The Changeling (1980)

Cast

Giancarlo Esposito
as Extra
George C. Scott
as John Russell
Melvyn Douglas
as Senator Carmichael
Jean Marsh
as Joanna Russell

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Genres & Description

Horror

7.3 / 10

It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house. He shares it with the spirit of a child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.

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Comments on this trailer
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stnicholas54

This film is the creepiest most spine chilling thing I've ever watched on a screen in my 64 years of life. The scene where George C Scott picks up the dead child's voice on the tape recorder chilled my blood and I felt the hairs on my neck rise. Superb film making which has long since perished in a welter of B/S & CGI. - @Tuesday, November 13, 2018 1:09 AM

Albert Siochi

One of the scariest movies I ever watched - @Friday, November 9, 2018 9:18 AM

Jeffrey Richardson

lauries conception michael douglas detection jodys sensations - @Sunday, November 4, 2018 4:10 PM

Christopher Gullo

I love this movie!!! - @Saturday, November 3, 2018 6:29 PM

Ghost of Van

Awesome 🤙 - @Wednesday, October 31, 2018 2:51 PM

D BongLord

If you are reading this, please be prepared to fall sleep during the movie. One of the most pointless and boring movies i have ever seen. Dont belive me? Go waste your time and watch it. - @Monday, October 8, 2018 2:27 PM

SupaMario81

Matthew Santoro brought me here. - @Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:20 AM

Jayson Byse

I remember watching this in early 80s at an aunt's house. It seemed bit dull back then as at an early age it was the video nasty era and zombie films were the rage. Think it got to the bit where he listens to the voice of Joseph over the tapes and then I did a poo poo in my pants. - @Sunday, September 30, 2018 10:37 PM

Conservative Atheist

Damn just the trailer alone is scary to watch - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:26 PM

Eden S

This movie is not too scary, it’s a great one with a great story line and with quality. People that say it’s the scariest most likely first watched this when they were kids. It’s really not. Not saying horror movies today are any better because they really lack the suspense and they seem lazily made these days. - @Monday, September 24, 2018 4:16 AM

Germanicus Germanicus

Trailer shows too much. - @Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:22 AM

Glenn

This is a excellent ghost story and very underrated movie in it's day, they don't make them like this these days, i remember watching this on VHS when i was 16 and it scared the shit out of me then.. i've just watched it again.. a timeless classic ;-) - @Sunday, September 2, 2018 3:39 PM

Simon Higgins

George C. Scott was undoubtedly one of the best of the old school actors no longer with us. He was great in every role he took on. - @Wednesday, August 22, 2018 1:33 AM

Raymonf Rose

I watch this at least once a year. Great suspenseful movie. The house was perfect to use - @Friday, August 17, 2018 6:31 PM

Ahmad Mahmoud Abdel Kader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aTWoJmtgwI - @Tuesday, July 24, 2018 7:28 PM

Ahmad Mahmoud Abdel Kader

There is an Egyptian film has been quoted from this film.. it called "he has back for revenge" in Arabic "Ad leyantaqem" - @Tuesday, July 24, 2018 7:26 PM

ماريا سامبدوريا

هذا الفيلم. اقتبسوا منه المصريين فيلم عاد لينتقم. لعزت العلايلي وايمان - @Monday, July 23, 2018 4:20 PM

Omed Ibrahim

If u watching this in 2018. Hit like - @Sunday, June 10, 2018 7:32 AM

konroth rec.

I have the soundtrack on CD and i have a DVD . - @Monday, June 4, 2018 10:18 PM

THE SHOCK MONSTER

What does this movie have to do with changlings? - @Saturday, June 2, 2018 3:59 PM

Holymakinaw

A great piece of Canadian cinema. - @Thursday, April 26, 2018 3:19 PM

313bigdave

Thee only movie that made me and my friend leave the theater cause we was scared. - @Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:05 PM

dead poinsettia

Love this flick! - @Tuesday, April 10, 2018 5:06 PM

gary turley

out on bluray soon. classic cant wait to get this - @Tuesday, March 27, 2018 1:14 PM

