Genres Horror Drama Mystery
Keywords london, england loss of loved one based on novel or book haunted house mental breakdown basement haunting gothic death ghost séance dead daughter psychotronic film grieving mother

Synopsis

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

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Director & Writers

Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine
Director
Dave Humphries
Dave Humphries
Screenplay
Harry Bromley Davenport
Harry Bromley Davenport
Story
Peter Straub
Peter Straub
Novel

Cast

Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow
Julia Lofting
Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea
Magnus Lofting
Tom Conti
Tom Conti
Mark Berkeley
Jill Bennett
Jill Bennett
Lily Lofting
Robin Gammell
Robin Gammell
David Swift
Cathleen Nesbitt
Cathleen Nesbitt
Heather Rudge
Anna Wing
Anna Wing
Rosa Fludd
Edward Hardwicke
Edward Hardwicke
Captain Paul Winter
Pauline Jameson
Pauline Jameson
Claudia Branscombe
Peter Sallis
Peter Sallis
Jeffrey Branscombe

Recommended Films

Brimstone & Treacle
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
Directed by Richard Loncraine
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
1975
Starring Tom Conti
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968
Starring Mia Farrow
No Place to Hide
No Place to Hide
1981
Starring Keir Dullea

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