When a normal American family moves into a beautiful old English house in a wooded area, strange, paranormal appearances befall them in this interesting twist to the well-known haunted-house tale. Their daughter Jan sees, and daughter Ellie hears, the voice of a young teenage girl who mysteriously disappeared during a total solar eclipse decades before...Written by
Michael Ducharme <ducharme@escape.ca>
Final of seventeen films that Casting Director Maude Spector worked on at the Disney Studios. See more »
Goofs
When Jan and Mr. Keller are in the chapel waiting for the rest of the people to come she looks through a stained glass window. It is a big missing piece she looks through, but when they show the rest of the people coming it shows the lead in the glass minus the stained glass rather than one big missing piece. See more »
Quotes
Jan Curtis:
Mr. Keller I had to see you, it's about Karen Aylwood.
John Keller:
What about Karen Aylwood?
Jan Curtis:
She needs help.
John Keller:
How would you know that?
Jan Curtis:
I've seen her.
John Keller:
Where?
Jan Curtis:
In mirrors!
John Keller:
Oh, mirrors. You say you see yourself as Karen?
Jan Curtis:
No! It was her image. Why was she blindfolded at the chapel? I've got to find out what happened that night, it's important to me.
John Keller:
Why dear? It's none of your business!
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Alternate Versions
Original version ran 100 minutes. Notorious for the numerous ending recuts, the film runs 84 minutes. However, you can see some deleted footage in Jan's flashback dream. You see a flashback at the carnival in which Mike says "We've got to hurry!". See more »
Ok, it might not be the greatest movie out there, but I really enjoyed it when I was a kid. And because of that the few times since then that I have watched it, I have held a kind of fascination with it. But alas, my opinion is tainted by childhood. That scary (oh so scary) scene in the fun house haunted me for a long time. And Bette Davis, she is awesome.
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Ok, it might not be the greatest movie out there, but I really enjoyed it when I was a kid. And because of that the few times since then that I have watched it, I have held a kind of fascination with it. But alas, my opinion is tainted by childhood. That scary (oh so scary) scene in the fun house haunted me for a long time. And Bette Davis, she is awesome.