The Mighty Cass

Saw this in the theatre with my older brother when I was like 10. Terrified me and I have images in my head to this day, 38 years later. Think about watching it again but once was enough. What my brother was thinking taking me to this movie, I have no idea . . . - @Tuesday, February 13, 2018 8:05 PM

Ari Thomander

Definetely One Of The Best Ever Horror Movies ! ! Still F*cking Scary After Over Thirty Years When I Watched It For The First Time ! ! Must Have For Every Horror Fans Film Collection ! ! :-) - @Saturday, January 20, 2018 11:43 AM

Makeup By Godina

It’s eeeright but like I didn’t got scared lmfaoo Even tho I saw the movie last night. Nothing - @Saturday, December 30, 2017 10:02 PM

filmbuff 2013

I've no idea why critic Leslie Halliwell didn't like this horror film as it is genuinely frightening and atmospheric. George C. Scott delivered another great performance. - @Monday, December 18, 2017 11:13 AM

Leon 47DD

film makers who want to know how to do supernatural horror films correctly watch this and the haunting 1966 one - @Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:00 PM

clash with kushal

Not so horror - @Tuesday, October 31, 2017 5:52 PM

logue444

Snuck in to see it at the theatre when it came out (I was under age). Scared me then, gives me the creeps now. Love George C. Scott in this. - @Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:03 AM

rakesh kumar sahu

OK jaanu r. s. - @Thursday, October 12, 2017 5:26 PM

GCR

Fun fact, this is a real story that happened in the same city I live in right now!! - @Sunday, October 8, 2017 5:11 PM

Invenum

Scary film! I barely find films scary but this one was great! - @Sunday, August 27, 2017 6:52 PM

Frightfully Forgotten

One of the best movies (let alone a Horror movie) to come out of Canada! We just posted our retrospective / recommendation for this underrated classic. This movie makes us proud to be Canadians! - @Friday, August 18, 2017 6:08 PM

joao carlos Dourado de Jesus

TOP Movie. - @Wednesday, August 9, 2017 3:42 PM

Gary Matrix

The Changeling. From My little pony. - @Saturday, August 5, 2017 8:58 AM

Kirsty Fairley

Creepy movie, this terrified my brother when we were little kids. He said that while the movie itself gave him the creeps what really freaked him out was the moment you hear the child's voice on a tape the lead character recorded during a seance & no wonder it scared him, even as an adult that moment is still one of the creepiest scenes I've ever seen on film. - @Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:20 PM

michaeljfiorito

<3 - @Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:44 AM

OmegaWolf747

This thing scared the crap out of me as a kid! - @Saturday, February 25, 2017 10:42 PM

Andrew Tornadoboy

This was a well made and damn scary movie! - @Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:37 AM

Case Zambelli

Either JK Simmons or leave it alone - @Tuesday, February 7, 2017 5:21 PM

drsick2727

One of my all time favorite movies . I love the recurring music theme - @Saturday, January 7, 2017 3:39 AM

Chris Newman

I really like this movie, if you could cast a remake of this movie who would you cast in it? - @Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:49 AM

Scott Crafton

Scared to hell out of me, as a child! - @Tuesday, December 27, 2016 11:10 PM

Monique Simmons

One of the first movies that got me into horror. It scared the crap out of me when I was little and I'm shocked so many horror fans I know have never even seen it. Still one of the top horror movies for me. - @Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:17 PM

Ray Linares

Filmed in Toronto,Queens Park mansion - @Monday, November 21, 2016 12:34 AM

Mr. Marino

ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST ALL TIME ACTORS. TOTAL RESPECT FOR THIS MOVIE. - @Sunday, November 13, 2016 4:42 PM

Hillary Trump

Better than The Conjuring... - @Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:00 PM

andrewf0784

Horror movies used to be so much better. This one, don't look now, the haunting, the exorcist, Rosemary's baby, the omen... One thing that stands out is the intertwining of mental illness and the supernatural... nobody uses plot devices like this anymore - @Monday, October 17, 2016 11:27 AM