Review of The Changeling (1980) by Mark H — 01 Dec 2014
This is what good horror/thriller/mystery films are to me. This movie has a good story with a mystery at its center needing to be solved by a suddenly widowed music professor who rents a 100 year old mansion with a dark past.
This film has very little violence or gore, just a creaky old mansion, odd noises in the night and a hidden staircase leading to an attic bedroom where a secret has remained hidden for decades. This film possesses many of the same qualities as the Omen, with it's plot centered around the urgency to solve the mystery before more bad things happen.
I hold both films in about the same esteem, with the Omen achieving slightly higher marks for technical virtues and a better overall cast. I would like to find more films like this one - a ghost story with an actual mystery at its heart, and an engaging journey to solving the puzzle and ending the curse.
This review of The Changeling (1980) was written by Mark H on 01 Dec 2014.
The Changeling has generally received positive reviews.
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