story. Read more
Published on Nov 22 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Twists, Good Acting, Beautiful Woman
I really enjoyed this movie. Wonderful acting, terrific photography, and likeable characters. The centre plots climax is disappointingly weak in contrast with the rest of the... Read more
Published on Oct 28 2003 by Glenn Laycock
1.0 out of 5 stars
Yawn.
This movie just plain stinks. Just don't watch it. See Poltergeist, The Amityville Horror or The Innocents. They are much better. This was not scary at all, and the acting stunk. Read more
Published on July 2 2003 by Tom Servo
4.0 out of 5 stars
An entertaining film.....the bottom line.
This film is entertaining, which is the bottom line in any form of entertainment. The film isn't perfect, but you'll enjoy watching it. It's good entertainment. Recommended.
Published on April 17 2003 by R G Dupras
1.0 out of 5 stars
sigh...... just stupid.... 2 hours of my life gone
Total waste. It may have been an okay story were it not for the incest and the gratuitous nudity and sex scenes. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2003 by M. N. McBain
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good ghost story,but weakly delivered
I'm a huge fan of haunted house movies like THE HAUNTING(original),LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE,and ROSE RED and was curious about this one since I never hear about it. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2002 by Bob Ashley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very well done but not perfect...
"Haunted" as a film has some very good points going for it - but it also has some very bad points as well. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2002 by Todd C. Spears
4.0 out of 5 stars
Someone's playin' mean head games in 1920's England...
WOOOOOO.........If you like a good ol' ghost story pick "Haunted". Writing this review is tricky because I want to gush and tell the story, but suffice to say this is a... Read more
Published on Nov 5 2002
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad...REALLY bad!!
Just finished watching this DVD, and would have to say that it's the WORST ghost film that I've ever seen.
Very cheesey, and totally un-original. Read more
Very cheesey, and totally un-original. Read more
Published on Oct 20 2002
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