Haunting house…buried past…the hidden
crime! Now this is something so cliché associated with horror films. However
there are films which prove how one can improvise and makes something above that
routine mould through brilliant execution with the form and narration. Peter
Medek’s ‘The Changeling’ belongs to that well made, grippingly executed but
under popular horror thrillers. It features amazing George C. Scott as mid age piano
scholar who after unfortunate accidental death of his two daughters came to
Seattle to teach the university students. The old house he rented in Seattle starts
giving him unusual jolts as somebody wanted to communicate with him, the past,
the crime and the harrowing episode of filicide. The things which gave the film
fine dimension are its impressive dark cinematography matched with chilling use
of sound with solid haunting background score. The film successfully manages to
give you enough tension and thrill of disturbances and supernatural manifestations
without any of routine baggage or CGI gimmicks. Recommended to all
horror/thriller fans.
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