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Genevieve Jolliffe directed this British supernatural drama set in Glasgow. A joyride car crash almost leads to the death of 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who lives with her mother Kate (Ste... read more read more...phanie Buttle) and with her brother and younger sister in a seedy apartment building. When Lizzie returns home, she begins experiencing strange and unexplained phenomena in the apartment With police and a social worker (Siri O'Neal) ill-equipped to deal with poltergeist activity, Kate turns for help to journalist John Fox (Jason Connery) who sees it as a hoax and types it as a tabloid tale. However, after university parapsychologists arrive on the scene, scientific tests indicate that mother and daughter deserve serious scrutiny. Filmed with a blow-up from Super-16 and shot at southeast England locations with interiors at Ealing Film Studios. Shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Geneviève Jolliffe

Release Date: July 6, 1999

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DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004

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  • notofthisworld
    April 4, 2008
    notofthisworld
    Interesting ghost story set in England. Once you get past all the cockney the story is pretty interesting in how it unfolds from a ghost story to a poltergeist to a young girl's guilt of a friend's death.

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Scott Weinberg
May 8, 2004
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

It's delivered with an impressive amount of atmosphere and a screenplay that capably manages to keep you guessing most of the way. Full Review

Derek Elley
October 18, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

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December 8, 2002
Film Threat

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November 13, 2001
Empire Magazine

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Michael Thomson
November 13, 2001
Michael Thomson, BBC

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Geoff Andrew
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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November 13, 2001
Guardian [UK]

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