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Director:
Richard Lang
Writer:
Ned Wynn (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery more
Plot:
A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dennis Weaver ... Phillip

Valerie Harper ... Laura

Ruth Gordon ... Bernice
Robert Webber ... Dr. Cole
Robin Ignico ... Mary
Kristin Cumming ... Jennifer
Oliver Robins ... Kevin

Claudette Nevins ... Dr. Samuel
Marilyn Coleman ... Sarah

Tim Haldeman ... Intern
Haven Earle Haley ... Priest
Ned Wynn ... Paramedic
Ross Porter ... Radio Sportscaster (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Bernice: [after seeing Mary's bed on fire] The kid shouldn't have been smoking in bed! more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
SEEK THIS OUT AND WATCH IT!!, 23 July 2002
Author: Patrick Stibbs from Omaha NE

I recently heard about this movie and found a 'collector's copy' (read: bootleg) on e-bay(it's a made-for-tv film that was never released on video). To say this movie is scary, creepy and one of the best tv movies ever made is a complete understatement. After watching it, I was stunned and totally freaked out. Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper are amazing as the parents of a little girl who keeps seeing the ghost of her dead sister, killed a year earlier in a mysterious accident (I guarantee you M. Night Shumaylan used this film as an inspiration for THE SIXTH SENSE). The scene where Weaver and Harper confront/attack each other over the death of their child is frightening and heartbreaking. That scene alone should have netted both of them an emmy, especially Harper. She's brilliant.

Frightening, eerie, creepy, and very ballsy for a tv movie from 1982 (produced by Aaron Spelling!). Current television MOW writers should hang their heads in shame when they compare the current disease-of-the-week drivel they churn out with this classic ghost story (written by actor Ned Wynn, son of actor Keenan Wynn). Whoever owns the rights to this (I'm assuming ABC) please get it out on DVD or else I'M gonna start bootlegging it! The public has GOT to get this!

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