The film kicks off with a mayhem resembling something out of an Exorcist -type flick. Crockery is flying, gruesome things happen to the dog. An old lady is dying in the bedroom. It is very unpleasant. No doubt about it, the house is haunted.
Village people give it wide berth.
The house's hold on its inhabitants is such that Sethe's daughter won't leave its grounds. Paul stays on, in Sethe's bed, breaking an abstinence of eighteen years. The mystery of who she is and how she came to be is enforced by a truly heart-stopping performance by Newton and, once resolved, the movie veers off again and Beloved disappears into the mist. Heck if I know. There is no such moment in Beloved .