Great old fashioned ghost story

Rating: 9/10 (30 June 2003)

I didnt expect too much from this film, but to my surprise i really enjoyed it. This movie is, thankfully, short on special effects and long on atmoshpere and mood. The setting, an old house in 1940s Jersey, is inspired (no Americans, thats not near Trenton)! The acting is first rate and the English kids are much less "cutie pie" than their American equivilants, which is a real bonus. This is a genuinely scary film, but not for those who enjoyed "Scooby Doo- The movie"