The Changeling (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Peter Medak

Escritores:

Russell Hunter (story)
William Gray (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 marzo 1980 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.

Plot Keywords:

House | Mansion | Composer | Historical Society | Ghost

Premios:

10 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One Of The Best, Classiest Haunted-House Movies

Reparto

George C. Scott	...	John Russell
Trish Van Devere	...	Claire Norman
Melvyn Douglas	...	Sen. Joseph Carmichael
Jean Marsh	...	Joanna Russell
John Colicos	...	De Witt
Barry Morse	...	Doctor Pemberton
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Mrs. Norman (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
Helen Burns	...	Leah Harmon
Frances Hyland	...	Elizabeth Grey
Ruth Springford	...	Minnie Huxley
Eric Christmas	...	Albert Harmon
Roberta Maxwell	...	Eva Lingstrom
Bernard Behrens	...	Prof. Robert Lingstrom
James B. Douglas	...	Eugene Carmichael
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Security guard

También conocida como:

L'enfant du diable (Canada: French title)
Al final de la escalera (Spain) [es]
El intermediario del diablo (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

107 min

País:

Canada

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 (video rating) | South Africa:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1980) | USA:R (certificate #25883) | Singapore:PG | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Boeing Field - 7149 Perimeter Road, Seattle, Washington, USA

Compañía:

Chessman Park Productions

Trivialidades:

French censorship certificate: -13.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: After John Russell discovers the secret stairs he gets to a room with an open door. When he looks into the room, the camera moves back and reveals a shadow of a human head disappearing on the left side of the screen. Either this is fully intentional by the filmmaker or it's a shadow of a crew member. This occurs approximately 34:32 (min.) into the film.

Citas:

John Russell: It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Terkel i knibe (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Rondo in A minor for Piano, K. 511

One Of The Best, Classiest Haunted-House Movies

"The Changeling" is an old-fashioned, but hair-raising ghostly tale, very much at the level of classics of the subgenre like "Legend of Hell House (1973)" and "The Haunting (1963)." The film's narrative is interesting, and at times, even moving. Also, the film proves that old adagio that you don't really need to show anything in order to scare the audience. There are hardly any special effects in the film; violence is mostly implied. Director Medak puts his trust on the audience, allowing the viewers to fill in the blanks – the movie stimulates the imagination of the viewer like the best horror films often do. I wish more directors were as smart as Medak because his technique really pays off – this is one helluva scary movie! Plenty of spooky sequences will keep horror fans glued to the TV and those of you that don't particularly care for this type of production will surely enjoy this film's classy, elegant style. George C. Scott is terrific as the man tangled in a complicated web of ghostly mysteries. Many other familiar faces show up throughout the film (Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Madeline Sherwood, etc.). John Coquillon's camera work is eerily patient, and composer Rick Wilkins is a great accomplice when it comes to help scare the audience. It is simply one of the best haunted-house movies that I have seen.