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Canada, United Kingdom · 1978
Rated R · 1h 38m
Director Richard Loncraine
Starring Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
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Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to restart her life after her daughter's death. While mourning her loss, she begins seeing the ghosts of other children in or near her new house.
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The narrative, from a story by Peter Straub, juggles ambiguously - if not carelessly - with themes thrown up and better developed in The Turn of the Screw, Don't Look Now and Rosemary's Baby... But there is much to commend in Farrow's performance, complemented by Colin Towns' softly chilling score, which is more than can be said for Conti and Dullea.
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
Based on a novel by Peter Straub, The Haunting of Julia manages to draw on every horror movie cliche imaginable and still make very little sense.
Washington Post by Judith Martin
Filmed in velvety browns, with shafts of sunlight filtered through old windows, The Haunting of Julia is a definite cut above the current horror movie cliche, but yet not up to the classic psychological ghost-story level it aims at.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
The Haunting of Julia is an instance of the perfect blending of role and performer, with Mia Farrow cast as a young woman who may be either the victim of a ghostly possession or slowly disintegrating into madness. [26 Aug 1990, p.4]
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