The Changeling part 4 -- 1980 Classic Horror (HD)

How did you die Joseph?..did you die in this house?... Why do you remain?

Peter Medak's The Changeling is among a handful of films, including The Haunting (1963), Ghost Story (1981), and Lady in White (1988), that have successfully recreated the intimate, drawing-room atmosphere of supernatural horror fiction.

After his wife and daughter are killed in a snowbound car accident, classical composer John Russell (George C. Scott) relocates from New York to Seattle to teach at his alma mater. Looking for a quiet place to rest
and continue writing music, he is referred Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere) at the Seattle Historical Preservation Society. Claire shows John a large, sparsely furnished estate in the outlying countryside. He takes the house, appreciating its remoteness and the solitude it might afford, and diverts himself by renovating and settling in. He even starts to compose, putting aside his older work in favor of a new, sentimental piece for the piano.

It is not long, however, before he begins having nightmares about the accident that killed his wife and daughter. Possibly because of this trauma, he is open to communications from the house's ghostly occupants.
Pursuing a loud, repetitive pounding noise in an upper room, he stumbles on the apparition of a young boy drowning in a tub. Working together with Claire, John discovers frightening parallels between this vision and buried events from the house's past. Horror writer M.R. James once said that his goal as a writer was to make the reader feel "pleasantly uncomfortable." Those looking for a similar experience in movies will

appreciate The Changeling as a gem in the horror genre.

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[mark2cus]

Now we know where The Sixth Sense stole the seance scene from. Look at the old lady and listen.

[DomitoriM]

How about "The Others" with Nicole Kidman? It's almost identical!

[fxboy28hard]

I think the seance scene from Insidious completley ripped this off tbh....

[JayFox501]

I luv watching the lady scribbling on paper. I think its hilarious

[classicanj]

And the ball is still wet.... CREEPY!!!! Love this movie!!

[iamtelevision]

Are you the child killed by the coal car? Will you speak to John? Help John Help!!!

[superalex381]

amazing movie i have to admit

[superalex381]

this is the part our teacher didnt let us watch cuz it was too scary :(