Changeling, The1980

Director
Peter Medak

Acters

George C. Scott (John Russell)
Trish Van Devere (Claire Norman)
Melvyn Douglas (Senator Carmichael)
Jean Marsh (Joanna Russell)
John Colicos (Captain DeWitt)
Barry Morse (Parapsychologist)

An experience beyond total fear.
Peter Medak directed this creepy tale of horror with George C. Scott as John Russell, a widowed music professor who moves into a haunted mansion in Seattle. He hires Claire Norman, a local historical society worker, to help him investigate the story behind the old house. Claire and John discover that the spirit inhabiting the house belongs to a boy murdered by his father in an effort to collect an inheritance. When the father found out that he couldn’t collect on the inheritance until his son became twenty-one, he replaced his murdered son with a substitute. The father’s replacement has now grown into a wealthy senator, Joe Carmichael. John contacts him to warn him about the child spirit, who wants revenge upon Carmichael. But Carmichael thinks that John is trying to blackmail him about his past life.
“The Changeling is a superior haunted house thriller.” – Variety
“One of the very few films that truly, terribly horrifies. A classic.” – Needcoffee.com
“Rises above convention with some fantastic acting and a careful layering of supernatural rumblings and clue-gathering that makes for a compelling two hours.” – eFilmCritic.com