UK, USA, 1995
107m
35mm film, colour
Dolby Stereo Digital Spectral Recording, English
A British/American horror film directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Plot Summary
A sceptical academic accepts an invitation to the estate of a wealthy British family hoping to debunk claims that the place is haunted, but soon finds that literal ghosts from his past are waiting for him.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
© MCMXCV [1995] Lumiere Pictures Ltd
Lumiere Pictures
Lumiere Pictures presents a Double ‘A’ Pictures and American Zoetrope production
A Lewis Gilbert film
Executive Producers: Ralph Kemp, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Jeff Kleeman
Produced by: Lewis Gilbert, Anthony Andrews
And Co-produced by: William P
Cartlidge
Screenplay by: Tim Prager, Bob Kellett, Lewis Gilbert
Based on the Novel by: James Herbert
Director of Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Film Editor: John Jympson
Music Composed and Conducted by: Debbie Wiseman
Sound Recordist: Ken Weston
Costumes Designed by: Candy Patterson, Jane Robinson
Chief Make-Up/Hair Artiste: Christine Beveridge
Special Effects Supervisor: Peter Hutchinson
Digital Film Effects by: FrameStore
Production Designed by: John Fenner, Brian Ackland-Snow
Casting Director: Joyce Nettles
Made at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, London, England
Location sequences by arrangement with Parham, West Sussex, England and at The Bluebell Railway, East Sussex, England
Cast
Aidan Quinn (David Ash)
Kate Beckinsale (Christina Mariell)
Anthony Andrews (Robert Mariell)
John Gielgud (Doctor Doyle)
Anna Massey (Nanny Tess)
Alex Lowe (Simon Mariell)
Geraldine Somerville (Kate)
Victoria Shalet (Juliet Ash)
Linda Bassett (Madame Brontski)
Liz Smith (old gypsy woman)
Peter England (young David)
Alice Douglas (Clare)
Hilary Mason (elderly lady)
Edmund Moriarty (Liam)
Emily Hamilton (Mary)
Alternative Titles
Ásókn – Iceland
Atrapado – Mexico
Casa spiritelor – Romania
Edbrook Hallin salaisuus – Finland (video)
Fantasmi – Italy
Hanté – Canada (French)
Haunted – haus der geister – Germany
Das haus der geister – Germany
Hechizados – Spain
Ilusões perigosas – Brazil
A Irmandade do Mal – Portugal
Lanetli – Turkey
Megkísértve – Hungary
Nawiedzony – Poland
Prenasledovaný – Slovakia
Stoiheiomenoi – Greece
Ukleti – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian)
Στοιχειωμένοι – Greece
Дом призраков – Russia
Призрачната къща – Bulgaria
月下の恋 – Japan
Links
See also
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.29 no.4/5 (October 1997) pp.90-95 – illustrated article (Haunted by Alan Jones)
- Empire no.77 (November 1995) p.50 – illustrated credits, review (New films by Jack Yeovil [real name: Kim Newman])
- Fangoria no.154 (July 1996) pp.70-73 – illustrated review (To be haunted in England by Mark Salisbury)
- Fangoria no.157 (October 1996) pp.38, 39 – illustrated review (The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops)
- Screen International no.1034 (17 November 1995) p.2 – note (MIFED Briefs)
- Screen International no.980 (21 October 1994) p.9 – note (Production line)
- Screen International no.982 (4 November 1994) p.10 – note (Production line)
- Screen International no.986 (2 December 1994) p.17 – credits
- Screen International no.987 (9 December 1994) p.1 – illustrated credits
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.11 (November 1995) p.44 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Reviews by Kim Newman)
- Starburst no.207 (November 1995) pp.34, 35 – illustrated credits, review (Preview by Alan Jones)
- Starburst no.210 (February 1996) pp.46, 47 – illustrated credits, review (Videofile)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.334 no.46 22 (November 1994) p.18 – credits
- Variety 13 November 1995 pp.53, 54 – credits, review (by Derek Elley)
Books
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.287, 335
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.242
- Frightfest Guide to Ghost Movies by Axelle Carolyn p.151
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.454-455
