1980 · horror
The Changeling (1980)
Directed by Peter Medak1h 47m1980
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
Our read: The Changeling (1980) (1980) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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