The Changeling
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Movie Reviews of The Changeling
Movie Review: Steal from the best they say...
Summary: 5 Stars
I’ve owned The Changeling for many years first VHS then DVD. When movies like ‘the Ring”, “What lies beneath” and “the Others” came along I noticed something similar to my favorite old ghost story. Michelle Pfeiffer’s character (Beneath) has her first marriage come to a tragic end by a car accident and looses her children. So does George C. Scott in “The Changeling”. She’s a musician (Ditto). Watch the scene in the bathroom and then watch where they got the idea from in “The Changeling”. The neckless in the story is exact as well. Finding the neckless at the bottom of the lake (Beneath) or finding it at the bottom of a well (Changeling)... “The Ring” nabbed some ideas as well (no pun). The tortured child held captive in some upstairs attic is right from “The Changeling”. Finding the body in the well is right from “The Changeling”. The most similar scene I’ve found out of all is the scene from “The Others”. The seance is taking place and the blind women is writing on paper what she is hearing from the ghost in the house. The assistant takes each piece she finishes writing and reads out loud what the psychic has written. Exact same scene in “The Changeling”. The whole Haunted house murder mystery revenge thing is my favorite type of movie. I just kept thinking, watching these “newer” movies, I think I’ve seen this before.Movie Review: Perfect for a rainy, dark day
Summary: 5 Stars
When THE CHANGELING first came out in 1979 I had no interest in seeing it. "Just another cheesy haunted house movie with no thrills" I was thinking but I was totally wrong. I finally was able to view it years later on HBO and it made every hair on my body stand up! Visually it isn't scary but the symbolisms have a psychological effect on the psyche (e.g. a ball drops down the staircase, George C. Scott picks it up and brings it to a bridge far away and deposits the ball into the water, to his surprise when he arrives back home the same ball drops down from the staricase again). This by far is the best haunted house movie set in a large mansion in the woods outside of Seattle but actually may be in British Columbia. There's something about the Northwest, rain, and classical music that creates the perfect setting for a haunting.
A young boy by the name of Joseph Carmichael is robbed of his future empire and murdered by his own father due to his handicap and returns to possess the mansion he once lived in. George C. Scott stars as John Russell, a music professor/composer who recently lost his wife and daughter in a horrible automobile accident and takes residence in the mansion. He forms a bond with the ghostly experiences of the boy and unravels the mysteries of what took place. The mood is eeirly haunting from start to finish, a true classic for the living, the dead, and the undead.
Movie Review: The Changeling
Summary: 5 Stars
With the horror genre being comprised of a mass of blood and dead teenagers, where have all the great American ghost stories gone? The Changeling is great start. As a movie, it is a stand alone in that it was released at a time when horror had taken a back seat to the resurgence of science fiction (Star Wars, Alien) and right before it became chic to be under 18, high on hormones and ready to be impaled by a cleaver. It stars George C. Scott in a different yet typically brooding role and Trish Van Devere as his quivering helpmate. The Changeling contains all the elements of a Halloween night-flashlight under the covers-ghost story. The enormous, lumbering shell of a mansion Scott has rented to morn the loss of his wife and daughter, the objects that move by themselves, the echoing noises that awaken him in the middle of the night, and most importantly, the sad and tragic story behind the house itself. There are only a handful of in-your-face scares, but the most effective scares are the unseen ones. In one particular hair raiser, Van Devere goes to the house to seek Scott and upon entering hears him mumbling to himself in another part of the house. She slowly walks upstairs as we continue to hear him. After a few minutes we realize it's the ghost imitating Scott,kind of cosmic tape recording.
All in all, it's one to watch with someone in the dark and an experience you won't soon forget.
Movie Review: A Classic Haunted House/ Ghost Story
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, I have lost count of the ammount of times I have seen this movie but every time I watch it I get goose bumps. This is how affective the movie is.
George C. Scott (of "Patton" fame) plays a composer who rents a house to live in while he teaches and tries to cope with tragedy. Soon the house begins to exhibit strange occurances and Mr. Scott begins to investige the house's history. This is all you need to know about the plot because anything else would ruin the film.
This movie is all about atmosphere. There are no scenes of gore and slaughter like so many big budget horror films nowadays. This film does not need to gross the viewer out. The Changeling simply tells a great story as the viewer learns about the house and witnesses the haunting at the same time as the characters. You are pulled into this film because it entertains and frightens with ease. There is nothing "in your face" about the scares.
This film is for fans of the 1960's film "The Haunting" or anyone who just enjoys a good ghost story. Don't even bother to rent it because it cheap enough to buy and I guarantee you'll watch it more than once. I have recommended it to many people and I never heard a negative comment. For the full effect, wait until night to watch it and then watch it alone. See how many times you glance over your shoulder.
Movie Review: Chilling ghost story.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Changeling was a great edge of your seat, spooky haunted house film. It was directed by Peter Medak who did a fantastic job in creating this dark and atmospheric film, I think it was more subtle but it still manages to creep out the audience. George C. Scott plays an aging music composer who after a tragic car accident in which both his daughter and wife were killed in buys a mansion. All is well to start with but soon there is a loud banging noise at night and this makes George's character feel abit unsettled, he soon calls a medium only to find out that there was a boy called Joseph who was murdered in the house 70 years ago, George's character then searches throughout the course of the film trying to find the reason why the boy was killed and by whom since the ghost cannot find any peace and the hauntings become more aggressive and more creepy. The changeling had a great storyline with first rate acting from the cast and was a totally enjoyable super natural 80's horror film that has a few twists and turns. There were also a couple of scenes that are guaranteed to make the hair on your arms stand up, that includes the images of a boy drowning in a bathtub, that moving wheelchair and a dark well (BTW this film also inspired the Japanese horror flick Ringu) Real spooky stuff, I highly recommend this excellent film to horror fans.