
It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to ... (Full plot summary below)
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It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.
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| Backseat MafiaRob AldamThe Changeling is an icily tense horror which bathes its events in an eerie and otherworldly atmosphere. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeA solidly made, genuinely creepy and effective ghost story of a type the movies rarely attempt and even more rarely get right. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonDirector Peter Medak opts for exposition and atmosphere over jump-scares and other cheap dramatic devices. |
| StarburstJames EvansSharing much of its cinematic DNA with the type of captivating, classy horror Hollywood had been producing at the time, where it deviates from this, it does so in genuinely fascinating ways, not least in the emotionally brutal ending. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsOne of the very few films that truly, terribly horrifies. A classic. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenOne of the most genuinely haunting ghost stories in recent years, The Changeling is much eerier and more effective than the overrated and bombastic Poltergeist. |
| The A.V. ClubNick SchagerAn underrated entry in the horror subgenre, generating consistent unease through long, ominous pans—up and down staircases, through hallways—that assume the perspective of its searching-for-peace specter. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldIt doesn't have that sneaky sense of awful things about to happen. Scott makes the hero so rational, normal and self-possessed that we never feel he's in real danger; we go through this movie with too much confidence. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf it only took craftsmanship to make a haunted house movie, The Changeling would be a great one. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe Changeling is a superior haunted house thriller. |