The Changeling [1980]

I recently had the pleasure watching the cult horror 1980s classic, The Changeling, on the big screen.

The film’s premise is simple but soon develops into a compelling narrative when John Russell (George C Scott) loses his wife and child in a tragic accident. He retreats to New England to start a new life and rents a local haunted house, only to discover a mysterious child entity called Joseph can sense his grief and refuses to rest until Russell uncovers the truth of the boy’s death.

The Changeling is one of those films that sounds familiar and employs so many traditional haunted house film tropes that you may even think you have seen it before. The film initally seems straightforward but soon takes a left turn into the dark and delirious, supernatural and intense, with echoes of The Omen, The Haunting, and other 1970s classics.

Highly recommended.

Watch The Changeling trailer here: