Haunted (1995)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Writers:

James Herbert (novel)
Timothy Prager (writer) ...
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Release Date:

18 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Horror

Plot:

Professor David Ash is invited to Edbrook to calm the fears of the elderly nanny of the Mariell family...

Plot Keywords:

Incest | Family Secret | Ghost | Guilt | Haunted House

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Aidan Quinn	...	Prof. David Ash
Kate Beckinsale	...	Christina Mariell
Anthony Andrews	...	Robert Mariell
John Gielgud	...	Doctor Doyle
Anna Massey	...	Nanny Tess Webb
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

Directed by
Lewis Gilbert

Writing credits
James Herbert		(novel)
Timothy Prager		(writer) and
Bob Kellett		(writer) and
Lewis Gilbert		(writer)

Produced by
Anthony Andrews	....	producer
William P. Cartlidge	....	co-producer
Francis Ford Coppola	....	executive producer
Fred Fuchs	....	executive producer
Lewis Gilbert	....	producer
Ralph Kamp	....	executive producer
Jeff Kleeman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Cinematography by
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Film Editing by
John Jympson

Casting by
Joyce Nettles

Production Design by
Brian Ackland-Snow
John Fenner

Art Direction by
Gary Tomkins

Set Decoration by
Peter James

Costume Design by
Candy Paterson
Jane Robinson

Makeup Department
Christine Beveridge	....	key hair stylist
Christine Beveridge	....	key makeup artist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	hair stylist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ian Hickinbotham	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen Cranny	....	third assistant director
John Duthie	....	second assistant director
Bob Kellett	....	second unit director
Tim Lewis	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Andy Evans	....	construction manager
Gary Freeman	....	junior draughtsman
Maurice Jones	....	property master

Sound Department
Jonathan Bates	....	sound editor
Duncan Elliott	....	assistant dialogue editor
Dean Humphreys	....	dubbing mixer
Gerry Humphreys	....	dubbing mixer
Christopher Lloyd	....	dialogue editor
Brian Mann	....	assistant sound editor
Ken Weston	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
David Brighton	....	special effects senior technician
Jim Crockett	....	special effects technician
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects supervisor
Stephen Hutchinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Philip Campbell	....	digital scanning supervisor: Framestore
Michael Curtis	....	visual effects
Robert Duncan	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Marc Boyle	....	stunt coordinator
Jamie Edgell	....	stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunts
Sy Hollands	....	stunt coordinator
Lisa Hoyle	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Batten	....	clapper loader
Gary Cross	....	best boy
Mark Evans	....	electrician
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Rawdon Hayne	....	first assistant camera
Rawdon Hayne	....	focus puller
Malcolm Huse	....	grip
Paul Kemp	....	electrician
Mark Laidlaw	....	generator operator
David Lawrence	....	assistant camera: second unit
Don Lord	....	camera operator: second unit
Norman Smith	....	gaffer
Paul Wells	....	electrician

Casting Department
Phyllis Huffman	....	casting: USA (as Phyllis Hoffman)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alan Flyng	....	wardrobe master
Pat Williamson	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Niamh Fagan	....	second assistant film editor
Simon Harris	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Dina Eaton	....	music editor

Other crew
Pam Devis	....	choreographer
Ann Edwards	....	script supervisor
Derek Harrington	....	location manager
Marilyse Morgan	....	production coordinator
Patric Scott	....	unit publicist
Richard Walker	....	production runner

Production Companies

• October Films
• American Zoetrope
• Lumière Pictures
• Double "A" Pictures

Distributors

• Entertainment Film Distributors (1996) (UK) (theatrical)
• October Films (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC (????) (Germany) (VHS)
• Evergreen Entertainment
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Highlight Video
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Lumière Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Pioneer Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Screen Power Home Entertainment (200?) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

October Films

Trivia:

Hilary Mason replaced Jean Anderson.

Movie Connections:

References The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Why there aren´t any more ghost movies like this ?...

I first saw this a couple of years ago, when it was released on video, and since then i must have watched about two or three times more. Surprisingly for a mistery movie, this doesn´t loose it´s appeal even when we are watching it for the second time. Even when we already know how it´s going to end.

The first time we see it, it´s great and we spend the whole movie trying to guess what is going to happen next, even if the ending might be a bit easy to guess from a certain point in the movie, if we pay atention to some details.

Anyway, this is an excelent movie, the atmosphere is perfect. Very intriguing and misterious, but at the same time set in very normal locations. Normaly ghost movies are associated to lots of scenes in the dark, but this movie is a very bright movie with most of its story set in very iluminated places, contrary to the classic ghost storytelling. But at the same time even during normal scenes whe can feel that there is something wrong in the air, and this is what makes this movie so atmospheric. It realy feels like the whole movie is haunted. We can watch it again, and again and keep finding new small details, that we missed the first time.

But what ghost story would be without scares and chills. Well there are a couple of scary moments in here also and some very good chilling sequences. Most of them is actualy in our minds, because ther aren´t many special effects in, but that´s the way a good ghost story should be presented. The atmosphere in this is so good, that if the few flashy special effects that are present were removed, it wouldn´t make a diference. But fear not, this is not a Spielberg effects film, the atmosphere is what counts here. And it has loads of it.

Overall this is at least a very diferent ghost story, and originaly presented. Don´t skip this movie if you like ghost stories.

Excelent.