An Urban Ghost Story
Synopsis
Then the disturbances start, at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate, her mother, is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation. The family have no option but to ask for help, but everywhere Kate turns she is met with ridicule or a brick wall of civil servant red tape. Finally, Kate's only help is a newspaper journalist from the local press with his own hidden agenda - he brings in all manner of 'experts' - parapsychologists, spiritualists, Christians - all of whom offer their services whilst championing their own individual theories for the unexplained phenomena.
As the Fisher household is invaded by battling investigators, Lizzie continues to experience terrible nightmares, recurring apparitions of the crash and visions of a hell in which she is sure she is damned to spend eternity. Ultimately, Lizzie has to accept that she should have died in the crash, or face up to the demons of her past...
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm Fuji
- Director
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Genevieve Jolliffe
- Producer
- David Hardwick
- Executive Producer
- David Hardwick
- Director of Photography
- Jon Walker
- Principal cast
- Jason Connery, Stephanie Buttle, Heather Ann Foster, James Cosmo, Elizabeth Berrington and Nicola Stapleton
- Screen Writers
- Chris Jones, Genevieve Jolliffe
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Living Spirit Pictures Ealing Film Studios Ealing Green London W5 5EP Tel: 020 8758 8544 Fax: 020 8758 8559 E Mail: www.livingspirit.com
Sales Company
as Production Company
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